I really don’t know, but S24 applied to 6 schools that claim to interview all if able and has only had 3. One school that he hasn’t had an interview for yet is local. I’m inclined to think it’s still early and it’s a waves concept or so I hope!
Usually, the last interview wave is conducted around 2 and a half weeks before at the LATEST. Although extremely few (often on the borderline of being accepted) are conducted that late.
My interview invitation came in last night and is booked. Just waiting on Yale and Dartmouth now.
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I do alumni interviews for Princeton, and the leadership team of our local Alumni Schools Committee gave us a deadline of February 23 to complete our interviews and submit our reports. I don’t know if that deadline applies to other regions (we’re not in Massachusetts, fyi), but the take-home message is don’t give up hope if an interviewer hasn’t contacted you – there’s still time. In fact, as of last week 10% of applicants in our region hadn’t even been assigned an interviewer yet; although approximately 10% of Princeton alums conduct interviews, it’s still hard to get enough of them to cover 35,000-40,000 applicants.
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i got an email today! 
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DS got assigned an alumni but the alumni hasn’t reached out to DS and it has been 10 days. Is this normal or should we request another alumni?
Make sure to check SPAM.
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Anyone else get FA request?
It’s a standard email if you said you were requesting FA.
The portal activation email said: “The Applicant Portal also contains detailed instructions on how to submit an optional Arts Supplement, as well as information about applying for financial aid.”
hmm i requested fin aid but i didnt get that email…
It’s standard it means nothing I was just curious if anyone else got one. It said like submit financial aid before February 1 or something like that. It doesn’t mean anything
I got that email too.
My son completed an interview in Houston.
Any tips on the interview? Questions they tend to ask?
also wondering this
The questions that interviewers ask greatly vary depending on the person. My interviewer asked me to tell him about myself, why I am applying to Princeton, why Princeton is appealing to me, etc. He also invited me to ask him any questions that I had about him or the university.
In general, he told me these interviews are meant to be a two-way conversation, where the interviewer is learning about you, and you’re also learning about what the university has to offer.
The most important thing in my opinion is to stay relaxed, be engaged in the conversation, and be able to both tell your unique story and also illustrate that you’re eager to learn more and gain value from the conversation with the interviewer. But remember that while these interviews are somewhat evaluative, they don’t matter THAT much in the end.
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D24 had a bad experience with interviewer starting with using the wrong name in email, being difficult to schedule in person and generally showing little care during interview. We nearly pulled the application out of principal but you never know. Yale and Dartmouth interviews on the other hand were quite enjoyable. A little tidbit that we heard from an Ivy Alum Interviewer is that they tend to assign the higher caliber candidates to the more experienced/revered alums. No way of telling if that is true or not.
Interesting about the more experienced/revered alums, if true. My child had a great experience with their Princeton interviewer. I think the interviewer graduated Princeton in the late 80’ if I recall right.
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No clue on that policy, but will say ours was a signup situation for local kids at a location with multiple interviewers at once. The email said to act fast if wanted guaranteed in-person, others at a later date could potentially be zoom.
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