Thank You notes for alumni interviews?

Parents Forum
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<p>DS has had no trouble sending thank you notes for alumni interviews for those that have either stated where they worked or gave him business cards. In most cases, he has sent them to their offices. However, he has had a few interviews with alumni that didn't give any address for work or home. I can easily look the interviewers up on the internet and find their address to send the thank you notes but DS thinks that is too "stalker like" and inappropriate to do that. What do you think? We have been "debating" this for a while and now the thank yous are overdue!</p>

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<p>Most alumni will appear in the schools alumni directory with their updated addresses. My daughter was interviewed by a state senator and didnt want to send the thank you not to his office where it would get opened by staff and put in a pile somewhere. She went to the alumni directory for his updated address which was his home. He was so pleased, he sent her a thank you note for her thank you note.</p>

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<p>How did the alum communicate with the student? My daughter only had emails from her alum interviewers, so she wrote them nice thank you emails after the interviews.</p>

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<p>Thank you emails are all that I expect as an alumni interviewer. I almost always communicate with students via email, so they have my email address.</p>

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<p>They all emailed him to make contact and set up the interviews. I just thought that was too impersonal to email a thank you back so he has been handwriting and mailing all the notes up until this last batch. I think the alumni directory is a great idea and will be a legit way to look up the addresses without being a “stalker” as DS puts it. I wish we had thought of that before mailing so many to their offices. </p>

<p>Thanks for the replies!</p>

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<p>Agree with kiddie - all interviewers, both on-campus and local alumni, were sent a thank you e-mail. Never would have tried to find out addresses, although a couple were employed at a local U.</p>

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<p>AHH, wish I had asked on here first. I just didn’t know that emailing thank you notes was appropriate. That would have made things a LOT easier. Thank you everyone for your replies!</p>