University Fraud Detection & Unofficial Email Addresses

[TXInstrument11]

I've heard that some schools use software to track potential fraud and I'm worried this could affect me.  

 

One of my recommenders had me use her lab email address instead of the official school one and we probably shared the same IP address using computers at the school.

 

She said that she used the school letterhead and everything, but I'm still worried that this will get dinged, especially when there were a few close calls where I sent her reminder emails right up on the deadline when I submitted an app.

 

If they suspect fraud, will they call my recommender or just throw my application in the trash? I didn't provide her phone number unless required, so would they even bother looking her up? 

[BeatrizBear]

The IP address is not an issue. I mean, it's not weird to share an IP address with a professor since you guys are both at the same location frequently, right? Also, most professors use more than one email. I had a professor that used to reply to emails with both her personal and school email. I think she used to have her school emails forwarded to her personal email because she checked that one more often. besides, they can just google her name and it'll come up on the school website so it's not like you faked a person. I think you've overthinking this.

[TXInstrument11]

I have heard that this is more of a common practice in business schools for some reason. I am probably being paranoid, but when I came across it in a GMAT forum, I began to worry. Then, one of my apps actually listed my IP address in bold and made a stink about the unofficial email. 

Edited January 17, 2015 by TXInstrument11

[BeatrizBear]

You could send an email to the coordinator for the program or the admin for the department and let them know your professor's official email and they can leave a note in your application.

[TXInstrument11]

That is probably a good idea. I didn't want to draw attention to it, but I also don't want to sit here and fret that this was the cause every time a rejection comes in. 

 

She doesn't respond very well to that email, but I'll contact admissions to get that straightened out. Hopefully they will respect the original email I sent because she strongly prefers that one. Getting her to agree to correspondences using that email is another story....she can be stubborn and crotchety.