Thank you notes?

[Anonymous]

Do you send thank you notes when you interact with the schools? I had never thought of doing such a thing until yesterday (while getting my DD to write Hanukkah thank yous), but now I feel like I missed something! Do people do this? I am also thinking it might be overkill in correspondence, sort of a they do not speak unless spoken to kind of thing with admissions.

[Anonymous]

I did after the interview. Had my DD write one as well.

[Anonymous]

Never sent one, ever, through multiple applications to various independent schools over the years for our three DDs. total of 8/9 acceptances overall over the years, so doesn't seem very relevant. Truly they don't track this sort of stuff, at least having dealt with admissions to many other programs for students over the years. If it makes you feel better send them, but when decisions are made no one will notice whether or not you sent a note.

[Anonymous]

I sent one after the parent interview and after DC's play visit. We're new to this process, though, so I have no idea what most people do.

We got a note from the school after our tour, and one addressed to DC after the play visit. I don't know if all schools do that, but I took it as an indicator that thank-you notes are part of this school's culture.

Bottom line, I don't think you can ever go wrong thanking someone for their time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sent one after the parent interview and after DC's play visit. We're new to this process, though, so I have no idea what most people do.

We got a note from the school after our tour, and one addressed to DC after the play visit. I don't know if all schools do that, but I took it as an indicator that thank-you notes are part of this school's culture.

Bottom line, I don't think you can ever go wrong thanking someone for their time.

Which school(s) sent notes?

[Anonymous]

We sent one to our favorite school only. More importantly, we sent a strong first choice letter noting that, were DS accepted, he would enroll.

[Anonymous]

I work at a school. It's fine to send thank-you notes but not a problem if you choose not to, either -- nobody thinks you are rude. Up to you. I think if I were a busy person (as I think parents are by definition!) I would not bother.

[Anonymous]

Last year, I didn't do a thank you note per se but instead incorporated a "thanks for everything" into an e-mail I sent to the admissions director after the playdate. I was confirming that our application package was complete, and figured it couldn't hurt to say thank you and reiterate our interest in the school. Had I not had an actual reason for e-mailing in the first place, I probably would not have sent a separate thank you note.

[Anonymous]

We sent a thank you note to the person that conducted the parent interview, in each case also noting that our daughter had enjoyed her classroom visit or that we looked forward to introducing them to our daughter, as appropriate. As others have noted, it is probably not necessary, but I don't think a little thoughtfulness hurts.