Correct heading for a thank you note?

[RickandMortyFan]

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Hello all!

I am preparing to write a thank you letter to the school I just interviewed at.

And I'm already stuck on line one.

Any ideas on what to put after Dear or To?
Such as:
Dear Admissions at University X
Or
To the Faculty at University Y


Thanks!

 

[Goro]

Google is your friend.

We appreciate your being polite, but the note will have no impact on your fate. FYI.

 

[clippers50fan]

Google is your friend.

We appreciate your being polite, but the note will have no impact on your fate. FYI.

"Yo Goro,

That interview was tight man. I felt like we really connected. Let's grab a beer soon!

Hope the cats are treating you well

Love,
clippers50fan

P.S. I joined this really insignificant EC, just wanted to let you know!"

That wouldn't have an impact?!

 

[Hospitalized]

To whom it may concern,

 

[704]

To whom it may concern,

Classy, direct, effective.

 

[Fastrada]

I've always directed the letter to a specific person and started with "Dear." I write letters to interviewers, whoever spent the most time with us for MMIs, and the dean of admissions if it was a small interview group

 

[Lost in Translation]

"Yo Goro,

That interview was tight man. I felt like we really connected. Let's grab a beer soon!

Hope the cats are treating you well

Love,
clippers50fan

P.S. I joined this really insignificant EC, just wanted to let you know!"

That wouldn't have an impact?!

Not the impact you're hoping for.

On second though, maybe it will have the impact you're hoping for.

 

[XxThaDoggxX]

Used the search feature, found similar topic in under 20 seconds... The fact people make threads up like this, and many others lately absolutely blow my mind. You soon are going to become a Dr, you not knowing how to write a simple thank you letter, or not being confident enough to google something, find the info and go with it without needing multiple people's reassurance and assistance is terrifying.

 

[Promethean]

Used the search feature, found similar topic in under 20 seconds... The fact people make threads up like this, and many others lately absolutely blow my mind. You soon are going to become a Dr, you not knowing how to write a simple thank you letter, or not being confident enough to google something, find the info and go with it without needing multiple people's reassurance and assistance is terrifying.

Self-sufficiency isn't something that has been presented to many people as a desirable trait. Help has always been too readily available for some for them to feel the urgency of learning to everything for themselves.

In fact, some people have learned that if they just demonstrate enough helplessness, someone else will step up to do it for them. Some people who use that strategy ARE doctors now. I've seen an attending surgeon throw a toddler's tantrum, complete with stomping his feet and screaming, because there wasn't enough paper in the printer at the OR main desk for him to print 100 copies of a flyer he wanted to distribute for personal reasons. Yes, the paper was stored right beside said printer but it wasn't his job to reload it. Didn't we know that he didn't go to medical school to learn how to be a secretary? (Guess he figured that was what we learned in nursing school.)

To console yourself, just remember that you are forgetting selection bias. For every thread you see asking something that seems very Google worthy to you, there may be a dozen other people who actually did just Google it, and you will never know about them. All those useful threads that can be found using the search function were made when someone asked a question and someone else just answered it in a helpful way.

What we write here isn't just for the OP and the handful of bored people who wander by the thread while it is on top of the pile. It becomes part of an archive that will hopefully be available indefinitely. I keep that in mind when I answer posts, that what I say may reach far more than just the person to whom I respond directly.

 

[Catalystik]

I support the "Use a Person's Name" approach that @Fastrada mentioned.

 

[gmbz]

After I was accepted I wrote two thank you cards for both of my interviewers, or as I like to call them, my advocates!

 

[Goro]

"Good luck with your interviews"
😉😉

"Yo Goro,

That interview was tight man. I felt like we really connected. Let's grab a beer soon!

Hope the cats are treating you well

Love,
clippers50fan

P.S. I joined this really insignificant EC, just wanted to let you know!"

That wouldn't have an impact?!

 

[gmbz]

Writing those cards was one of the best moments of my life. In a field where building professional relationships is key, I would consider this a good step.

Again this is post-acceptance.