<p>Did anyone receive the letter from Groton, after visiting and having an interview with the admssion officer on campus? (a hand-written card)</p>
<p>It's most schools policies to send a hand written letter after an interview. Sorry if I burst any bubbles =/</p>
<p>Thank you istoleyournose, I didn't know the policy before~ haha, but I don't think that's most schools policies..most of the schools didn't send the card. Can you name some of the schools which have the policies. Many Thanks^^</p>
<p>Exeter and Andover, they're the only two schools I'm applying too so I assumed the other TSAO schools were the same. Maybe not?</p>
<p>uh..Groton is not in that Association( is TSAO means ten schools AO?). And I also apply Andover, but they didn't send it, maybe i was not impressive at the interview with Andover. Anyways, I think they just send the students who leave good impression to them. haha~</p>
<p>Oh dear, how these darn forums can kill an applicants confidence.</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry about getting a postcard or not. I think these schools are so careful about not giving out pre-March 10th vibes regarding admission or not. I may be wrong, but it would seems awfully un-professional to send postcards out to only those who they 'liked', and neglect those who supposedly failed to 'impress'.</p>
<p>I got a postcard from SPS, but can wholeheartedly say it was my worst interview.</p>
<p>Also, it could just depend on the interviewers style or their overall business.</p>
<p>First, I agree with everything mmoyan ( I usually do lol)</p>
<p>Second, I totally messed up sorry for causing any unnecessary stress. I just checked my "boarding school mail" folder, and I only got one from Exeter, I must've just assumed or imagined that I got one from Andover. My bad >.<</p>
<p>Yep..it may just overall business. I just wanna know the chance to get into Groton, since I receive the offer from Hokcaday, they require me to make decision before or on Feb.17, so I don't know....just ask...if i hut anyone's confidence, I am so sorry..</p>
<p>well...
i only got postcards from places where i think i did well on my interviews.
for instance, i didn't get one from groton because that was my first interview... and well... it was a disaster.
but i got them from a few other schools, but don't get discouraged if you didn't do well on your interview!
they're not everything, the essays are also important.. actually, everything is!</p>
<p>@xoxo - You interviewed at Groton but didn't get a little postcard note from your interviewer? That surprises me. </p>
<p>I agree with mmoynan, it seems a bit odd that it would be selective. My son got one the day after he mailed his thank you note (like two days after the interview). I assume that writing that little postcard is a part of the interview process. That is, they write down their impressions, notes, etc; then write up a postcard to send. Kind of like writing a thank you note for a really ugly sweater that your great Aunt Edna knitted for you, (or the scarf that you really really loved).</p>
<p>I have tried very hard during this process to try not to investigate motivation. When my son received a Christmas card with a reference to something specific about him, I pictured the interviewer at his desk with a list of kids and notes by their names to ease the "personalization." Please, I'm not being cynical or judging the school for doing this. Jeez! They have to be organized and present an encouraging attitude towards all the applicants, especially before they've seen their files. They don't want any of the ones they really want to not complete their apps because they felt slighted. </p>
<p>Basically, I find the idea that they only bother to court kids who have made an impression at an interview rather unlikely. It probably has more to do with how busy they were when you interviewed than whether they "liked you" or not. Also, maybe they don't send them overseas? I dunno.</p>
<p>I am trying not to read too much into this kind of stuff either.
I actually threw those letters away, oops...
Some days I think my S will get into his top pick and then I come on here and get discouraged.</p>
<p>neatoburrito-</p>
<p>i wish they wouldn't be so selective though.
we're all still very young and all...
it's okay though, i got postcards from the schools that i really want to go to.
(not saying that i don't like groton, but i didn't really get that... "feeling" i got from others).</p>
<p>I was talking to my Mom about it last night, and came to this conclusion: these schools are far too prestigious and respected to engage in such minute favourings using only a 45-minute interview to judge - and if they do, than that is truly despicable, and they should be ashamed! </p>
<p>As someone else said, we're kids! And surely they know these discussion forums exist, so for one kid to hear that others got postcards and he didn't can be truly heartbreaking.</p>
<p>Anyways, I'm hoping it has nothing to favourites, etc., because that's totalllllly not cool. I tell you though, it sure shakes your sense of confidence and attainability about these schools.</p>
<p>P.S. The only postcard I did get was from SPS - the only school I didn't like and ultimately didn't apply to. Do you think they could be used as some sort of incentive? Kind of like... "Hey! We're still here! We're a great school with friendly and personable admissions officers!"... maybe? I did eventually send my interviewers at Exeter and Andover thank-you's (slightly hesitant, didn't wan't to seem sycophantic), at which point I got lovely notes back saying they remembered me well, enjoyed my visit, Happy Holidays, etc., and also fully and thoroughly answered any questions I had.</p>
<p>(boy, longest P.S. on record)</p>
<p>Sending a thank you note is ALWAYS in good manners - don't worry about being viewed as sycophantic. (nice SAT word by the way)</p>
<p>Don't worry about not getting a postcard. It can vary based on the personal style of the interviewer.</p>
<p>Haha creative. Yeah, I've come to the realization that it isn't kiss-a$$ to send thank you notes. I just wasn't sure if it was presumptuous or something - oh well, I know now!</p>
<p>And LOL, thank you! I happen to like the word as well... I used to pronounce it psycho-fantic... also something I learned the hard way.</p>
<p>A hand written thank you note, sent in a timely manner, is never out of place. They have, unfortunately, become rare gems. Practice them frequently with family members and friends and it will become second nature.</p>
<p>Are you sure you're not Emily Post in disguise?</p>