How to thank recommenders

[UngSully]

My professors submitted my LORs in early December, but I'm still waiting to hear from programs for interviews and probably won't know where I'm going until March or even April. I was planning on giving my professors a present as a thank-you for writing letters, but I'm worried about what this could imply. Should I wait until I've heard back from all the program I applied to? Should I be giving them presents at all? 

[.letmeinplz//]

Waiting till you make your decision is probably fine, just bundle it with your announcement of where you are going. One of my ideas was getting a city coffee mug (from starbucks, even though I don't like starbucks it is a pretty cool mug) with the city I'm going to (or if someone makes a school version, maybe that) so they will remember where I went when I left them :-(. 

 

[UngSully]

10 minutes ago, .letmeinplz// said:

Waiting till you make your decision is probably fine, just bundle it with your announcement of where you are going. One of my ideas was getting a city coffee mug (from starbucks, even though I don't like starbucks it is a pretty cool mug) with the city I'm going to (or if someone makes a school version, maybe that) so they will remember where I went when I left them :-(. 

 

Thanks! That's a cute idea

[mathandcoffee]

Last year, my roommate got the professors that wrote her recommendations chocolates. I'm still deciding what to get mine; I don't want it to come off as generic. I'm from a small undergrad school, so I know my professors pretty well and I know they wrote strong letters. I want to make sure they know how much I appreciate the time/effort they put into them. The mug idea is cute though, and a little more unique than chocolates. It's closer to what I'm looking for I think.

[AP]

I don't think I thanked them... I mean, not beyond the spoken word. In the US you have a neat subculture of thanksgiving, I wish we had thank you notes back at home!

[sturdyelm]

OP - you might find this similar forum useful

 

[abbyecrt555]

I thanked mine in email, but we have great relationships and are still in communication as they are either supervising my work or I am doing theirs!