majorpain

I just wrote a very long thank you note to this interviewer that I connected with. I bought a blank thank you card and wrote the long note in the card. I basically wrote a note( i should call it a letter) that covered the whole inside of the card(my handwritting is tiny so you can imagine how long it was). I want to hand deliver it too( going for a overnight/visit very soon and so I will drop it off at the admissions office). Is this a good idea?

HighlandMom

Honestly, it's a nice gesture - I just don't think it will win you any points over a 3-4 line note mentioning one or two of the discussion points that really hit home to you. The adcom will be too busy to read a very long note.

majorpain

I'm actually not really looking to win any points(though it will be very aprreciated if it won any more points in her book). I just think she was very awesome during the interview and I am really thankful for her taking the time to interview me, the rapport that we developed during the interview and for even offering me great advice in relation to some problems I was having with my family. She was basically the the type of college admissions officer that everyone dreams of meeting, really passionate about the school and very easy to talk to. I was very strongly convinced I wanted to go to that school before the interview but even if i wasn't, after the interview I would have been.

Alexandre

One of the students I interviewed last year sent me a long thank you note...6 weeks after the interview. The reason for the delay, and that was explicitly written at the introduction of the note, was because the student did not want me to think that the note was intended to influence my report. Given the details of the thank you note, I assume it must have been written on the day of the interview or a day or two later, because the level of detail was impressive.