Rural interview

Colleges & Universities Harvard University
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<p>I live in a rural area, and I’m not even sure there is a single Harvard graduate withing 500 miles, let alone an interviewer. Is this going to hurt my chances?</p>

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<p>Not being able to have an interview will not hurt your chances at all.</p>

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<p>You can always set up a phone interview, as I did with another school.</p>

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<p>No, you cannot.</p>

<p>Interviews are arranged by Harvard. If Harvard feels it is necessary, they may conduct a phone interview (as happened with PorSK). I do not believe it is a usual occurance.</p>

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<p>PorSK said that he got the phoner because his alum interviewer was inappropriate in some way. </p>

<p>bman: If there’s no alum interviewer within a reasonable distance, that will not count against you. Since you are in a relatively remote area, however, if you get any chance to interview, do your best to have the interview even if you’d have to drive a couple of hours to get there. Don’t think that if you turn down the interview, you’ll get a closer interviewer. The offer you get may be the only alum anywhere near you who’s willing to volunteer to interview. </p>

<p>Not getting an interview because no interviewer is available won’t hurt you, but not going to an interview because one doesn’t want a long drive could hurt you. Harvard reasonably might wonder if you could make it to Harvard to go to college if you couldn’t find a way to drive 2 hours to get to an interview.</p>

<p>Being from an isolated rural area could help you in admissions because there are relatively few such applicants. Harvard wants a diverse student body in all meanings of the word, and that includes students from rural areas.</p>

<p>For more info, check the many back posts on interviews. </p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>my son was in a similar situation (dartmouth, though–not harvard). we are from a rural area, and he did get an interview. when he got there, there were two alums there to interview him! you just never know–and since the interview, we have been introduced to two other alums within 50 miles or so. you might be surprised!</p>