<p>Nope. you offerred= you go. end of story.
lets just say, hypothetically speaking, you refuse, well that = rejection. ;)</p>
<p>hmmm. so my mom’s friend is on the interviewing committee at harvard, and since i haven’t received one yet, she said i should call… she said that interviews are guaranteed for all applicants. i don’t really get that though. if you don’t get one call i guess.</p>
<p>I will not be applying to Harvard until next year (i’m a junior), but I just had a few questions.</p>
<p>First of all, does everyone get an interview? More specifically, do applicants who don’t have very impressive resumes get interviews? It may sound like a dumb question, but I don’t really know how interviews work. </p>
<p>My other more important question is what happens if you sound unintelligent at your interview? I noticed a lot of people are mentioning politics…well I don’t know a lot about politics, so I doubt i could carry on much of a political conversation. Will the interviewer not reccomend you if you can’t seem to maintain intelligent conversations on a variety of subjects?</p>
<p>^ “First of all, does everyone get an interview?”</p>
<p>This question has been asked many many times and answered equally as many times. The opportunity to interview will be given to all applicants but in some cases, either because of where you live (dearth of alum; overabundance of applicants; etc.) or other circumstances, you will not receive an interview. The admissions office realizes this and not having an interview, because of these circumstances, will not affect your application.</p>
<p>In the case of an “overabundance of applicants”, I wonder how it’s decided who gets one???</p>
<p>Also, on the question of “how important the interview is”. The answers on cc vary from “not at all” to “very important”. Very confusing!</p>
<p>^ On Collegeboard’s website, interview is stated as “very impt” (or impt like that, i cant remember exactly but definitely important) for Harvard’s admission process. Go figure.</p>
<p>I know in certain countries where there are interviewers, not getting an interview means that you aren’t getting in at all.</p>
<p>I never got an e-mail back after requesting an International interview. Haven’t really done anything about it because I’m preparing for medical school interviews simultaneously and thought it really didn’t matter…</p>
<p>What do you reckon I should do? O_O</p>
<p>Hey IndiaRubber! I would say that it doesn’t matter, the med school interviews are extremely important while the Harvard interview doesn’t hold nearly as much weight in the Harvard admissions process. If you get one: great, seize the opportunity. If not, you’ll be in the same boat as if you had an interview.
I haven’t gotten interviews for a lot of schools I applied to, unfortunately.</p>
<p>@IndiaRubber
I never got the interviewer booklet either and I’ve mailed the admissions office about five times. If I don’t hear back this time I’ll try to google if there’s any Harvard Club in my area and contact them about the interview. If that doesn’t work out either…well then I’ll let it be.
You could try the same thing, if you know that there are Alumni Interviewer in your country.</p>
<p>REFUSING AN INTERVIEW</p>
<p>From what I hear, it depends on how the interview gets filed. On alumni reports for Yale and Harvard I know for sure there is an option that you can select saying “No interview” or “Interview not accepted”. So you can imagine this would raise a few eyebrows. It can also just not be filed at all- in that case there’s no problem.</p>
<p>But honestly… why would you think refusing an interview might not have negative impacts? It’s like you’re trying to hide something…</p>
<p>ChandlerBing: <em>snuggle</em> except an e-mail soon!</p>
<p>_Silence: Good idea. The deadline is mid-March, correct?</p>
<p>thanks for your replies!</p>
<p>EDIT: Mal77, was that directed at me or were you bringing a new scenario up?</p>
<p>Just a new scenario. I saw someone mention it and just thought I’d state what I’ve heard and also seen on CC.</p>
<p>I love these kind of threads… they give me hope lol</p>
<p>@IndiaRubber I think so. Wouldn’t make much sense if it was later. And from what I’ve gathered some US-Students have their interview that late.</p>
<p>Sorry for bringing back this old thread but I just had to tell (or write) my experience.</p>
<p>I had my interview last Sunday it was actually pleasant. The weather was horrible, though, but my interviewer was very, very nice. Of course it was in a Starbucks and I brought a resume, but he never asked about my test scores (considerably), though he did asked a lot about my background and all the activities I’ve been in. He had a timer out, but he rarely looked at it. He gave me some time to ask question, which he answered thoroughly. </p>
<p>The thing that turned me off was he wasn’t using his major for his actual, current job Otherwise, the interview (or conversation as he likes to call it) was very good. We ended at exactly 59 minutes, and he rarely mention the name Harvard, so that I totally forgot I was being interviewed for that school.</p>
<p>Negative: he was so tall that I got a painful stiff neck from looking up at him. It lasted for two days.</p>
<p>My Pton interviewer was 6’3 (I’m barely 5’2), so I hear you on the height. Although it did lead to an amusing convo about tall people who hog the front spots at rock concerts, so in a sense it was beneficial. =P</p>
<p>Does anyone know when the last day for interviewers to submit their stuff is?</p>
<p>^ I’m going to say mid-March (might be wrong, but I’m pretty sure)</p>
<p>To V1236,</p>
<p>My interviewer told me it was Feb. 23 or so. then they start going through the applicant pool…
but it maybe also just be for the kids who had interviews during the same time that I did.</p>
<p>"The thing that turned me off was he wasn’t using his major for his actual, current job "</p>
<p>Most people change fields about 5 times in their professional lives. Possibly the majority of college grads who have jobs aren’t working in the field that they studied in school. Their interests may have changed, etc.</p>