Letter of Interest - Ask for Interview?

[Klemptor]

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Hi all,

I am getting ready to send a letter of interest to my top choice school. I have been complete there for nearly three months and haven't heard anything yet. I am wondering if it's too forward to ask for an interview in the LOI. I am thinking of something along the lines of:

[here are the top reasons I'm interested in your school and would be a great fit] "Therefore, I humbly request that you grant me an interview."

My feeling is that this is way too forward but who knows. I find myself second-guessing a lot in this process. I'm going to send the LOI in either case, but I would like to get your feeling on whether or not I should include that one sentence.

Thanks for reading!

 

[calimed214]

Hi all,

I am getting ready to send a letter of interest to my top choice school. I have been complete there for nearly three months and haven't heard anything yet. I am wondering if it's too forward to ask for an interview in the LOI. I am thinking of something along the lines of:

[here are the top reasons I'm interested in your school and would be a great fit] "Therefore, I humbly request that you grant me an interview."

My feeling is that this is way too forward but who knows. I find myself second-guessing a lot in this process. I'm going to send the LOI in either case, but I would like to get your feeling on whether or not I should include that one sentence.

Thanks for reading!

First find out if your top choice school even accepts update letters pre-interview because some don't. Second, don't ask for an interview in the letter. No matter how nicely you phrase it, it still sounds demanding. The adcom Knows exactly why you're writing the letter. You don't have to spell it out for them.

 

[BlueElmo]

It can't hurt. But I don't know if it would make a huge difference, I sent LOI to a school but so far no luck in terms of giving me an interview.

 

[red10]

If you must send that letter, make it an update letter. Even a "humble request" sounds pushy. If they wanted to give you an interview right now, they would have. Requesting an interview makes you sounds like you think you deserve special treatment over the other 6000 applicants they're going through.

 

[H2O2]

Hi all,

I am wondering if it's too forward to ask for an interview in the LOI.

Thanks for reading!

I believe the $100 secondary application fee constitutes as your pre-interview "letter of interest".

Send an update if you feel you must, but asking for an interview in any way shape or form is a bit arrogant

 

[Klemptor]

OK, fair enough. Thanks guys!

 

[FluffyRabbit]

I wouldn't actually ask. It's pretty obvious what you want. 🙂

 

[b-real]

You're not humble if you're asking them to grant you an interview.

 

[taciturngirl]

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