Thank you note for admissions interview

[JeanM]

My older ds is a junior, and we visited four colleges in the last week. At two of the colleges he had interviews. We had planned to have him send thank you emails to his interviewers when we returned from the trip. However the interviewer at one of the schools already sent him a handwritten thank you card. Should he send a handwritten card in return? Or is it ok to send an email? I'm not familiar with interviewers sending thank you cards. It's usually the interviewee. Thus it is confusing me.

[regentrude]

The school must be desperate for your DS to attend if the interviewers send handwritten notres. Never heard of this.

Email is fine.

[JeanM]

The school must be desperate for your DS to attend if the interviewers send handwritten notres. Never heard of this.

Email is fine.

 

LOL I thought the same thing. Thanks for the vote for email.

 

[GoodGrief]

My daughter got a few handwritten notes, mostly from smaller schools. :-) I think e mail is fine too though.

[angela in ohio]

My daughter got a few handwritten notes, mostly from smaller schools. :-) I think e mail is fine too though.

 

Yes, this is fairly common. I don't think it means you can't just send an email thank you. I think they do it because it is considered out of the ordinary, so it might catch a student's attention.

[JeanM]

Yes, this is fairly common. I don't think it means you can't just send an email thank you. I think they do it because it is considered out of the ordinary, so it might catch a student's attention.

 

That makes sense, thanks. He sent an email thank you today.

 

I can see that the next year is going to be very long and complicated. Lots of tough decisions ahead!