MidwesternAloha Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I put a lot of careful thought into whether or not I would send thank you letters to people who interviewed me at schools. I even spoke with some of my colleagues at work who are on the adcom at the University where I am employed, and the general consensus was that it was not necessary and somewhat of a different protocol than, say, a job interview. They suggested that adcoms and profs are busy and the emails can be more of a nuisance. Well, I was Waitlisted 2 business days after interviewing at my #1. It has now been 10 days ish since the interview, and, knowing that admissions are rolling and the committee meets to review Waitlisted apps after each recruitment weekend, I'm wondering - should I touch base? Is it too late to think them? Yes, yes, I'm overanalyzing, but I'm sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinchik Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I thanked everyone I interviewed with, regardless of whether the program was what I thought to be my number 1 at the time, as I think that it's polite and it reiterates your interest in the program. As long as you don't sound like you're fishing for an acceptance, I don't see how it can hurt. In fact, I received pretty detailed/long responses from ~50% of the faculty I emailed. I would do it sooner rather than later, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeee1923 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) I would suggest you don't send a thank you email since its over 3 days. At this point if you want to touch base, you should wait about another week since adcomms typically take 2-3 weeks to make their decisions. Edited March 6, 2015 by eteshoe tdcp and eeee1923 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwesternAloha Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 I would suggest you don't send a thank you email since its over 3 days. At this point if you want to touch base, you should wait about another week since adcomms typically take 2-3 weeks to make their decisions. Oh, they made their decision within 2 days. I'm Waitlisted. I guess just grasping for any reason to make my name show up on their radar because they beat me to the punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdcp Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I would suggest you don't send a thank you email since its over 3 days. At this point if you want to touch base, you should wait about another week since adcomms typically take 2-3 weeks to make their decisions. this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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