Thank you note format

[somemaybedoc]

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For sending thank you notes to your interviewes, what format are you using: letter format (Dear Dr. Whatever, sincerely, etc.), or informal (Dr. Whatever, yada yads, -Somebody). Are you using cards, full business type letters, or smaller pieces of stationary? Handwritten or typed?
I'm trying to figure out what is most appropriate for the purpose. BTW I'm thinking very short notes, not dissertations on my interest in the school and the content of the interview, just my appreciation for their time and help.

 

[lihtris]

I would think a formal version is better. that way you can get your information in without saying it in the body. Like your name and amcas #. And it takes up space so then you can just use a 8.5 x 11. Print it out and mail it. Thats what I am going to do.

 

[ChymeChancellor]

troll

You tell 'em DR. EUGENIC!

 

[Wackie]

Keep it formal.

BTW I'm thinking very short notes, not dissertations on my interest in the school and the content of the interview, just my appreciation for their time and help.

I would say short is better. They've already been reading a plethora of essays.

I'd use stationary. You can get "thank you" stationary. Handwritten is a nice personal touch. Just be sure to write legibly.

 

[modelslashactor]

if you are interviewed by multiple people, ie 1+ students and 1 faculty, do you write one letter to all of them? or just the doc? of all things i dont want to screw THIS up.

 

[leahmaria]

I would think to each of them, assuming that you get their contact info? does all of this information end up back in your file anyways? I wouldn't think so

 

[LizzyM]

If you send the thank you to the admissions office (e.g. the Dean), it will go in your file. That said, in six years I have never seen the absence or presence of a thank you letter have any overt influence on an admissions decision.

The interviewer will make an assessment of your interview within an hour of two of your interview (often within minutes of saying good-bye to you). So, don't do this because it improves your chances, but because it is courteous.

Typically, thank you notes are handwritten in blue or black ink on a blank card measuring a little less than 5 x 7. With any luck, your college bookstore sells something appropriate for about $1 a card (including envelope). If you have a rich uncle, you might hope for cards imprinted with your name at the top. These are great for all sorts of thank yous & congratulatory notes, are always handy & wind up costing less than greeting cards. (although the initial outlay is over $150). If you feel the need for the AMCAS # (which isn't essential) write it below your name.

For some amusement regarding thank you notes see http://www.slate.com/id/2128464/

 

[MEG@COOL]

For sending thank you notes to your interviewes, what format are you using: letter format (Dear Dr. Whatever, sincerely, etc.), or informal (Dr. Whatever, yada yads, -Somebody). Are you using cards, full business type letters, or smaller pieces of stationary? Handwritten or typed?
I'm trying to figure out what is most appropriate for the purpose. BTW I'm thinking very short notes, not dissertations on my interest in the school and the content of the interview, just my appreciation for their time and help.

im writing mine on a $100 bill in shorthand

 

[somemaybedoc]

If you send the thank you to the admissions office (e.g. the Dean), it will go in your file. That said, in six years I have never seen the absence or presence of a thank you letter have any overt influence on an admissions decision.

The interviewer will make an assessment of your interview within an hour of two of your interview (often within minutes of saying good-bye to you). So, don't do this because it improves your chances, but because it is courteous.

Typically, thank you notes are handwritten in blue or black ink on a blank card measuring a little less than 5 x 7. With any luck, your college bookstore sells something appropriate for about $1 a card (including envelope). If you have a rich uncle, you might hope for cards imprinted with your name at the top. These are great for all sorts of thank yous & congratulatory notes, are always handy & wind up costing less than greeting cards. (although the initial outlay is over $150). If you feel the need for the AMCAS # (which isn't essential) write it below your name.

For some amusement regarding thank you notes see http://www.slate.com/id/2128464/

Thanks, I just want to do it as a courtesy, at at least 1 of my schools my interviewers gave up their saturday to talk with me.

 

[medanthgirl]

i think it should be done as a courtesy - one of the faculty that interviewed me was a professor emeritus, meaning that he could have been doing any number of other things, and that he does this out of his own interest and duty for the med school, not b/c he has too.

 

[alwaysaangel]

Definitely a courtesy and I would say just sign your name. Adding your AMCAS # seems really tacky. You should be doing it to be polite - not to get a suck up note attached to your file. Writing your AMCAS # on it will make it seem like you are tryign to do the latter.

 

[somemaybedoc]

Definitely a courtesy and I would say just sign your name. Adding your AMCAS # seems really tacky. You should be doing it to be polite - not to get a suck up note attached to your file. Writing your AMCAS # on it will make it seem like you are tryign to do the latter.

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[Ladyfingers]

Everything I read said to send a thank you email rather than an actual letter.

 

[BellyDancingDoc]

If you send the thank you to the admissions office (e.g. the Dean), it will go in your file. That said, in six years I have never seen the absence or presence of a thank you letter have any overt influence on an admissions decision.

The interviewer will make an assessment of your interview within an hour of two of your interview (often within minutes of saying good-bye to you). So, don't do this because it improves your chances, but because it is courteous.

Typically, thank you notes are handwritten in blue or black ink on a blank card measuring a little less than 5 x 7. With any luck, your college bookstore sells something appropriate for about $1 a card (including envelope). If you have a rich uncle, you might hope for cards imprinted with your name at the top. These are great for all sorts of thank yous & congratulatory notes, are always handy & wind up costing less than greeting cards. (although the initial outlay is over $150). If you feel the need for the AMCAS # (which isn't essential) write it below your name.

For some amusement regarding thank you notes see http://www.slate.com/id/2128464/

I was surprised to see you write this, LizzyM. A former adcomm from Mt. Sinai recently told me that thank you notes were not particularly important in and of themselves, but that when students failed to send them, the omission was noted in an unfavorable light.

Different strokes, different folks I guess. Still, based on what this particular contact told me, it seems that thank you notes are a wise idea, at least as regards Mt. Sinai.

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