<p>WHERE in Colorado?</p>
<p>CO here as well. Just had my interview at a Starbucks. It was fairly casual and lasted 45 minutes. My friend who goes to the same school and is also applying RD hasn’t received his interviewer’s contact info yet so don’t worry too much.</p>
<p>MD, met with a fantastically nice interviewer. Explained a lot about my student government activities and my summer internship at NIH (she opened by asking about my APs since I was State Scholar last year), then transitioned into questions like "Why Harvard?"I also explained a lot of my interests such as music (composing because of perfect pitch, playing piano/violin/guitar, listening to film scores) and certain books (sociology and anthropology, but at the same time children’s fiction, haha). I also described how I sent my grandma to the airport today before the interview and how I spent all of Saturday perfecting a piece on the piano for my grandma to hear before she left (this is her first visit in 8 years and her last). I just hope I didn’t ramble too much and talk about too many different things…in my opinion I’d give myself an 8/10 overall. I think that my grades, test scores, and ECs are alright, I just hope that personality-wise I came across as genuine and interested.</p>
<p>I’m going into my interview and am a little scared. The interviewer seems a lot more laid-back than the MIT interviewer… My MIT interview lasted for like 2 hours and my interviewer was like “If you get into Harvard, don’t go. All the people I know who went to Harvard for undergrad are jerks.” So, haha. I guess we’ll see.</p>
<p>@sebelius: Well. Nothing says ‘jerk-ish’ more than calling your neighbors jerks, you know what I’m saying?</p>
<p>Many people are getting a phone call from Harvard, but I haven’t got a call yet. I submitted application on 10/28…</p>
<p>@WindCloudUltra Haha, well, we’ll see what my Harvard interviewer says about MIT</p>
<p>@Yumiko phone call? 
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<p>@waitingforivy</p>
<p>did the resume really help with the interview cause mine is on monday and i have a research abstract and am wondering if I should email it to my interviewer.</p>
<p>biomd1 do it after, and let him/her know… less awkward</p>
<p>after my interview?</p>
<p>During my interview, my interviewer asked where else I was applying… Is that normal?</p>
<p>^ That’s fair game for an interview. Hopefully you told him/her that Harvard was still your first choice. ;)</p>
<p>From “Interviewing tips” which all H interviewers are supposed to read:</p>
<p>• Do not ask where else an applicant is applying, and do not denigrate or make negative comparisons
regarding other colleges or local high schools</p>
<p>Still… sometimes I ask this question… just out of curiosity… I don’t make a note of it or report it. There’s really no place TO put it on the report and even if the interviewer did put it on the report, I don’t think the adcoms would consider it.</p>
<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I applied early to Harvard and sent my application in on the 28th of October but still have not been contacted for an interview. For the last couple days, I’ve been pretty worried about whether or not I will even get one. I don’t live in an obscure area so I don’t believe location is an issue. </p>
<p>Should I wait for an email/call or should I contact the admissions office?</p>
<p>Don’t. I havn’t gotten 1 either. They are busy so don’t annoy them.</p>
<p>Btw, if they see our files are missing interviews, they’ll do something bout it.</p>
<p>After laboring under the impression that I’d been preemptively rejected for a couple of agonizing weeks, I was interviewed this past Friday. I couldn’t have asked for a better conversation or experience. We chatted for about an hour and a half; the topics ranged from discussions of family and a mobile lifestyle to the typical toe-the-line interview questions (what makes YOU special? lol). I felt like I was rambling most of the time- it’s hard to feel as thought a description of all I’ve done in high school constitutes a typical conversation- but the alum was very engaging and interested. Needless to say, I think the pleasure was mutual. The interview certainly won’t be what keeps me out in the SCEA round.
NOW, BRING ON THE PARANOIA/WAITING GAME. I’LL BE PLAYING SKYRIM UNTIL DECEMBER 14.</p>
<p>“sometimes I ask this question… just out of curiosity”</p>
<p>Yes, I’ve asked out of curiosity and also in order to offer the student some free counseling. Most of my interviewees go to city public schools, and some get much better advice than others. I want to make sure that the student has thought about admissions/financial safeties, Harvard’s peers, etc. I occasionally run across the student who’s applying just to local publics and then Harvard for a lark. If they’re realistic candidates, I encourage them to add some additional reaches in case the Harvard lottery doesn’t come through.</p>
<p>Had the interview 2 days ago. It was awesome!
Hardly anything about my application. Mostly just random talk about anything that came up. Chatted for 1.5 hours and it would have gone longer if he didn’t have a patient waiting.
I know the interview doesn’t mean much, but it made me feel great anyway… lol</p>
<p>I had mine two days ago. I thought it went pretty well. We talked for about an hour and fifteen minutes. He asked about my activities and the why harvard stuff. Then I started talking about my interests in biophysics and my culture as well as my perspective on life. At the end I was asked if there were any other things that he should ask me. I couldn’t really think of much there. I told him about my research. It probably wont help me too much, but it wont hurt me either.</p>