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Interviews??
beepboopbabadook
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Hey everyone! So I applied to many of the T20 schools RD, and still haven't gotten an interview from Columbia, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, or Penn. However, I know multiple people in my school who've gotten ones from all of theses schools except for Stanford. I know that these interviews are supposedly random--but not getting interviews from this many worries me. Thoughts? Are stats ever considered when assigning interviews?
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Same goes for Columbia.
Princeton, MIT, and Penn typically try to interview most applicants, but I would not be concerned about not getting an interview because stats are never considered. It's only based on availability. Even if other students at your school have received interviews, it does not mean anything because they are totally random.
I'm also in a similar situation because I haven't received an offer to interview for UPenn even though every other applicant at my school has. It's nothing bad or good. However, I know that MIT and UPenn are still in the middle of conducting interviews so you might get contacted later.
Best of Luck!
I'm also waiting for an interview for UPenn and I'm very anxious because I haven't gotten one thus far but my friend from a different country has. Even though everyone says it's random, it's hard to feel settled with not getting an interview.
Expressing an emailed interest for an interview certainly wont hurt.
I dont know how much it'll help, but it'll be a lot fo help if the school in question has a designated interview committee contact detail set (email or phone or both and so on).
Hope this helps! Try to sound more 'honored' to get one, but dont do that over the top. It helps to directly tell them what help would it do to you (in any specific reason pops up in your mind).
"Please don't worry if you're not invited to interview. Since we aren't able to reach every applicant, not having an interview won't be held against you in our review."
"It’s our policy that applicants can’t request interviews."
I am not suggesting that a request would create a problem. Make your own decision. But, I thought this information was helpful.