Let say I want to apply for a certain scholarship or job position, and they asked for a recommendation letter. For you, who attend 100% online, how can you ask for the recommendation letter? Does anyone have experience?
Day job supervisors are a good choice. Also, if you like a course you take, reach out afterwards to the instructor on social media to tell them and connect with them, especially on LinkedIn. I'm still connected on social media with a number of former professors, and they're happy to help with this sort of thing.
Hello! And a bit of good extra advice is that you should *never* ask your subordinates. Either they will come down on you like a ton of bricks. Or they will praise you - but if this is the case, someone will likely think the praise is everything but genuine. Best regards, Mac Juli
It seems the OP is talking about academic references since they mentioned: "attend 100% online." Assuming I'm correct, I had four professors at Lamar write recommendation letters for me when I was applying for doctoral studies. One even wrote a reference for my current job. I also had one turn me down. He said he didn't know me well enough in 8 weeks. Two of those who provided me references, I took two of their courses. My advice is to ask. Nothing tried, nothing done.
I don't see a difference in asking your online professors vs. your classroom ones. As for the request, just explain what you're doing and what you'd like him/her to comment on. I don't think you can cause harm in asking, even if you get uneven responses.
