<p>This really isn’t all that important, but, for the interviews do I need to take a bag for maps and papers that they might give out at the campus tour?
If so, what kind of bag. Maybe not a backpack but a simple shoulder or hand bag?</p>
<p>AH! I girl who thinks ahead! I like you. Last year, my son said that the best bit of information that I gave him about the interviews was showing him wear the inside breast pocket of his blazer was, so that he could receive all those cards everyone you meet gives you. :)</p>
<p>This year, my daughter and I made the mistake of wearing an outfit without pockets to her first interview. So she would rther awkwardly hand me the stuff to put in my purse. At the next, she will bring a little handbag.</p>
<p>At come, she has a file that she puts all the stuff in.</p>
<p>Good thinking!</p>
<p>If you have access to a folio (a flat leather case that holds a note pad), I think that’s a good thing to have…you can take notes and tuck in documents/cards. I think a messenger type bag might be too cumbersome for all the walking. Wear comfortable (but not overly casual) shoes.</p>
<p>I don’t bring anything but myself on my interview. Don’t forget your parents either, they are also important. </p>
<p>It isn’t necessary to bring anything else on your interview with you but you can use the recommendations above. I find it kind of obnoxious when other applicants bring resumes or big notebooks and clipboards but I not an admissions officer so I don’t know if that helps them in their interview or whatever. Try out your first interview and then adjust to what helps / doesn’t help.</p>
<p>Sorry for my bad grammar above. I typed it quickly.</p>
<p>Jeez hopeful, your grammar was not nearly as bad as mine was! But look at the time it was posted…I had only had 1 cup of coffee by then.</p>
<p>Neatoburrito’s son wears a blazer with an inside pocket . . . and the best thing about my son’s interview outfit is that his button-down shirt has a breast pocket to store business cards in! And, yes, I had to show him it was there . . . :)</p>
<p>I don’t think my father owned a sports coat, so it always amazed me when I was a girl to see men on TV magically pull papers from inside their coats without unbuttoning them. It wasn’t until I bought my husband a sports coat and was checking for sizes that it dawned on me that there were TWO pockets in there and that’s where those airplane tickets and passports were coming from!</p>
<p>Everyone’s stupid in their own special and endearing way.</p>
<p>…wishing they’d sew inside pockets into women’s jackets…</p>
<p>I’m sticking with the pocket in my khakis. No need to have a fancy pocket. haha</p>
<p>Thanks for all the advice people! I’ll take it all into consideration for my interviews. :)</p>
<p>Bring a list of your awards, volunteer highlights, and leadership roles (academic, sports, outside school) you attained in Middle School, similar to what you entered on the BS application. Often the interviewer will use this list as a springboard for some of his/her questions. Better to have them written down ahead of time than to forget them in the few moments you will have in the waiting room.</p>
<p>This was recommended to us for our Exeter interview and as we met the Admissions receptionist at Exeter, we were handed a blank interview form for us to enter these exact items.</p>
<p>@hastalavista: I would not trot out that list in your interview, however…</p>
<p>I thought handing over a brag sheet was a big no-no. My understanding is that information like that should be included in the application, but not presented in person. Anyone else have an opinion? I’m not arguing, just looking for more feedback.</p>
<p>Admissions is not interested in hearing a repeat of what’s on paper. They are interested in hearing the child converse confidently.</p>
<p>^^Let me clarify. When we arrived for our interview at Exeter, the Admissions receptionist handed us a blank form to fill out. On that form was a section to enter awards, highlights, etc.</p>
<p>All I’m saying is, if you arrive at the interview with a “cheat sheet”, you can easily fill out that section of the blank form rather than trying to remember everything.</p>
<p>By no means am I saying arrive at your interview with a scented list of your awards for you to wave around the room so you can yell “Look at me! See how great I am!”</p>