My theory on interviews

emdee
Sat, 15 Jan 2011 17:14:22 +0000

My husband was not present for any of the campus visits, we have other children and he stayed home with them. I don’t recall anyone questioning his absence. My mom and sister joined us for the trip, from different parts of the country, and we had an awesome road trip/adventure. My mom and sister were very helpful. At some schools they talked to students, at others they talked to administrators. At one school, they found a connection between my d’s interviewer and our hometown that I never would have uncovered. We stayed at this school for two hours, and when the interviewer sent a note to my d once she was accepted he mentioned my mom and sister. At another school, they noticed that the black kids were self segregating (we assumed) and spoke to a few of the kids about their experience at the school, turns out they had a few negative things to say. The school came off our list. They were a good set of second and third eyes and would often wonder off and strike up conversations with people we would not have had time to speak with and they made it to more of the dining halls and would give us a report on the food.