<p>The one adult who wrote my son's single non-academic LOR showed me a letter he just rec'd from a college thanking him for writing the letter. He's fairly new at the writing recommendation game (has been in the job two years) and hasn't rec'd such a letter before. There was no praise for the applicant, just thanks for taking the time to write and how helpful such letters are. (From a highly competitive school, an extreme reach, if not well nigh impossible.) I told him they must have liked his letter and hopes he writes more! Or it's simply good manners. I'm just wondering if this is standard procedure.</p>
<p>I've never heard of this before. I'd take it as a good sign though.</p>
<p>I heard that WUSTL does it, at least sometimes.</p>
<p>some schools do this. like university of pittsburgh</p>
<p>Over 20 years ago, a school I applied to asked for the name of a teacher that had been influential in my high school career and sent a letter to that teacher. She was thrilled. I think it's nice that some colleges thank teachers for their efforts.</p>
<p>I received a really lovely letter of thanks from the admissions office after I wrote a letter of recommendation on behalf of a young woman I know. The fact that it was to my own alma mater may have had something to do with it, though!</p>
<p>One of my d's recommenders received a thank you from Pittsburgh three years ago. The teacher said it was the first such note she'd received in more than 20 years of writing college recs.</p>
<p>Thanks for replies. It's sounding kind of rare, isn't it? The recommender is very articulate and passionate about his work, and the situation he was writing about was quite a story, so it may have moved the admissions officer to write him. I'll tell him that; interestingly, this person is waiting to hear from a highly selective graduate program, so he's sensitive about admissions!</p>
<p>Pitt does it...</p>
<p>WUSTL sent thank you letters to all my teachers this year yet none of the other colleges i applied to did</p>