<p>DD has contacted interviewers from schools said "yes" to her by either e-mail or phone call to say "thank you". She plans to do that to all teachers and GC who wrote recommendation letters for her. </p>
<p>DD is our first to go through this process. What other thing a grateful student should do? Also, should DD write a letter to schools she will not attend?</p>
<p>I like the idea of writing letters to schools where the applicant was truly interested and chose for one reason or another not to attend. It lets the school know that you really were considering them, leaves a good feeling on the college's part for kids who apply from your HS in future years, and leaves the door open should one decide to transfer/apply to grad school later. </p>
<p>Other folks here have said that their nice letters got a response of "we'd still love to have you" and held open scholarship offers for a year or two. I have a recollection of someone here whose D took a school up on that last fall after she went to her first choice and hated it. Went back to another school that had showed her the love and they reinstated her offer. </p>
<p>DS has been saying "thank you" to his teachers for quite a while, and will probably bring something homemade to the faculty office when all is said and done. Whatever is done, it clearly need to be at the student's initiative. </p>
<p>I will probably send some notes out to teachers myself, just because some of these folks have brought about earth-shattering changes in my son (and I get weepy just thinking about it!), but they will clearly be from me, not DS.</p>
<p>I bought local chocolates for my son to give his rec writers along with a card. I also e-mailed both of them expressing my gratitude. His teachers seemed to enjoy being informed about acceptances too. CountingDown, I also was bursting with gratitude towards a number of his hs teachers and coaches and I made sure they knew it! A very different young man graduated from that hs than the boy who entered 4 years before. He did a lot of the work, but I don't believe he could possibly have grown as much as he did without these incredible people. I still get weepy whenever I think about it.</p>
<p>thanks. So to whom the letter should be adressed, the dean of admission?</p>
<p>No reason to write a letter to schools she won't attend (though if some admissions officer or other person there went out of their way to be inviting, sending them a letter would be a nice thing to do.)</p>
<p>After the college gets her turn down, they more than likely will send her a survey asking about factors that influenced her decision. The best thing she can do to show her appreciation would be to return the survey, which will help them figure out how to attract students like her.</p>
<p>Wonderful that your D has thanked interviewers and recommendations. I assume she also let them know if she got into the places that they interviewed/recommended her. I've done lots of interviews and recommendations, and sadly, it's rare that students have the class and appreciation to do what your D has done. Pat on the back to both of you.</p>
<p>My D wrote letters to every Admissions Dept of schools which had accepted her. In most cases, she'd been offered scholarship money (although the amounts varied WIDELY). </p>
<p>It doesn't take that long and seems like the right thing to do. Additionally, as another poster pointed out, many of the schools provide a feedback/return card form to send in. They use this information to better understand reasons students didn't choose them.</p>
<p>Anyway, DadII, congrats on all your daughter's acceptances. It's a wonderful time, but still can be stressful, even with all that good news.</p>
<p>Once the decision is made, much of the anxiety is gone. I LOVE that part.</p>
<p>My D bought a bouquet of (I'll admit it, grocery store florist) roses to her counselor and the teachers who wrote recs when she got her admissions notice. Teachers work hard and rarely get that feel-good stuff that comes years later.<br>
As for the other admit departments, just a quick "I got in here, chose it because of...." is a help in their marketing for the future.</p>