| "o many parents are worried about sending their kids into the private home of a stranger, too many alum interviewers want to avoid the possibility of being accused of inappropriate behavior."
The alums also want to avoid inappropriate behavior by the students whom they interviewed. I stopped doing interviews at my home after a student whom I had interviewed showed up unannounced after an EA deferral and left a package of goodies on my doorstep. That scared me because I wondered what he'd do if he eventually got rejected.
I also know an interviewer who was paid a surprise visit by a mom and student who pushed their way into her home after the student was rejected. The mom then insisted on pleading the student's case -- complete with going through a thick scrapbook showing the student's acccomplishments.
There are wakky, desperate, too intense people out there, and alumns who are volunteering their time to interview don't want to be victimized by them. |