<p>If I haven’t gotten an interview yet, and 3 other boys in my town who applied already did, does this mean I should just give up lol?</p>
<p>Fyi, I am no guaranteed “in” to Harvard, not being modest at allllll. I was just wondering if anybody else has experienced this.</p>
<p>There were 7 harvard applicants from my school. All asian except me a URM. Only one of us got the interview as far as I know lol… it was me! :P</p>
<p>For real though it’s not selective based on how strong an applicant you are. And it wont impact you negatively- but then again? That’s just what they SAY to us.</p>
<p>To Mal77, </p>
<p>Trust me I’m not a ■■■■■ I was just repeating what my interviewer said to me and I was wondering if she was telling the truth. And no I’m not the child of a Nigerian Prime Minister (There isn’t even such a thing lol). However I am an african american (both parents nigerian immigrants). As far as my background information, I grew up in crown heights (brooklyn), and east new york, living off of food stamps for majority of my childhood. I was involved in many dubious things over my childhood, mostly stemming from my involvement with a gang). My eldest sister didn’t go to college or graduate from high school because she was and currently still is addicted to crack-cocaine and she was a teenage mother. My family has sinced moved out of brooklyn to long Island for the past five years but I still visit and I have set up many different community activities to help my old neighborhood. That’s pretty much my childhood summed up for you to see that I am not a ■■■■■ (I hope this proves it).</p>
<p>My son had his interview a couple of nights ago in a pizza parlor. It went well. She was a lovely person. Bought him dinner. They chatted about all sorts of subjects, including the economy, studying abroad (she has a son who is doing that), etc. She said that he was a strong candidate, but then again, there are 29,000 applicants to Harvard.</p>
<p>Patgirl,</p>
<p>Thats an amazing story and I believe you. Although I don’t really see anything that would give you an instant acceptance, you could be a PR candidate. If I were Harvard’s marketing committee I would see that as a great representation of their new strides to incorporate lower socioeconomic families into Harvard. Fitzsimmons usually brings things like that up at the COUR and other events when talking about the new admissions plans.</p>
<p>The only problem is the interviewer has no way of knowing your academic credentials and scores, so it’s hard for them to give such a finite prediction.</p>
<p>Oh well. Whatever happens happens right? Good luck!</p>
<p>Hi. I have an interview question… what if i don’t know too much about American politics and economy? i’m an international, but i think my interviewer is American, so should i brush up on my knowledge of the US??</p>
<p>I don’t think that’s at all necessary. I’m an international student too, and my interviewer never once asked me to talk about anything other than me, my life, my school and my interests.</p>
<p>i’m reading all these posts on questions about current events and i’m getting scared… i’m pretty ignorant… ugh i hope my interviewer is nicer</p>
<p>I am so sacred. My interview is tomorrow at a law firm. I kind of regret applying right now since it’s not one of my top choices. If I somehow get in, I will definitely consider it more. But still.</p>
<p>Ohboi, this interview should be a terrific opportunity for you then. Just consider it a great “practice run” before interviewing for schools that are your top choices. And don’t stress about it too much if you make a major blunder, because it’s not your number one!</p>
<p>How early do you have to submit your application to get an interview? I’ll probably submit a day before the deadline.</p>
<p>Anybody have an interview in Paris, France?</p>
<p>I submitted mine around 11/28, and received a call for an interview 1-2 weeks later.</p>
<p>what happens if you are asked about the economy/war/politics in general…and you don’t know much…or anything. haha, what happens then? has anyone been in this situation?</p>
<p>^I second that question, because I’m pretty clueless when it comes to specifics. I know what’s going on, but I don’t know enough to have an intelligent conversation about it.</p>
<p>Steer into a topic you’re informed about.</p>
<p>but you are still expected to give an answer, no?</p>
<p>“What is your take on our current economic crisis”</p>
<p>“…I’m really interested in _____ <–insert any topic other than economic crisis”</p>
<p>Haven’t you had a conversation with someone before? You can still answer and steer the interview towards topics you’re comfortable with.</p>
<p>“I don’t know” is always an acceptable answer.</p>
<p>Is it bad to say “I don’t know.”?</p>
<p>Sometimes.</p>