<p>My professor's email isn't a ".edu" on the common app when she's went to submit my letter of rec. Will the Colleges think it's fishy that she has a gmail email instead of "@school.edu" email? I feel kind of odd asking her for her other email and redoing the entire process.</p>
<p>I’m sure that there are going to be teachers that use 3rd-party emails (Gmail, yahoo, hotmail etc.,). Our school integrates our emails with Google so we get <a href="mailto:persondude@someschool.net">persondude@someschool.net</a>; CA probably has their own verification system for advisers as well.</p>
<p>Someone else should comment on this since I’m kinda guessing at CA’s process</p>
<p>Thanks, anyone else?</p>
<p>If it’s your prof is currently teaching you in a US college, then it is a bit unusual not to use the school’s official email address to send the rec. But, it’s not something to worry about.</p>
<p>Even though the rec is electronic, a lot of folks still do a formal rec letter and upload it as an attachment to the common app evaluation form. If your prof did this, maybe she used school or professional letterhead for that? If so, then that should allay any concerns. </p>
<p>Presumably, the prof included a good deal of contact info in the rec such as phone and post addresses, in addition to email. If those contacts are obviously at the institution where she teaches, the college where you area applying will have no concern about the email thing. </p>
<p>When colleges worry about authenticity, they do sometimes make efforts to verify. They may call your prof or use other measures to double check if the email address causes any concern at all. If you are an attractive candidate to them, it’s easy enough for them to verify, so you shouldn’t lose sleep over this.</p>
<p>There is no need to bother your prof to do anything further at this point.</p>