Should I ask for LOR from online professor?

[begoood95]

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I'm thinking of asking a professor from one of my online courses (take at my university) to write a LOR for me. At first, sure, this seems like a bad idea. I mean, how well can an online professor evaluate me? But here are two things to consider:

• It's from a highly relevant non-science course (sociology of health and illness).
• I wrote ~40 pages for this one class, in the form of online discussions with other students and responding to prompts, plus two medically-related research papers, so she may at least know me enough for an evaluation.
• We've never met in-person, but I have had extended conversations with her over email about various topics throughout the course.

Yea or nay?

 

[aalamruad]

Nay if you have other options

 

[Catalystik]

I'm thinking of asking a professor from one of my online courses (take at my university) to write a LOR for me. At first, sure, this seems like a bad idea. I mean, how well can an online professor evaluate me? But here are two things to consider:

• It's from a highly relevant non-science course (sociology of health and illness).
• I wrote ~40 pages for this one class, in the form of online discussions with other students and responding to prompts, plus two medically-related research papers, so she may at least know me enough for an evaluation.
• We've never met in-person, but I have had extended conversations with her over email about various topics throughout the course.

Yea or nay?

Nay.

 

[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

I have a letter from an online prof. But I did a year long research project with him, so his letter was super personable. Depends on your situation.