Class Visit

[dandelionsroar]

Hello,

After visiting a school is it okay to email the admissions officer or/and if you sat in on a class, to email the professor thanking them for their time or is this considered a bother and a nuisance. I know they are busy people.

Thanks!

[T.B.Justin]

I was wondering the same thing myself

I have sat in on a class at two law school's and one I felt that it was open and inviting to send follow ups and the other I felt indifferent about if that would be a good idea or not


Maybe someone with more experience on this can enlighten us both

[Adam Tyson]

Absolutely follow up and say thank you! An email is a good idea, a phone call is probably not, and an actual handwritten thank you note would be very cool, in my humble (and old-fashioned) opinion. That's not being a bother - that's being courteous and professional! Lawyers must be outstanding communicators, and memorandizing meetings and ideas is a big part of the job. Show that you are a serious person, ready to be looked at as a professional, and that you are someone who follows up rather than flakes. Otherwise, you will lose a valuable opportunity to make, or cement, a good impression.

Keep it simple, but absolutely send that thank you note to the professor and to the admissions folks who helped arrange it. Sure, they are busy, but what they are busy at is evaluating applicants, and your well-written thank you is going to be useful to them in that process.