<p>So I had my Princeton interview on Jan 20th.
I didn't send in a 'Thank You' note as I thought that would be quite cliched. (Was I right here?)
However, I just read a post (on Duke's CC forum - <a href="http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/849466-tips-from-a-duke-alumni-interviewer.html">http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/duke-university/849466-tips-from-a-duke-alumni-interviewer.html</a> ) that a 'Thank You' note is quite crucial and I'm getting second thoughts.
What should I do? Is it too late to do anything? I know that the interview is not THE most important factor, nonetheless, it feels awkward to even think that I'm one of the apparently 'few' students not sending in a note. </p>
<p>quite crucial? Not in the slightest. Your report has already been written and sent. Maybe 15% of students I interview send me a thank you note. I don’t care at all.</p>
<p>But you’re also missing the point of a TY letter. Send if if YOU ACTUALLY FEEL THANKFUL that someone would take 2 hrs away from family/friends to meet with you and write a report. In that sense, it’d be nice to send one – not so you can fulfill some admissions game obligation.</p>
<p>@T26E4 Thank you for your reply. I didn’t feel like sending in a note as I already made it known to her at the end of the interview itself that it was nice of her to take time out of a busy schedule for an applicant like me.
But then the post on Duke’s forum left me confused as this seemed more like a ‘compulsory formality.’ Thank God, such things are not required. Thanks again for your reply! :)</p>
<p>I sent a thank-you to all the people that have interviewed me, primarily because they interview so many people and put in so many hours for their alma meters, especially the ones who had to drive a lot to where I lived in order to meet me. I don’t think it’s compulsory, but I think that it shows that you care. As the person above mentioned, your interviewer has already sent in the report and the lack of a simple thank-you note will not make or break your case for Princeton, so you don’t really need to worry about it. </p>
<p>It’s proper ettiquete to send a thank you note after an interview of any kind. Emailing the note is fine. This is probably something you should do in the future.</p>
<p>Thank you people!</p>
<p>This is coming from someone who interviews both professionals for jobs and as an alumni interviewer about thank you notes.</p>
<p>A thank you note should follow an interview. Handwritten or typed is best, with handwritten being somewhat preferred if your handwriting is good.</p>
<p>Email is acceptable, but not as powerful. Bear in mind that many people get 300 emails a day, and it’s easy for an email to get lost in the morass.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t fret if you didn’t send a thank you to your interviewer – most interviewees don’t. It won’t sink your application by any means.</p>
<p>You will find that successful professionals are sending thank you notes and finding all kinds of ways to keep in touch, such as sending their friends articles about business topics and articles about anything else that would interest them, such as hobbies.</p>
<p>A guy I knew in school, not too well, always sent handwritten notes out. When he got elected to Congress, he handwrote letters to those constituents who wrote him, and no congressman does this – other members of congress have a legislative correspondent (translation: flunky/clerk) write the letter and have a machine sign the congressperson’s name to the letter.</p>
<p>He became the first Republican governor of his state in almost 40 years. Even after being elected governor, he would always add a handwritten note to the bottom of a letter he would send me, and I was a long way from being one of his best friends.</p>