<p>"My question is, “why are they interviewing him?” Don’t they need to interview likely candidates? I know he would be a great fit and would excel but man he has soiled the process and I don’t know why they would call. Any thoughts? "</p>
<p>Sorry, did not see the posts until today and you wouldn’t have been able to respond to a PM without the requisite 15 posts anyway.</p>
<p>Ivies try to interview as many people as they can and since he submitted his supplement they had a gap for interviews between REA and RD and they talked to him. The interviewers are not aware of where an applicant stands and the schools don’t normally short list people before sending names out.</p>
<p>The SAT scores don’t seem all that bad if he crossed 2100. Its too bad that he pasted his common app essay though. Those type of mistakes can kill an app.</p>