Post-Interview Thank you

[RoccoWJ]

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I have made it routine to send a thank you letter to the schools that I interviewed. I feel that thanking the doctors for their time and also from a nice to ideal experience is the least I can do for the invite. Does anyone think that the thank-you helps at committee? Also, does not sending an thank-you hurt at all?

Just curious...


Rocco

 

[G_Eagle]

Whether it helps or not, sending a thank you is good manners. You should be thankful that a school would consider you, no matter what your GPA and MCAT are. This is a professional courtesy.
As for the effect, it probably depends on the school. I used mine to indicate my interest in the school on a few of the thank you's. For example, I added "I was very impressed with ______ School of Medicine, and I hope that you will give me full consideration in the admission process." You can convey this however you want. You would never want to indicate a negative impression, but it can solidify your desire to go to a school in the admission's eyes by hinting at it in writing.

 

[RoccoWJ]

I totally agree with you. But some condiser it to be begging or sucking up.

Professional Courtesy


Best,
Rocco

 

[G_Eagle]

People also think that TU notes get lost in the shuffle. My response is that you should make sure to send yours in quickly. I only wrote to the individual interviewers for one school, where they actually told us to write thank you notes to them. Otherwise, I think one, short (just a few sentences) note to the admissions committee (addressed to the dean of admissions) is satisfactory. It's all about presenation, and a short thank you note is not sucking up. A long essay about how the school changed your life is.

 

[5639953]

I didn't send a thank you letter/card to my interviewer, as I thought it would seem lame.. However, I did thank them sooooooo much when I was at the school...

If I interviewed about two months and a half ago, is it too late to send a thank you note? Did I do the right thing by not sending it earlier for the above reasons?

 

[G_Eagle]

You aren't the only one to not send a thank you note. I do think that it is never too late to send one...umm...well, it is too late when you have been accepted/rejected. Therefore, I would encourage you to do so. Include in the note when you interviewed. It only has to be a few sentences long. Writing thank you notes is good practice for later in life. The motto I was taught is "when in doubt, write a thank you note." It is much better to appear overly polite than not at all. And no, I do not think that not writing thank you note is death to your application.