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How did you submit your rec letters for LBS? 28 Dec 2006, 14:54
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For people who have already applied to LBS, how did you all submit your rec letters? On the school website, it seems to say that rec letters have to be either send directly to the school by the referee or returned to the applicant in a signed and sealed envelope for him to mail off. Either way it seems to imply that the rec letters have to be in hardcopy.

Yet when you read the fine print on the rec letter it says this:

Submission of references
Thank you for supplying this information. Please submit this reference by placing the form in a sealed envelope, sign across the envelope seal and return it to the applicant or directly to the MBA Marketing & Admissions Team, London Business School, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4SA, United Kingdom. Alternatively you may email the document to reference.mba@london.edu

The last line specifically states that references can be email to the above address. But then, how do obtain a signature? Do my referees have to first print out a hard copy and then scan it as a PDF file? Is that even acceptable? This is confusing as hell.

I tried to contact admin, but the auto-reply email said that they will be out until Jan 2, three days before the deadline. Great. To be safe, I'll probably FEDEX my recs AND tell my referees to email their letters.

Just wondering if anyone here submitted their recs through email.

Thanks!!!
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How did you submit your rec letters for LBS? 28 Dec 2006, 16:05
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I got my recommenders email the rec to them.. When you submit their names, they send an email to the recommender asking them to email back the recs..
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How did you submit your rec letters for LBS? 28 Dec 2006, 19:13
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willget, I also read the email that was sent to my referees. It wasn't very clear how the recs should be sent. The email said something like return to applicant or email to address below. The below address has an email address, BUT also the name of specific person along with a physical address. Also how did your recs sign the letter if they submitted online?
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How did you submit your rec letters for LBS? 28 Dec 2006, 20:30
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willget, I also read the email that was sent to my referees. It wasn't very clear how the recs should be sent. The email said something like return to applicant or email to address below. The below address has an email address, BUT also the name of specific person along with a physical address. Also how did your recs sign the letter if they submitted online?
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My recommenders just wrote their name where they were suppose to sign, and send the email on the specified address...

When I look at the status on line, there is no way of knowing if they received it or not. but their instrcutions said either email or mail the sealed envelope.
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How did you submit your rec letters for LBS? 01 Jan 2007, 14:37
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Lich,

e-mailing the letters is fine. I called them a month ago asking the same question and they assured me that as long as the letters are e-mailed to the specific address, it is not necessary to send in a hard copy

hope this helps
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How did you submit your rec letters for LBS? 01 Jan 2007, 14:52
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Thanks for the reply. I already mailed my recs in using fedex, cost me 31 bucks. oh well, better safe than sorry.