<p>Do all colleges that use interviews in their admissions process interview all of the applicants? If not, how do they choose and what does it mean to be chosen?</p>
<p>For the most if schools have interviews it is open to all applicants. Some schools will not allow you to interview until you have paid your application fee i.e. Vanderbilt, and some interview earlier before you have paid an application fee. Interviews can help as long as you don’t make a fool of yourself, if you present yourself as a mature young adult with a strong desire to attend said institution it can be a deciding factor. For the most part interviews will not get you into your school as a stand alone, but with a host of other factors that may put you on the border they can push you towards acceptance.</p>
<p>That being said, some schools like Webb Institute, especially specific programs like 7 year med-programs have preliminary applications and then they choose a smaller cluster to interview and the ones who weren’t asked to interview are cut from decision making. So being asked to interview is a big factor for schools that only have selective interviews.</p>
<p>If you’re asking of some sort of pre-sorting occurs, then for my HYP alma mater the answer is NO. Student names are forwarded to alumni volunteer networks when that student completes his/her application. They could be shoo-ins or completely unrealistic applicants – they are processed the same – for the most part.</p>