Bad Interview After Likely Letter, Worried

anonymousapp
Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:43:16 +0000

Hi CC,

How bad would an interview have to be for Columbia to reconsider a candidate who received a likely letter? I received one back in January and had my interview almost immediately following. I’ve tried, during the past month, to push worries out of my mind, but still feel that my interview was rather stale.

My interviewer asked me questions like: how’s your high school; what inspires you; where do you see yourself in the future; what has been some challenges in your life? My previous interviews had never been in such a formal Q&A style, so I was completely unprepared. My answers were incomplete, ambiguous, and there was little connection or flow between my interviewer and me. Furthermore, I didn’t mention a lot of my extracurricular activities—though I did talk extensively about some of my primary, albeit trivial, passions.

Bottom line: How bad would a post-likely letter interview have to be to merit reconsideration of an applicant?

Thanks!