A thank you letter for writing a recommendation? Is this common at Brown?

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<p>Hi im also applying to Brown. A teacher who wrote me a recommendation for my extracurricular was sent a letter from Brown saying thank you for writing the recommendation. She has written recommendations for students applying to Brown in the past and she said that she had never received a thank you letter from the university before. Is this done routinely at Brown? Does it mean anything?</p>

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<p>other than a likely letter, there is no communication from Brown before March 30th (or whatever the date is this year that decisions are out) that means anything about your decision.</p>

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<p>@driveshaft</p>

<p>Yes it is very common.
I did not ask any alum to write a rec for me, but I do know a good friend of mine who is a Brown alum and wrote a rec for one of her students and got a thank you letter from Brown. She told me that it is systematic.</p>