Actually my son had his senator interview today. They had no idea he had an LOA. He handed each interviewer a presentation packet we assembled. When they saw the LOA the interviewers perked up and the whole interview changed.
So - yes it matters, yes bring a copy with you. Even though he had a copy they asked the helper in the room to verify it on the spot. I thought that was weird.
Coach62 --- what did you have in the 'presentation packet'?
We went to Office Depot and got some clear report folders, the kind that you would use in a presentation. We put his resume with photo first, copy of his LOA email printed off and some updated material that he knew they didn't have, like an updated ACT score.
It went over well and made him look organized and prepared. His second senator interview is Wednesday so we changed it around a bit, he added a sheet with just his best ACT scores with supporting documentation.
It's only 5-6 pages. I wouldn't make a book out of it but we felt it was something that would make him stand apart a bit.
They were similar to this.
http://www.officedepot.com/a/produc...152236-VQ21-&gclid=CI7MhdjT3cgCFU8YHwod7pgCXw