<p>@geroll: I just had my interview at the Harvard Club of NY!
it was a little stressful with the two vs. one but they ddnt ask any crazy questions but just the standard. the intimidating part is you go to like a hug room with them; i was in a huuuge dining room and it was just the three of us.</p>
<p>for the clothing aspect, i decided to take a risk and wore a nice cobalt dress with a cute scarf and a leather jacket and boots. everyone else was in slacks and looked boring. howeved, clothing makes no difference bc youre sitting down the whole time and wearing a jacket at first idk, it ddnt seem like a huggge deal.</p>
<p>I just had my interview today at starbucks. I was nervous at first but it was actually quite easy. She didn’t ask me too many questions. It mainly centered around my school and ec’s. When I asked her some questions, she told me a lot that made me love harvard even more.
My interviewer was really cool. She seemed to be very supportive and just wanted to know more about me. She also gave me a lot of useful information.
Overall, I think it went great! I hope I get in! Good luck to everybody else!!!
Are there any other hawaii students applying?</p>
<p>not to give you false hope, but the same thing happened to me during my yale interview for SCEA (interviewer said yale had called her about me specifically; this was the first time this had ever happened to her). a week later, i got accepted! it is no guarantee, but it’s probably a good sign.</p>
<p>OH GOD, GUYS. I JUST GAVE MY INTERVIEWER A REALLY BAD IMPRESSION</p>
<p>my interview is this weekend, and I had to go back on my scheduled time (10 AM) and my reason was that “I’ll have to take the bus to get there, since my mom won’t be able to drive me there, I might not make it there [her house] by 10AM.” It’s now at her other preferred time, 3 PM.</p>
<p>THAT SOUNDED. SO, BAD.</p>
<p>omg, I sound so spoiled. WHY DID I SAY THAT!!! I didn’t mean that I dislike hating the bus or whatever. Ugh, I hate myself…</p>
<p>/freaking out.</p>
<p>this was last week, the interview’s this weekend…do you think she’ll remember this exchange (it was via email)?</p>
<p>Chill out Code H, it sounds nowhere near as bad as you think. It’s a perfectly legitimate reason, your tone is fine, and I’m sure she doesn’t remember. Even if she does, she likely won’t fault you on it.</p>
<p>I thought mine was really good, and then the guy sent me the report he sent. It was great! I was a little intimidated at first, when I FIRST met the guy. He was really old, asked me blunt questions about race, money, etc. But I thought it went well, and when I read what he said, my suspicions were confirmed!</p>
<p>they ask for your test scores because on the report, there is a spot to list them because one of the criteria they judge you on is your academic performance.</p>
<p>Interview next week. I have been accepted SCEA to Yale but am also interested in Harvard. Yale and Harvard (if admitted) will be my two choices for final college decision. Should I mention Yale acceptance in the interview if asked about colleges that I have applied to? Thanks</p>
<p>Fine to answer the question honestly. With the highest yield in the country, Harvard doesn’t care where else you applied, and it even asks alum interviewers not to ask that question.</p>
<p>I think it’s fine to mention an EA acceptance. Obviously you are still interested in Harvard, or you wouldn’t be wasting your time with the interview. I’ve interviewed students who were accepted to UChicago EA. It’s a positive thing, in my view – if Yale thought you were terrific, the likelihood that you’re a fit for Harvard is very high.</p>
<p>I felt my interview was a disaster. 15 minutes was all. We never paused though, and she nodded and said “interesting” a couple of times to what I said. But she wasn’t really supportive at all. I have this internship at a lab and she kept challenging me, expecting me to know everything about what my group does and whatnot. I didn’t know. That was a disaster. Aside from that, she didn’t really ask me questions. When I asked her questions, she didn’t seem to know all that much since she graduated 25 years ago. I feel absolutely distraught right now. Anyway, Princeton is the way to go.</p>
<p>seadog, don’t worry too much. Harvard alumni are like any other heterogeneous group; there are always going to be some rather aloof members. The interview is only a very small part of your entire application. You may yet be surprised in April.</p>
<p>motion12345: sure. But I’d like to think if an interview went well, you’d STILL have something to ask because something interesting about Harvard (or any other school) may have came up that would not have during a run-of-the-mill school tour. In any case, minor point. Nothing to lose sleep over. I’d prefer you not ask questions at all than ask something you really should know about before you apply if you’re serious about the school. (i.e. the fact that Houses exist at Harvard or that Yale is our mortal enemy)</p>
it is no guarantee, but it’s probably a good sign.</p>
:(</p>