<p>Should I email it or hand-write it?
My interviewer was quite old and I don't think she checks her email a lot (she took like 5 days to reply to each of my emails), and I do have her address, but I didn't know if that would seem over the top?</p>
<p>Also, what should I write in it? Our conversation was a little bit dry because she seemed tired and I was way more enthusiastic/loud than she was. (When I asked her what her favorite thing about the school was, she kind of couldn't think of anything? Ended up saying she liked that she stayed in touch with her friends....) so I don't know what specifics to include.
Should I say that I really want to go to the school?</p>
<p>It has been three years since my daughter interviewed with an alum. She sent a handwritten note. You can say you enjoyed meeting her and talk about how excited you are about the school. You can thank her for giving her time to talk with you. then just say something you like about the place. Good luck.</p>
<p>Its a nice courtesy to send a note. I suggest USPS, not email. You just need 2-3 sentences since it isn’t as if people are going to be analyzing it for clues and details! Thank her for meeting with you, mention something from the interview if there is anything positive to say (sounds like there might not have been!), close by saying you’re more interested than ever in X.</p>
<p>p.s. Just for shock value (mine, that is) what do you consider “quite old”?</p>
<p>I’m scared she’ll have already written and sent in the review of our interview by the time she gets my letter through snail mail, though. Not that it would make a difference, but after our slightly awkward interview, I want the letter to leave her with a good final impression.</p>
<p>And @mikemac, she was probably in her mid-60s? I’m not sure, but I mean more that she acted “old”, like she was very slow in asking and replying and talked really softly. I realized I sounded like I was yelling at her the whole time haha</p>
She’s probably already written and sent in the review by now. When you interview job candidates you quickly learn that you need to complete your evaluation soon after meeting with them or else you forget details; meet with several candidates over a couple of days and they start to merge together in memory. Same with with admission interviews. Assuming this wasn’t her first year interviewing applicants she is almost sure to have made this discovery and filled out the evaluation the day that you met.</p>
<p>The point of sending a thank you note is largely manners; there is a chance it may help in some particular set of circumstances, but I wouldn’t count on it.</p>