<p>Ok, on last Friday, I (think) had a wonderful interview with a graduate from 50 years ago....</p>
<p>now i'm down to write a thank you letter to him.</p>
<p>Any advice on writing it?</p>
<p>You should just write a short, sincere note. Noone can give you advice on what to say. Are you doing this because someone told you to? If you had an amazing conversation, and feel incredibly moved to write a thank-you, then do, but that would seem to imply you already know what you want to say. If you are just doing writing a note to make points, I would say, don't write it at all.</p>
<p>thank for the interview. bla, bla, bla were things I had never knew. bla, bla, bla convinced me that I want to go to Harvard.</p>
<p>tell the old geezer you appreciated the interview and the time he/she spent with you but query as to how the heck you're supposed to learn anything about today's Harvard College from a circa 1958 grad.</p>
<p>My guy told me how he's five generation Harvard. Now that's impressive. Please explain how that will help me understand whether or not Harvard is a fit for me. It's weird how Harvard just randomly pair up people for interviews. I am an economics major and they pair me up with an engineer who has no clue even what the stock market is. :p</p>
<p>Are you serious? All the interviews that I've had, they've paired me up with those that studied law or government. For Yale (eww, sorry guys), I had my interview with a long time attorney. For Harvard, they paired me up with two interviewers one of which was a Kennedy alumni and had been in Congress for 20 years and the other being an attorney. I've talked to others that have had their interview and they've ranged from my friend who is interested in business (had his interview in the man's office at Goldman Sachs) and music (interviewer was into music -- don't remember the specifics, haha).</p>
<p>I'm sure it depends how many alums are in your area and their availibility...my harvard guy matched but the yale one really didn't (funny thing is, i liked him better...)</p>
<p>Yeah, my interviewer graduated in 1946! A lot had changed since then. also, he didn't know much about my interests. He was nice, but I cant see how my interest will help or hurt much.</p>