Did I completely screw up my interview?

i_wanna_be_Brown
Tue, 13 Jan 2015 04:41:10 +0000

yikes OP, that sounds awful - I can’t imagine ever running an interview like that. @Justonedad, I answer questions from applicants honestly - no need to go out of my way to dig up dirt online (are we talking about news articles or like random forums and stuff?). I’m embarrassed and ashamed to hear of this person’s behavior.

Applicants: these are the only ways you can really screw up an interview (with me at least). Demonstrate you know nothing about Brown beyond the words “ivy league” “open curriculum” “liberal,” and even if you did that, probably the only ways that my report would have any impact on the ad com is if I mention that you did one of the following: assault me, call me racial slurs, insult me in some other way, tell me about how you’d really rather go to [other school name]. In other words - relax and enjoy a chance to talk to a Brown alumnus/a about Brown, what it did for them, what you hope it will do for you, and what you plan to do for it.