<p>The most courteous way to say "thank-you" is by sending a handwritten note giving specifics about what exactly you appreciated. Despite what their ads indicate, while a Hallmark card is better than nothing, it isn't as good as a handwritten note.</p>
<p>Thanks! : )</p>
<p>i just got called TODAY for an interview on sunday.</p>
<p>uhh, a little late?</p>
<p>NSM, I sent an e-mail because I didn't have her home address. Was it ok, by following the common thank you note format that you described in your last post, that I sent it by e-mail in place of paper and pen?</p>
<p>Running, Since you didn't have her address, sending an e-mail thank-you note was appropriate. Believe me, to my surprise, what you did is far more than most applicants do. Last year, I interviewed 12 students for Harvard and got one thank-you note.</p>
<p>Por,
Students will still be getting interviews the first week of Dec. When one gets called depends on when your local schools' committee got info about you from Harvard, and how many alumni interviewers there are in your area and how busy they are.</p>
<p>In some areas, there's only one alum interviewer, and that person works plus has to interview as many as 20 EAs.</p>
<p>After my son had his interview, he immediately sent out a well thought out, handwritten thank you note with the address given to him by the interviewer. About a week later, it came back with "wrong address" or something on it! We were so upset and confused...worried that she would have a bad impression of him because of not receiving a thank you. He decided to call, and she explained that the post office is in the neighboring town, so the mailing address is different. She indicated that this happens often. He sent it out again with the correction, but it was ironic that his lovely note would be too late to affect her assessment of him (of course, he would have sent one no matter what). Another example of how there's only so much you can control in this process...</p>
<p>"She indicated that this happens often. He sent it out again with the correction, but it was ironic that his lovely note would be too late to affect her assessment of him (of course, he would have sent one no matter what). "</p>
<p>That may or may not be true. Some interviewers send their reports immediately after the interview. Some send them weeks after the interview. Sometimes, too, adcoms follow-up with interviewers about reports.</p>
<p>Regardless of whether the note was a factor in his admission, his displaying good manners probably left a lasting impression because unfortunately while most students are eager to be interviewed, few bother to send thank-you notes.</p>
<p>Only one out of twelve?!?!</p>
<p>Oh my goodness, I thought sending thank-you notes was common, as in "common courtesy." Wow.</p>