Interview

Colleges & Universities Columbia University
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<p>A) Does it say anything about your strength as an applicant when you get one?</p>

<p>B) How much weight, if any, does it hold? </p>

<p>Thanks for responding.</p>

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<p>Are you referring to an on-campus interview with an adcom or an alumni interview? I’ll assume you’re talking about the latter since the former is reserved solely for people with “connections” to the University(legacies, sons/daughters of professors etc.). Alumni interviews are not given out in any preference; they are solely based on whether there are alumni in your area; getting an interview is not dependent on your transcript, SAT scores, ECs or anything else!</p>

<p>Alumni interviews do not really hold that much weight. Think of them more as an information session with a graduate. The interviews are more than anything a chance for you to find out more about Columbia. I think the alumni send a sheet back to the adcoms, but it’s not heavily considered(unless something strongly worded - for the worse - was sent). Just relax and enjoy the interview!</p>

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<p>This is pretty bad. It’s not an info session. It’s not mostly a chance for you to find out more about CU. The tours, visiting classes, local info sessions w/ adcoms, etc. are for you to learn more about Columbia. If you want to get into Columbia, you should know a ton about CU by the time you apply and convey that through your app.</p>

<p>It’s mostly a chance for Columbia to find out something else about you that isn’t reflected on your paper application.</p>

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<p>I haven’t been contacted for an interview yet. Does anyone know when interviews are over? I really want one because it can only help my application. Should I call the admin office or just wait around some more? Getting kind of nervous!</p>

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<p>read the website before you “call the admin office”</p>

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<p>Just a quick question- If the interview doesn’t hold much weight, Are the people being contacted for the interview totally random?</p>

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<p>the answer to that question is yes, however the answer is independent of your previous assumption.</p>

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<p>Thank you. We need more people on here to challenge the premises of some of these questions–particularly the ones that have been asked and answered 100 times.</p>