How are interviews utilized in the admissions process?

T26E4
Sun, 02 Feb 2014 17:37:25 +0000

“some schools do put serious weight on interviews.”

Besides Oxford and Cambridge, which ones? Some colleges that care about demonstrated interest may use them as a tool to gauge the student’s interest level – but this isn’t many, AFAIK.

Some anecdotal info about MIT, too.

@sloth: I think it was just a quirk w/your interviewer. I would imagine that’s how he/she operates at a work meeting as well – some people just like taking notes. I take the barest minimum of notes.

3-4 pages? My entire write up is 3-4 paragraphs — that person is very different than me.