<p>I just got an email from my Cornell alum interviewer. I am going to reply tonight, I just am thinking about how to be as polite as possible. It is awkward though, because I know one of her sons (although not well) and her other son was in my sister's grade. She is also has a mutual friend with my mom... any suggestions? For example, should I merely write a thank you email afterwards, or send her a thank you card? Some people on here were suggesting hand-written thank you's...</p>
<p>How does this look?</p>
<p>Dear Mrs. X,
Thank you for contacting me to schedule an interview. Are you still available on 11/24 after 4pm? If so, where would you prefer to meet and at what time?
Sincerely,
Y</p>
<p>You are way overthinking this. An email thank-you is fine, so long as it’s polite and direct. </p>
<p>As for the scheduling the actual interview, that is fine. </p>
<p>If you feel at all uncomfortable, be sure to contact Cornell and ask for another interviewer. You do not need a reason. You may tell them if you like. If it is not a problem for you-if you do not feel uncomfortable, just go ahead with it.</p>
<p>Most frequently, all correspondence is done via short email note.</p>
<p>Should I just contact Cornell Admissions directly? By phone or by email? I think I might. She and my mom have a mutual friend, and the interview is best friends with the mother of a bratty girl in my grade. </p>
<p>Contact admissions directly. It is after 5 now. Email may be the most efficient.</p>
<p>This is very confusing because I don’t know why you want to write a thank you. After the interview do you mean? It really doesn’t matter at all how you send a thank you for an interviewer.</p>
<p>If you are saying you don’t want to be interviewed by her because of too many close connections then that is fine. Contact Cornell and they will have someone else interview you or skype interview or possibly no interview if not one else is available, which would be fine too. If the lady has a child interviewing this year or friends kids, they are usually supposed to excuse themselves that year anyway. But otherwise, does it matter if she has kids and knows other kids you know? Up to you.</p>
<p>There was someone in the Harvard forum last week and the interviewer who contacted her was an Ex boyfriend’s mom after bad breakup! That was terribly inappropriate of the lady. She contacted Harvard and they they apologized, understood and are rearranging it with someone else.</p>
<p>However, @ItsJustSchool and @artisticnative, by doing so it’s entirely possible you’ll not receive an interview. Especially for ED/EA applicants, the time between application submission and admission decision is brief, the number of candidates in some localities is extensive, and the number of alumni interviewers – and their schedule availabilities – is often limited. </p>
<p>Hahaha @BrownParent that is pretty funny, although terribly awkward. I understand @TopTier, which is why I might just deal with it and put on a happy face.</p>
<p>Just because her kids attend your school is no reason why she should be recused from interviewing you. I’ve interviewed kids who attended my daughter’s HS – she barely knew them. I had no inability to interview them completely from a neutral stance. The mutual friend she shares with your mom is not an issue either. Please stop fretting. Certainly conflicts can occur. I was once assigned the older brother of my daughter’s friend. Since I knew the family (albeit casually), I asked for him to be re-assigned. Your situation doesn’t seem to rise to that level at all.</p>
<p>There will be literally hundreds of posts on this site of people wondering why didn’t school X interview me? Does that mean anything?</p>
<p>@T26E4 “There will be literally hundreds of posts on this site of people wondering why didn’t school X interview me. Does that mean anything?” I am confused what you are trying to imply – that I should be thankful that I was offered an interview? </p>
<p>OP, you were deciding among schools. Which school did you end up applying to? ALS?</p>
<p>Yes @ItsJustSchool 
I met with the head of communication and then applied to CALS as a communication major.</p>