<p>Me: 2
Year: Sophomore</p>
<p>0, Freshman…just got done with first semester</p>
<p>Nil. </p>
<p>I’m a bad lemon.</p>
<p>None, I’ve had some very good professors but I don’t see the point in writing a thank you note unless I got to know them more closely. </p>
<p>I do write good reviews of my good professors though so I guess that’s a form of thank you notes.</p>
<p>None. Never occurs to me. I don’t really see the point unless you’re trying to build a relationship with a specific professor.</p>
<p>Unless she is a very hot professor that might be a little promiscuous with her students, there’s no reason to give thank you notes to your professor. This isn’t high school.</p>
<p>I take that back. This isn’t elementary school.</p>
<p>None. They’re not going to remember me after I leave unless I’ve had them for more than three semesters in a row, anyway.</p>
<p>Did you make sure to get them Christmas gifts before you left for break too? Oh sorry you had me thinking I was in third grade again for a second, nevermind.</p>
<p>One, because my one professor helped me out so much this year. She was so awesome, I can’t wait to see her again next year</p>
<p>I sent thank you emails to the majority of them. Not a big deal to say thanks in a short (2 lines email).</p>
<p>Twice but for pretty rare occasions.</p>
<p>I sent a thank you email to the head of this program at my CC that got me an AMAZING job at a big research university for a year since she’s stepping down because of personal issues. She’s also written me multiple recommendation letters whenever I’ve asked and is genuinely a great instructor (even when she irritated the crap out of me). I also got another professor a gift card to Bath and Body Works for tutoring me weekly in Gen Chem during her office hours when I wasn’t even her student. </p>
<p>But I haven’t gotten an actual professor anything.</p>
<p>3 in-person thank you notes, 1 online.
I only give them to professors I truly liked or were truly excellent. Famous economist John List taught one of my econ classes. Now how can I not thank him for that? 
And my intro to analysis professor was amazing, making me like math, which is a subject I struggled with the year prior. If only she could teach every single math course I ever take from now on!</p>
<p>I don’t think writing thank-you notes to your teachers are only for little kids. Expressing gratitude in writing for anyone, not only teachers, would not only would make their day, but it would also motivate them to continue doing what they’re doing because someone actually took the time to acknowledge what they had done and said that it was important enough to make a difference.</p>
<p>I always write a thank you email if I sincerely enjoyed the class and the professor. </p>
<p>I think I’ve written four emails so far. I think it’s fair to tell them that I enjoyed the class and that I would take another class with them if I get the chance… and with two of them, I have kept my promise and I’ve taken two classes with one of my professors and will be taking my second class with another professor next semester.</p>
<p>None. The only semester that I would consider it would have been this past semester where I worked closely with a couple professors.</p>
<p>It’s a nice gesture, and I’m sure they appreciate it. But unless you spent a lot of time with them, they probably think of it as, “Oh, a thank you note from random student XYZ”.</p>
<p>I’ve only finished one semester, but I don’t see myself writing thank-you notes or doing anything like that. I mostly liked the professors I had this semester, and after the last lecture ended, I went up to them and personally thanked them for a good course, and I didn’t do it for the classes I didn’t enjoy. I also wrote good reviews for them online and in person, so I guess that counts. </p>
<p>I figure that, if I come across a professor I truly like, or one that I get to know better, then I would consider writing a thank-you note, because it honestly doesn’t mean much if you don’t know the professor well and he/she doesn’t know you well…</p>