Getting LOR's over email?

[thebuild45]

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I am a "nontrad" applicant who graduated from university in 2012. Obviously, I would rather get my LORs in person. But that college is hundreds of miles away from where I am now. I would like to get letters from some of my old profs, particularly my PI who I did research with. Has anyone here been successful in using LORs obtained over email? How did you go about it?

 

[Toadesque]

If they remember you and you did well it shouldn't be a problem. If their memory is a bit foggy just send them some helpful info to assist in writing it. If you have no other options try to make that clear in a subtle way so that the professor doesn't feel like they can just ignore your emails (it has happened to me before, I had to email one of my professors twice telling him some BS that I had a conditional acceptance pending one more letter because he initially had no intention of responding until I put some pressure on him).

 

[bearded frog]

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[QuantumJ]

I was also a nontrad and I emailed my 2 letter writers and they were happy to do it. It's fairly standard for nontrads or those that moved away.