Roger_Dooley

ABC News: No Shoes? No Problem for This College Interview

This certainly seems to be a low cost way to get more contact with prospective students. I imagine it will be used less as a screening process and more as a sales/communication tool.

Dave_Berry

Now, instead of writing about what's in their rooms, applicants can SHOW what's in them. "And over here, as you can see, is my Star Wars characters collection!" :-)

smalllab

Errr... I hate interviews....

molliegym

I don't think this is a bad idea. Although it's great if you can actually visit the college, sometimes you can't- either because of money (plane tickets aren't cheap!) or because of scheduling issues (school or other commitments)- so I think online interviews are a good alternative.

gracieloos

I think this is actually a pretty good idea. Basically what molliegym said.

Soulside Journey

Terrible idea. How impersonal. How easy it will be for the applicants to lie and hide who they really are.

tokenadult

They use a webcam for those online interviews. Going from no interviews to a webcam interview is a good idea.

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Anon_Person_1

seems like a good idea. If you live in Hawaii or west coast, I'd imagine it would be difficult to get to a lot of interviews w/o a great deal of time/money/hassle.

chanfest22

"Terrible idea. How impersonal. How easy it will be for the applicants to lie and hide who they really are."

Seems brilliant to me. I mean, if you can lie in this, you can lie in a real interview too ...

Alone

Awesome, especially for us, internationals

iskander

^^ yes this is a great idea. more schools should propse this. and for us internationals as alone says this really gives us a better chance for the admissions offcice to know us a little better.

soozievt

I think it is a good idea as many students are not able to travel to campus for an interview. However, I am not up on the technology and if you have to buy anything to have a webcam interview. We don't have that on our computer, I don't think. So, hopefully there is a way to do it withouth having to buy what is needed to do video online.

Then again, many colleges offer alumni interviews in the student's own region, even internationally. I am an alum interviewer for my alma mater and am in the middle of the interview season right now and so that is another way offer interviews without students traveling to campus.

xxmagicboxersxx

I think it's a good idea, though I don't think anybody should decide to go to a college or university if they've never been to the campus. You just can't get a feel of things if you haven't, and might not like it once you get there. Atmosphere is important.

But it is a good idea, especially for people like me who could NEVER afford to visit a college in, say, California or New York. I'm in the middle of the country, and plane tickets are expensive!

Sally_Rubenstone

"Alone"--You and other international students might want to check out this blog I wrote about Webcam interviews for the U.S. Education Guides Web site. See: American Universities and Community College Search Service (U.S. Ed Guides is another Hobsons Website, like College Confidential).

Here's a direct link to the blog: College Interviews via Webcam | Admissions Without Borders

Alone

Ms. Rubenstone, thanks a lot for the link! It is quite interesting. The whole site is helpful, too.