How much weight is given to Alumni interview?

jzducol
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:44:00 +0000

The importance of the alum interview really varies greatly from school to school. In Stanford’s case, it didn’t even offer interviews in Ca until last year, and Ca was where nearly half of its applicants and alums were at. One former Stanford admission officer told me two years ago that alum interviews were more for engaging the alums than for evaluating the applicants. I imagine it may still be the case.
On the other hand some schools like MIT, specifically say alum interviews matter.