<p>I would like to say to the Yale interviewers that my son had an alum who asked him questions such as, “Why did the US enter WW II”? They were not even discussing the war; neither did my son mention anything about history nor an interest in studying it. It seemed like to him a “gotcha” sort of approach, including his belittling of my son’s questions, which he had researched very carefully over a long period of time. For example, one was regarding the role of internships at Yale, which he was genuinely interested in and had tried to learn about in his various meetings with Yalies before that point. In any case, Yale went from being his absolute and unequivocal top choice to getting dumped to the bottom of the heap, even if he does get in. I have “lectured” him about not letting one bad apple spoil the lovely Yale tree, but he left that interview with such an awful feeling. Should he be admitted, I will do my level best to help him re-evaluate, but I think it is a reminder to alumni interviewers that a university is as much being interviewed as the young person who showed up.</p>