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I had my first interview yesterday afternoon for Columbia where I'm applying ED. I was definitely nervous - I looked up some common questions asked by interviewers and mentally prepared answers. But I didn't really rehearse in front of the mirror or anything.
My interviewer was very nice but not particularly responsive (I suppose that's what most interviewers are like?). He really took his time while speaking so that I never knew when it was appropriate for me to start talking.
I started out talking about my ECs, and he asked me briefly about test scores and academics. There was one question that threw me off, which was, "If there's one thing you can change about your high school, what would it be?" Definitely wasn't expecting that. I liked it, though, when he asked about my family because I love talking about the quirky people in my family.
And we had an interesting conversation about bio - lab experiences, etc.
I think it went decently for a first interview. I'm not really in a position to judge, though, since I'm very inexperienced.
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