post-interview love letters/emails/calls

[drbetty]

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just curious if you guys have heard from programs s/p interview...

i've gotten 2 letters with handwritten side notes, a phone call, and some emails & i want so much for these letters so mean something, but the impression that i am getting from friends & previous SDN posters is that it's nothing special and all part of the game...

 

[elr1983]

just curious if you guys have heard from programs s/p interview...

i've gotten 2 letters with handwritten side notes, a phone call, and some emails & i want so much for these letters so mean something, but the impression that i am getting from friends & previous SDN posters is that it's nothing special and all part of the game...

Yea, I got a handwritten letter with a handwritten side note from Rainbow, but that's the only one. Where did you hear from?

 

[eag]

So far, I've gotten one letter and one email.

 

[twilburys]

I think last year's group of applicants decided not to have a thread like this, which IMHO was a good idea. It really just hurts individuals feelings, and we truly won't know if any of the love letters, etc. mean anything until after the match anyway.

Last year, I had a friend who was convinced she was going to match at a certain program b/c they told her how much they wanted her, and she was devastated on Match Day. I had another friend receive the same type of feedback from another program, and ended up matching there. So it really can go either way.

 

[DocStretch]

So far the only things that have had any handwriting were the checks they keep sending me 😉

But on a serious note, I'm inclined to agree w/ twilbury in that they don't really mean that much. I even had it come up at one of my interview days when meeting with the residents. He made it a point that their program has a policy of not contacting the applicants in that manner (but they were always available if they had any questions) so not to sweat it when we didn't hear from them.

 

[drbetty]

Yea, I got a handwritten letter with a handwritten side note from Rainbow, but that's the only one. Where did you hear from?

NW & Rainbow.

I agree with other posters it probably doesn't matter though. I just found another thread where an applicant received a letter from a program where she had never even interviewed!