<p>Is it typical for admissions people to send a hand-written note to an applicant? I seem to remember reading last year on CC that it was pretty typical and not to get too encouraged.</p>
<p>Yes, it is typical. Sorry. Your child should write a thank you note to the admissions person and the tour guide. If your child continues to receive personalized letters from admissions and/or faculty/coach in areas of strength, this might be an indication of interest.</p>
<p>hand-written? when do they send these? After you taake a tour? What do they say?</p>
<p>It varies by schools. If you don’t get one, don’t worry. You may get a Christmas card or something else.</p>
<p>I got a Christmas card from one school last year. (Trinity College School, I’m not applying).</p>
<p>I didn’t get any hand written letters from schools like Andover, SPS, and Deerfield, although I got A LOT of typed letters from SPS about their languages, humanities, and music programs.</p>
<p>I got hand-written letters from about half of the schools I applied to after I interviewed. I got typed letters from the rest of them several weeks later. Upon admittance I got hand-written notes from every school I was accepted to.</p>
<p>What do the letters say?</p>
<p>The letters usually say generic things about the good interview and that if you have questions to email them. The ones in the acceptance packet get more specific. Such as I hope you will continue such and such or hoped you made the varsity spot for such and such. They all follow the same format with only one or two personalized sentences.<br>
The typed letters are assigned numbers so they send out whichever one they think fits you best. It can be about a parents worry, FA, sports, specific subject of interest. It really just depends.
Overall they take up a lot of space to say nothing.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was surprised that St. Paul’s sent me so many letters. They must spend a lot of money on stamps!</p>
<p>Yeah, first class mail, too. :p</p>
<p>It’s nice, though…</p>
<p>Thanks Burb Parent and sugerkim - that’s what I thought. It’s good to know what to expect.</p>