<p>Does anyone have any suggestions for what to include in a thank you note to the interviewer? should a note be sent to the tour guide as well?</p>
<p>Ohh wow, thanks for reminding me about this!</p>
<p>How do you address the interviewer though? Like, if you were writing a letter, what do you put for the address?</p>
<p>Send it to the interviewer care of the school's admissions office. Say something along the lines of, "thank you so much for interviewing me. I really appreciated it. I loved seeing your school's campus (if you were there)--it's beautiful!" blah blah blah, then repeat your thanks. It doesn't have to be long--it's the presence of the note that counts.</p>
<p>The most important thing is that you send a thankyou note.</p>
<p>A particular detail you liked about something in the school would be nice...like "School XYZ, you guys have such a nice science building!". That would help you stand out a little I suppose. I agree with everyone else though who said that it's the presence of the note that counts the most.</p>
<p>that's helpful thanks. But what about to the tour guide? some of them don't seem to have cards to hand out with their names.</p>
<p>It's nice to thank the tour guide. When my son went on tours last year, the tour guide always handed him a card with his/her email & name, suggesting that he could contact the tour guide with any questions. My son sent a thank you note to the Admissions interviewer and a thank you email to the tour guide. If you don't have any info on the tour guide, I guess there is nothing your child can do. If you have a name, you can call the school operator to find out what the email of that guide would be. Tour guides are helpful volunteers who like to be thanked, but I don't think it is an essential element of the admissions process. So if you cannot thank one or two tour guides because you don't any info on them, I guess it's OK.</p>
<p>Thanks Burbparent. So far we have been to two schools this time around, and one tour guide gave a card (note was sent to him) and the ones (yes, there were two female tour guides for my son!) did not give him any info.</p>
<p>Sorry if this has already been mentioned, but you'll also want to make sure you send a thnkyou note to the person who interviewed you. You can even briefly highlight what you liked about the school and also reiterate your interest in the school if that's the case.</p>
<p>are you saying that the parents should write a note as well?</p>
<p>drnancie, I was speaking of the student. However, as a parent i chose to e-mail a thankyou note to all the interviewers.</p>
<p>If you have contact info for the tour guide, send him a note. I am a tour guide at my school and it always makes me feel wonderful when I get a thank-you note or e-mail from a kid to whom I've given a tour.</p>
<p>Anticatalyst, your school is fortunate to have your help. You are really an ambassador! Does the admissions office ask for your input on the prospective student after the tour?</p>
<p>Regardless of whether you have the tour guide's card or not, I think it would be a great thing to pass a compliment of the tour guide's work along to the admissions office when you thank them for the visit. A public attaboy is always a good thing. Plus the admissions office like to hear that they have admitted a few good students over the years.</p>
<p>"Plus the admissions office like to hear that they have admitted a few good students over the years."</p>
<p>Hahaha, true that.</p>
<p>TieDye--sometimes yes, sometimes no. More often, I will mention any exceptional impressions left on me by the student--was he especially articulate or engaging? Did he glare at his parent the whole time? Which one of them was asking all the questions/trying to get my attention? If the answers to those questions are especially en- or discouraging, I might drop a note in the office. But there is no system whereby I report on all charges, or anything.</p>
<p>If you know, after the tour and interview, that the school is not a good fit and you don't intend to apply, is it best to mention that in the thank you note or just thank the interviewer for their time, etc. etc?</p>
<p>Either way would be OK. However, if I were in the situation, I would not tell them just to keep options open. You never know when your child will change his/her mind.</p>
<p>Will sending a thank-you card help in your admissions? Is that why eveyone seems to be making it such a proirity? Or are you guys just very polite?</p>
<p>Not sure it will help but it certainly won't hurt. It's always good manners to write a thank you note!</p>
<p>When interviewing for prep schools, my son always wrote a hand written thank you note to both the person with whom he interviewed and his tour guide the minute he got home from his tour/interview. It does display good mannners and it is the proper thing to do. I do think it reflects poorly on you if you do not do this</p>
<p>Now that he is interviewing for colleges, he is doing the same thing</p>
<p>In addition, notes often cross in the mail--the better schools will have the admissions officer and tour guide write you a personal thank you note.</p>