Leadership at Tufts

Seashore
Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:08:09 +0000

Hmm… I think there’s a lot of room between a confident student who thanks me and leaves and what you’re describing, a kid who is showing him or herself to be pitifully needy.

In practice, not very many kids get back to me after their interviews, even just to say thanks. Occasionally, a student keeps in touch a bit, and I’ve even had a few students continue to contact me after being DENIED admission. None of the applicants who have contacted me have seemed particularly needy, except perhaps one who’d gotten in off the wait list and couldn’t make a decision.

I understand your point well enough to have thought of it myself. But I balanced the thought with knowing that I never use an applicant’s resume unless it’s to check a spelling. And my major objective in interview reports is to highlight areas that are not highlighted in the rest of the application. So, I gave this OP the benefit of the doubt, thinking that the addtional contact would indicate sincere enthusiasm for Tufts and be useful to the report.