<p>If you live in Bay Area and are a sports fan, you know Mark Purdy, columnist for SJ Mercury News. Weird thing was, he interviewed me, but I didn’t know it till the end when I actually caught his last name…It was really cool …I’m kinda worried though, cuz I applied mechanical engineering, but on the interests section of his interview card, they only put political science for me, nothing about engineering…now I’m starting to question whether I put the right major on the NU app.</p>
<p>Hey did you dress casually or formally? Also what all did he ask ? Sorry but i have my interview tomm and i am way tensed. </p>
<p>Btw dont worry abt political science i want to be an engineer but i would rather talk about politics, economy as such. It just shows how aware you are.</p>
<p>That’s so awesome that Mark Purdy interviewed you. What’d you think of him?</p>
<p>Mark Purdy was funny, nice, pretty informative about the whole school…There was no pressure at all for the interview. The main questions he asked were: “Why Northwestern”, “Tell me about your interests”, “What school activities prepared you for you major”, and “tell me about some of your extracurriculars”</p>
<p>I dressed really casually. I wore khakis, and a hawaiian style button up t-shirt. Don’t worry bout dressing up that much. I didnt see seniors in shirt and ties (although i saw some dressed formally for graduate interviews). I even saw a girl in jeans and a sweater, and she came out laughing. Casual probably means whatever the hell you want. And seriously, don’t sweat it, though for NU, Purdy told me, the interview comprises a small part of admissions, compared to being almost a complete nonfactor at other schools.</p>
<p>cool thanks!</p>