HELP *** What if recommender's email is faked?

positiveshake
Mon, 13 Jan 2020 01:30:43 +0000

@austinmshauri Students aren’t supposed to see their recommendations, which is what makes this situation all the worse. Rec letters don’t always have to come from a school address, there’s nothing in common app stopping someone from putting in a gmail or aol account (because of coaches and mentor recs). It’ll just look very suspicious to a school if a teacher/administration rec is from a non-school account. I’m not sure exactly, but this might count as a violation of FERPA, and therefore a violation of the law.