My theory on interviews

Linda_S
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:14:56 +0000

I can tell you the one school where we all KNEW that it was not a good fit during the tour - and thus I’m SURE my son’s interview also showed that - the interviewer said nice things about him - how mature he was, how he asked great questions, how he seems to really know what he wants, things like that - he never said “he’d do well here” or “he’d fit in well here.” Nearly every other school said those things. One even told us what classes they thought he’d be taking this year (it’s the one he’s at actually).

I would say my son’s interview got him on a wait list at a reach school when he, without the interview, would have been rejected outright. I would also say it wasn’t enough to push him from the wait list to acceptance at a match-low reach school that had very few 10th grade openings.

I think one of the most important things is to do your research. He interviewed at 3 all boys schools. He read the materials, he knew the benefits. When the interviewers asked him why he wanted to attend their school, he went ahead and told them all about the benefits of all-boys schools. They all told us that they usually have to tell the boys those things, that he did their jobs for them - they were very impressed.