ok, my parents though it would be a phenomenal idea to send each admissions officer that spoke at the 7 colleges i visited recently a handwritten thank you note… do people do this regularly? do you think it helps at all? (or hurts…?)
<p>eh its brown nosing in my opinion..</p>
<p>uh do you think that hurts my chances?
yes it was pretty brown-nose-ish....but my mom's friend's daughter sent a picture of herself in a skidmore sweatshirt like doing the double thumbs-up (i think her dad forced her to)...and they framed it at the admissions office!!! (and she got in!) haha ***... i didnt do the thumbs up at least...</p>
<p>I'd send a note to anyone you INTERVIEWED with but skip the others.
You have got to be kidding about the Skidmore picture.</p>
<p>It is NOT brown-nosing. It is simply being polite to send a thank you to someone who has given up time to spend with you. A thank you CAN help you open up a relationship with the adcom if you have questions in the future and it may help you stick out in that adcom's mind when your application comes across their desk next year. As Jrpar says, I would send a thank you to any adcom that you talked to personally --- no need to send thank you's to adcoms who did group presentations. Keep it short, thank them for their time, mention ONE thing you really loved about the school (but don't drool embarrassingly! :) ) and let it go at that. Good luck!</p>
<p>Yes, I think that you should do it.</p>
<p>it will backfire IF you write anything on the note that is pseudo-intellectual or pretentious...in that book by a former duke admissions officer, a girl was mentioned that wrote a note saying "to the most intellectual admissions officer i know" or something like that...she was rejected...not to scare you, just a warning</p>
<p>otherwise, it wouldn't hurt</p>
<p>gulp</p>
<p>i feel like mine were kind of suck-up-ish....
(i already sent them)</p>
<p>YOU GUYS ARE SCARING ME!!!</p>
<p>I emailed an admission officer a note.. it was sorrta suckupy.. I got in.. but it was sucking up to the college, not to him..</p>
<p>My D wants to e-mail the reps at colleges she is not going to as some of them were wonderful. calling and e-mailing. She liked a few of them a lot and hates to just send a cold card in with a check.</p>
<p>If I get accepted to my top schools, I'm probably gonna get something for the teachers who wrote my apps, and send a thank you card to my interviewer. That's a good reason to not get accepted: save money. One thing that will ease the pain of rejection.</p>
<p>You should thank the teachers who wrote the recs whether or not you get accepted to your top schools!!</p>
<p>It's common courtesy to send a thank-you note to someone who has done something for you. It's not brown-nosing or sucking-up. It's being polite. Definitely write a note on stationery. It goes into your file and when the adcom reviews it, they see the note(s) and realize what a thoughtful and kind student that is. And they also appreciate getting the mail and learning that they've done a good job.</p>
<p>I was coached by my guidance counselor in HS (and my mother) to send a small, personalized thank you note ("I enjoyed meeting with you; thank you for your time"). I sent notes to all my interviewers, and a few of them even wrote back thanking me for my kind words. Just be reasonable and honest with your wording-- don't send gifts and try not to sound bribing. If you feel hesitant about sending thank you notes consider adding a question that you thought of... this might make the note feel a little more genuine and less brown-nosey.</p>
<p>thankkk youuu guys!
(see! my thing was genuine even if it was suckupy... im just a very thankful person.... haha)</p>
<p>collegeparent--- thats exactly what my parents said and the reason why i did it. thanks :)</p>
<p>"You should thank the teachers who wrote the recs whether or not you get accepted to your top schools!!"</p>
<p>Of course, I already thanked them (many times), but I said I'd get them something if I were accepted, because then they'd have to really put some effort into a rec to get accepted to top schools.</p>
<p>try sending an email if you meet wtih them</p>
<p>Sending a note is courteous and smart. Writing a pretentious or over the top message is less so. When you talk with someone who helps you out, a simple note thanking them for their assistance is good as long as it isn't over done. An applicant is trying to create an image of a real person in the admission officer's mind. Given a choice between helping a total stranger or someone who we met once and had a pleasant experince with...we go with who we know. </p>
<p>Any lobbiest or salesperson will tell you personal relationships are important.</p>
<p>thanks mr. b... are you a real admissions officer??</p>
<p>You kids gotta learn how to network. What's wrong with doing something that helps differentiate yourself from your competition? Everyone has statistics. Thank you notes are a good idea if you personally met with someone.</p>