<p>Last year, my son traveled from east coast for interview. He arrived the first day of explore at around 12 and then left at 4am on shuttle the day after his interview. He was exhausted and although he is a happy trojan(the interview went great I guess), he recommends arriving a day before. He said it was obvious that people were checking him out during registration. He didn’t know a soul at the school and thus,didn’t have anyone to stay with if he had arrived earlier. He went alone without us( in between other scholarship interviews) and it was his first visit to the campus.</p>
<p>His panel had a professor, an admissions officer and a recent graduate who had received a trustee scholarship. His interview was supposed to last 30 min but lasted closer to 45. There were no really difficult questions and no one was negative or tried to make him uncomfortable(unlike a few other scholarship interview situations). They seemed to be most interested in his leadership experiences. Everyone interviewing is bright. Hope this helps! Good luck everyone.</p>