<p>Hi! I had my Harvard interview today. It was in the interviewer’s house, which my mom found a little odd. She seemed really nice. I had sent her my resume beforehand, and gave her a research abstract and some creative stuff I had worked on to look at when I met. She didn’t really have a lot of specific questions, but kinda looked at my resume and asked me what I wanted to talk about. She then asked me Why Harvard, but kinda casually, and I explained it to her in general terms. She then asked me if I had any questions, and we talked about her time at Harvard and what I liked, etc . . That was good. At the end she asked me if I had anything else to say. I was trying to explain that I taught myself how to read and write a language I speak, but she misunderstood it I taught myself to speak that language, which was a little awkward. I hope she didn’t think I was lying/exaggerating. Any comments?
Anyways, I think I brought it around by talking about how much I love different languages. She did say I was a go-getter, and nice, so I guess that’s good. The interview lasted about 1 hour, like she said it would, and was actually more casual/conversational than the MIT one. She didn’t take notes, but had some sort of sheet from Harvard to fill out. Never underestimate the value of a good icebreaker in an interview.</p>