Letters of Recommendation (schools, best, scholarship, professors)

[Colddiamond102]

I am applying for scholarships to my next school (GIA), and they require at least one letter of recommendation.

I am attempting to produce 3-4, because the lady in charge of scholarships told me that the more recommendations the better. Because I wont be attending on GIA's campus (its all online for me), and because the preferred method to recieve these recommendations is email, I am thinking of having everybody email me the recommendations as attachments from each individual person, then sending it in with my scholarship application.

Is this an acceptable practice, or should I email my application and alert the Financial department as to what emails my recommendations are coming from? What is the standard practice for recieving/sending recommendations?
All of the people recommending me are professors, my bosses, and hopefully my gem club President.

Ive never done this before, and am nervous about getting this in on time so I can have the best chance.
This is my dream school, and Im so excited I can start to make studying with them come true.

[dirimini]

Originally Posted by Colddiamond102

I am applying for scholarships to my next school (GIA), and they require at least one letter of recommendation.

I am attempting to produce 3-4, because the lady in charge of scholarships told me that the more recommendations the better. Because I wont be attending on GIA's campus (its all online for me), and because the preferred method to recieve these recommendations is email, I am thinking of having everybody email me the recommendations as attachments from each individual person, then sending it in with my scholarship application.

Is this an acceptable practice, or should I email my application and alert the Financial department as to what emails my recommendations are coming from? What is the standard practice for recieving/sending recommendations?
All of the people recommending me are professors, my bosses, and hopefully my gem club President.

Ive never done this before, and am nervous about getting this in on time so I can have the best chance.
This is my dream school, and Im so excited I can start to make studying with them come true.

Many unis will only accept letters directly from a referee, or from a dossier service, so that there is no chance the student has altered the letter.

I would imagine that you could contact the Admissions Office and ask them for specifics regarding how they would like letters transmitted. Some may require hard copies, on official letterhead; others will accept emails.

Just ask. They should be able to tell you.

[ambient]

What dirimini said. If your prospective school would let you email in any text written by you or anyone else as a "recommendation", then frankly, you should run like hell because no reputable school would do that.

[kodaka]

Some schools will accept electronic recommendations, but they will need to go directly from the author to the school, not through you. You can ask them to CC you if you like, so you have a copy of what they sent.