<p>Is it okay to tell the interviewer, this school is my reach?
Thanks!</p>
<p>What would be your motivation in doing so?
Whether or not a school is a “reach” typically depends on factors such as scores and GPA. These, of course, are better left out of interviews, because they are already provided on other areas of your application. The purpose of the interview is to “take a picture of you,” providing insight into you that is otherwise lacking.</p>
<p>yea ur right,
but one of the questions is that “where else are you applying?”
comparign to other schools i apllied, this one is my reach, so it wouldn’t matter right?</p>
<p>Do you mean to say that that question was on the application? If so, interviewers usually aren’t privy to what you have said on your apps. Besides, many colleges (such as Rice) only ask that question for data-collecting/demographic purposes, and I honestly can’t think of a situation in which the answer to it would be relevant to your chances. But back to the original question, making reference to what kind of chance you have of getting into a school suggests (to me, at least) that you are over-thinking everything, which would be a bad impression.</p>