I sent a thank-you note when I was nominated for a scholarship. Should I send another thank-you note after being awarded?

October 13, 2008 1:36 PM

I sent a thank-you note when I was nominated for a scholarship. Should I send another thank-you note after being awarded?

I was nominated for a scholarship by my department and I immediately sent thank-you notes to the members of the committee that recommended me, feeling grateful for the consideration whether I actually ended up getting the award or not.

Now that I did get it, should I send a second thank-you note? Except for one of the professors who I do not know in person, I see the members of the committee often; I got the news about the award from one of them. So it feels somewhat awkward to be very formal again about saying "yes, I got it," yet still awkward not to.

Thank you for commenting.

posted by turtlegg to Education (11 answers total)

It is better to err on the side of thanking someone too much rather than not enough. I think the committee would appreciate your letting them know that you got the scholarship.
posted by jayder at 1:40 PM on October 13, 2008

Yes, definitely do this. You can send a quick informal group e-mail if you want.
posted by grouse at 1:49 PM on October 13, 2008

Yes.
posted by R. Mutt at 1:54 PM on October 13, 2008

I'd send a formal one. Let's them have something for their files and something to show to the people who ponied up the cash in the first place.
posted by cjorgensen at 2:04 PM on October 13, 2008

It would be really, really classy to do this.
posted by desuetude at 2:10 PM on October 13, 2008

I think it's a great idea - yes, thank them.
posted by KAS at 2:23 PM on October 13, 2008

Absolutely.
posted by pised at 2:45 PM on October 13, 2008

I thanked the sponsor of my scholarship with a really nice letter and an invitation to my play. They ended up not only coming to the play, but donating more money to the scholarship for next year's students. I was the development directors' favorite student.

Good things can happen from thank you letters.
posted by JustKeepSwimming at 2:57 PM on October 13, 2008

Of course you should. I always sent two thank-yous and I ended up getting more nominations and extremely generous letters of recommendation.
posted by HotPatatta at 3:06 PM on October 13, 2008

Definitely. But do it right - no email.
posted by Gerard Sorme at 5:21 PM on October 13, 2008 [1 favorite]

Yes, unless you want them to think the first thank-you was just sucking up.
posted by bricoleur at 6:59 PM on October 13, 2008