Too Late?

[nimboo]

Is it too late to email the PD of a program to let him/her know that you're interested in their program? I never sent this place a thank you letter, and have realized that I am going to rank it highly.

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[medres]

I know that my program (and probably many others) are ranking this week. It certainly can't hurt to send them a note, though, just in case they haven't ranked yet. You should do it- when we rank, if we have to distinguish between two candidates of equal caliber, we do check to see if they wrote thank you notes.

 

[nimboo]

Is email ok?

 

[lurkerboy]

I suppose it depends on the program....but I've been doing all of my communication via email.

 

[medres]

Like I said in a previous post, handwritten notes are much better than email. They show forethought and effort. It's also a big pain in the butt for program directors to have to print out the hundreds of emails that they get. That being said, and email is better than nothing.

Unless you have absolutely no intention of ranking a program, there is NO reason not to have sent a thank you letter. Even if you don't plan to rank a program, it is still polite to thank them for their time.