So I have searching for a while to try to find a sample post-medical school interview thank you note. Can anyone please help me or possible provide me with one. I am having a hard time writing more than just saying thank you for your time. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you note template for post-interview
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It's not that hard. Everyone's so needy on these forums. Basically thank them for giving you the opportunity to interview at their school. You can also thank your interviewers directly if you get their email.
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Don't use a template, that's a bad idea. Write a thank you note that will help the interviewer remember who you are. Remind them of your super awesome qualities, or mention something you and your interviewer connected on or had in common. A thank you note shouldn't just be a polite gesture, it should also remind them of who you are, and help them to remember why YOU specifically should be a student at their medschool.
It shouldn't be a resume or a ramble about how awesome you are, but it should subtly hint at the fact that you would be a great fit at their school, that their student body is one you can see yourself being a part of, and that you'd make awesome contributions to their __specific program/teaching format/community involvement/classroom structure__ because of your __experience/personality/learning style/devotion to community health and service__. Thank them for taking the time out to interview prospective students, tell them that you really enjoyed your conversation (you especially enjoyed getting a chance to talk to them about your shared love of ___, or hearing about their perspective on moving from [your state] to [school's state], or hearing a little about their-super cool research - to show them that this isn't a generic fill-in-the-blanks-with-the-interviewer's-name-and-the-school thank-you note... cause... it's not... I'm totally not giving you blanks to fill in, or anything...)
Basically, thank them for interviewing you, and tell them what you enjoyed about your conversation and why it makes you think you'd be a great fit for the school in 5 sentences or less.
It shouldn't be a resume or a ramble about how awesome you are, but it should subtly hint at the fact that you would be a great fit at their school, that their student body is one you can see yourself being a part of, and that you'd make awesome contributions to their __specific program/teaching format/community involvement/classroom structure__ because of your __experience/personality/learning style/devotion to community health and service__. Thank them for taking the time out to interview prospective students, tell them that you really enjoyed your conversation (you especially enjoyed getting a chance to talk to them about your shared love of ___, or hearing about their perspective on moving from [your state] to [school's state], or hearing a little about their-super cool research - to show them that this isn't a generic fill-in-the-blanks-with-the-interviewer's-name-and-the-school thank-you note... cause... it's not... I'm totally not giving you blanks to fill in, or anything...)
Basically, thank them for interviewing you, and tell them what you enjoyed about your conversation and why it makes you think you'd be a great fit for the school in 5 sentences or less.
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Hmm.. It's not a sales ad, it's a Thank You note because it is used to THANK someone for taking valuable time out of their busy schedule to get to know you.
Did you ever write thank you notes for birthday presents, or even your LOR writers? Same concept. If you don't have much to say, short and sweet is fine.
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Not ever for birthday presents (not a norm in my social situation/culture).
I thanked my LOR writers when they agreed to write them (in a short 2-sentence thing), and again once I got my first acceptance (it's nice to know that a favor you did for someone was actually successful/helpful)
I never really got the idea of thank-you cards for birthday presents - it's accepted that you give people presents for their birthday. Favors and things that aren't accepted as things you "just do," like writing LORs, are a different story.
Also, if we're talking about being genuine and saying thanks for things we're ACTUALLY thankful for, I wouldn't really focus on thanking them for volunteering to interview. They know we don't care as much about them "taking the time out of their busy schedules" as we do about them saying wonderful things about us to the rest of the committee.
I'm thankful that the interviewer was pleasant, didn't give me a stress interview, and engaged in an enjoyable conversation with me (since all of my interviews so far have been more conversational than interrogatory [is this a word?]). Also, I would be thankful if ze put in a good word for me.
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just my $.02 but I was always told NOT to include any signs of interest in a thank you note. short & sweet otherwise it will turn into a letter of intent and might make the interviewer feel uncomfortable (since that should be directed to admissions)
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I had my interview yesterday and sent a thank-you email earlier this morning to the main adcom member who interviewed me. I just said thank you for making the interview easygoing and then continued a joke that went on during the interview. That was it. He responded back with a reply continuing the joke. So, in other words, just be sincere. Come on, you're going to be a doctor. Learn some sincerity for those future patients! 👍
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wait, the thank you card is just for your interviewer, right? not the admissions committee for offering the interview. In that case, there doesn't seem to be a need to say how you fit in w/ the school.
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Yeah, actually, it is. It's possible - likely, even - that your thank-you will have a neutral effect on your admission, but you should approach everything as an opportunity to bolster your candidacy (or to destroy it if you're more motivated by fear of failure).
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Unless the people reading the "thank you note" you've written think you a conniving brat for trying to sell yourself further. *shrug*
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I mean, why write a thank you note at all? Really
Do you think your interviewer will think you actually wrote that out of feeling thankful? Of course not. They do this all the time. They know that people do it so they can check off some mental "send thank-you note to interviewer" box and go along on their merry way. I know I wouldn't give a **** if an interviewee sent me a thank you note. In fact, I'd get pissed at them for wasting paper if their thank-you note was generic and stupid.
Maybe I just think all this because I didn't grow up thinking that thank-you notes were required or expected for anything. Practically, it just seems silly. I personally think that if I'm going to use up some paper and stamps and the interviewer's time, I'd better make it actually say something. It's like those stupid birthday cards that dentists' offices send out. Totally useless. I'd rather do something useful and remind the interviewer who I am (not just some random other student in their vast pool of interviewees), slip something in to remind them what we talked about, that kind of thing.
Do you think your interviewer will think you actually wrote that out of feeling thankful? Of course not. They do this all the time. They know that people do it so they can check off some mental "send thank-you note to interviewer" box and go along on their merry way. I know I wouldn't give a **** if an interviewee sent me a thank you note. In fact, I'd get pissed at them for wasting paper if their thank-you note was generic and stupid.
Maybe I just think all this because I didn't grow up thinking that thank-you notes were required or expected for anything. Practically, it just seems silly. I personally think that if I'm going to use up some paper and stamps and the interviewer's time, I'd better make it actually say something. It's like those stupid birthday cards that dentists' offices send out. Totally useless. I'd rather do something useful and remind the interviewer who I am (not just some random other student in their vast pool of interviewees), slip something in to remind them what we talked about, that kind of thing.
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Stupid or not, thank-yous are a professional courtesy. You've got to send them.
