Post II Continued Interest Letter

[AnAccount]

Hi,

Quick question on continued interest letters. I interviewed with a school several weeks back that won't be making its decision until the new year, and I was asked in the interview to keep in touch. This school is competitive with my current acceptance, but tends to give better aid packages, matches more subspecialists by far (which is my goal), and has a very strong emphasis on the neurosciences (my area of interest). I am not very competitive for this school on paper, but got an early interview nonetheless, which per my interviewer I "nailed".

I have no substantial updates to share, I've only continued my prior activities, but I want to show interest in this school. I don't want to write a letter of intent because if I got an acceptance without a good sized aid package, I would not attend. How would you go about an interest letter like this? Or would you write one at all?

It seems optimal to send this letter slightly ahead of the first wave of acceptances, so that I'm still competing for the total number of seats in the class, rather than competing for them as they dwindle. I might be misguided in that, though.

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[cj_cregg]

You do not need to write a continued interest letter. You took the time to interview and did not subsequently withdraw, they know you're still interested. If anything probably a thank you note to your interviewers with a few lines about what you liked about the school would have been appropriate, but if the interview was several weeks ago you are past that point.

 

[pablo213]

Hi,

Quick question on continued interest letters. I interviewed with a school several weeks back that won't be making its decision until the new year, and I was asked in the interview to keep in touch. This school is competitive with my current acceptance, but tends to give better aid packages, matches more subspecialists by far (which is my goal), and has a very strong emphasis on the neurosciences (my area of interest). I am not very competitive for this school on paper, but got an early interview nonetheless, which per my interviewer I "nailed".

I have no substantial updates to share, I've only continued my prior activities, but I want to show interest in this school. I don't want to write a letter of intent because if I got an acceptance without a good sized aid package, I would not attend. How would you go about an interest letter like this? Or would you write one at all?

It seems optimal to send this letter slightly ahead of the first wave of acceptances, so that I'm still competing for the total number of seats in the class, rather than competing for them as they dwindle. I might be misguided in that, though.

Hm tricky situation. I would want to do the same in your shoes. I'm not sure if you're still in school, but a grade update (if the school says they want them) is a somewhat free excuse to express interest again say after the Fall semester is done. You can throw your continued activities in that letter.

Otherwise, I think it makes sense to wait at this point as Greg said. The admissions decision may have already happened if your interview was a while back and update letter wouldn't move the needle. If you get waitlisted in the future, an update letter with more substantive progress might have a bigger impact both time wise and content wise.

 

[winder333]

You do not need to write a continued interest letter. You took the time to interview and did not subsequently withdraw, they know you're still interested. If anything probably a thank you note to your interviewers with a few lines about what you liked about the school would have been appropriate, but if the interview was several weeks ago you are past that point.

Tt might be a bit late for a thank-you note to the interviewers, since it’s been a few weeks and sending a continued interest letter at this point might feel redundant, unless you have something new to add

 

[Mr.Smile12]

You could send in a thank-you note, but at this point, your fate may already be sealed.

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