<p>When will be the approximate time they ask alum interviewers to contact applicants? </p>
<p>I applied through REA and put down my address (permanent) in British Columbia but I’m in the east coast right now. Will they accommodate a change of address for the purpose of interviewing or will I have to fly back for the interview? If I find it a little inconvenient to be interviewed, can I decline the interview without jeopardizing my chance? </p>
<p>I heard that Princeton and Penn interview just about anyone who applies. So I guess there isn’t that much of value to be interviewed, is there. </p>
<p>Also, is it appropriate that I ask my teachers and counselor to send out the reports and evaluation right now? too early?</p>
<p>Alumni interviews will probably not start for a while, so I would suggest that you contact the Admissions Office and tell them exactly where you’ll be during the time in question (probably from Nov. 1 through Nov. 30th, but you could give them the info from Oct. 1 onwards) if you will not be at the address you listed in your application. Then, they will give you an interviewer from the geographic area that is closest to you. No one will make you fly anywhere for an alumni interview, but I would not suggest that you turn down an interview - you might learn something about Princeton and it gives the school an opportunity to get to know you a little better.</p>
<p>For SCEA I expect that most alumni interviews will be conducted between November 15 and December 1. </p>
<p>I recommend that you be proactive in arranging an alumni interview. Notify the admissions office where you will be in November. I would not expect that there would be any problem in having the interview on the east coast of Canada. </p>
<p>Princeton makes a serious attempt to offer an interview to every applicant. Applicants in remote areas have had their interviews via Skype and telephone. An interview is your opportunity to have another positive comment in your admission file. If you decline the offer for an interview the alumnus will report the reason that you declined the interview.</p>
<p>An interview is not required for admission. If you cannot arrange an interview because you are in the hospital or other serious circumstance the lack of an interview will not be held against you. An interview is your opportunity to learn about campus life. </p>
<p>Here is a link to the Princeton Alumni Association of Canada. If you have not been contacted by late November you could call the coordinator of the Alumni Schools Committee to set up your interview. [Princeton</a> Alumni Association of Canada: ASC Interviews](<a href=“http://paacanada.blogspot.com/p/asc-interviews.html]Princeton”>Princeton Alumni Association of Canada: ASC Interviews)</p>
<p>PtonAlum, I looked at the link you gave me - I seem to not be able to contact the Ontario office directly (the Lucas woman) because the association seems not to disclose contact information to the public (unless I’m an alum myself) </p>
<p>I think the only way I can change my place of interview will be my contacting the admissions office directly. I have a feeling that they won’t be very accommodating.</p>
<p>@nespresso - why do you think they won’t be accomodating? We found the admissions office (and actually everyone who works on campus that we dealt with) actually bent over backward to try to be helpful - even before my son was admitted. I encourage you to call admissions directly and ask your questions and see what they say. You may be pleasantly surprised. And it probably is best to do this sooner rather than later.</p>
<p>I’ll call them mid-October and see what they say, after my teacher forms are all sent over.
Since I move around quite a bit this year (for business), I’m not even sure myself where I’ll be which is why I think it’s a little inconvenient to begin with. But thanks for all your help. At least your testimony suggests that they have good customer service - I have a generally bad impression about the cold facade of higher education institutions and somehow I think they’re not consumer-oriented. These colleges always remind me a little of the courts, which tend to be exact in their language and rigid in their requirements. At least this is how I felt dealing with some of the schools (and courts when filing claims). Applying to a school in a seller’s market is a lot like filing a supreme court claim, isn’t it? The adcoms resemble the high court judges who require the very technical language of communications - not one more not one less.</p>
<p>For me, I worry about offending them in my communications. So I try to keep my communications with them to the minimum.</p>
<p>I was interviewed last year, and I believe my interview was held the Saturday before Thanksgiving! </p>
<p>Best of luck to all of you!</p>