<p>Ah, the dreaded same-old same-old.</p>
<p>My Yale interview went well, and there weren’t any particularly distinct questions asked - but that means I had to make my answers more engaging, so as not to bore them. If you can stand out, in a good way, then leave an impression. I was told that the interview was not especially important, but I still did my best.</p>
<p>The “Why School X?” question is easy for me in particular, probably because so many CommonApp supplements asked for this and I recall doing research on all the schools I am seriously considering, to eliminate the ones that don’t really interest me.</p>
<p>For the “Tell us about yourself” one, I like to start with my school - from the general environment to any accomplishments/contributions I’ve made, anything particular I like/dislike (I usually talk about our music program, which IMO is pretty good) and I try to find something upon which I can expand. If the interviewer asks a question in the middle, I will jump on that as a sign of interest and try to describe it in a bit more depth.</p>