Harvard Regular Decision Interview
paquitoTaquito
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Hey guys. This is probably a dumb questions, but here it goes. I'm apply to Harvard for regular decision and wanted to know what the interview process was like for RD applicants. I assume there are alumni interviews for US applicants applying RD (or is that only for EA?). Beyond that, I wanted to know when I would have to submit my CommonApp in order to schedule it in time. Could I submit it on January 1 or do I need to get it out earlier? I couldn't find any of this stuff on the website - maybe I'm just blind. Anyways, thanks in advance!
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Unlike job interviews where they are the most important element for deciding a candidate, the alum interviews at most Ivy schools admissions are more for alum engagement than for acting as the last arbiter in selecting a candidate. However, I have never heard of any Harvard admit without an interview; some interviews can take place after the candidates receive likely letters. In another word, you may not need one to get admitted but you must have one as an admitted student.
RD decisions won't be finished till mid March. An applicant can get an interview request up till that time.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/breakdown-of-the-harvard-admissions-process-1540287000
and the filled out form I have seen, there could be up to three additional evaluations besides those of two AO readers, from the left to the right (probably in the order of importance): faculty eval, staff IV and alum IV. If the interviewer is an admission staff, his evaluation will be entered in Staff IV column. Since most applicants will have Alum IV, one with Staff IV would stand out. I imagine good Staff IV scores would have more weight than Alum IV.