Inserting Politics into College Interviews

cptofthehouse
Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:52:33 +0000

I agree with Myriad. You don’t know who your interviewer is, and how he thinks. To make a strong stance on something could be detrimental. Sometimes, however, an interviewer can force the issue, and when that happens, you may as well make your point, because wishywashying and avoiding the question can be just as damaging. Sometimes you just gotta call an interview a loss, and go on, even though it may not have hurt you. You have no control over these things. Most interviewers are not going to do this, as they have a pretty set format of what they should be asking, and I would think they are told not to put students on the spot with controversial questions, though some may do it anyways. The majority of my kids’ interviews did not have any questions that made them uncomfortable, in fact the interviewers tended to try to make them as comfortable as possible and guide the direction of the interviews. There were some that did ask what I thought were inappropriate/uncomfortable questions. No politics or religion, however.
Though I do not agree with post #63, the opinion does exist. If it cannot be argued and discussed, I think it is more of a problem than if it can be voiced. How do you fight this sort of thing, if it remains in the closet? There are many such politically incorrect sentiments, that should be discussed and aired. If all such sentiments are supressed, you have no idea how far reaching such opinions are. Sometimes I feel that we are going backwards when we make so many subjects off limits.

I will say that it is not a sentiment that is wise to express in an interview, especially to a female adcom or interviewer. LOL