How to write an up-date letter...?

Bigbajo
Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:33:08 +0000

Did you find out why you are deffered? Giving them a nice friendly call would help. Maybe late for that but its useful.
Make sure to update scores,honors, etc. if you got anything new. If you applied for scholarships and got replies, write that. Write about anything new that was missing in your old applications.

Make it short and to the point.

An example to show a school is first choice is by just saying you were disappointed after learning about the decision because after visiting Cornell, and looking at other schools, Cornell is the place you want to study at. The program at Cornell could not compare to my second choice schools.
Thank them in the end for considering you , etc. One paragraph about how Cornell is still first and hopefully some updates in a second paragraph.

You can also send extra recs, if they are very good, not generic.