Has anyone interviewed with Stanford before?
They seem to be doing a pilot interview this year and I have one scheduled for next week, kind of nervous but thrilled for this opportunity.
What are some good questions you could ask in an alumni-interview?
Iâve had two interviews so far. One for MIT and the other for Columbia. The MIT one went just as I most of the other interviews on here went. He asked me the generic questions âWhy MIT?â, âWhat inspires you?â etc. And then we just talked about MIT for a bit, very relaxed made me feel welcome.
The Columbia interview, on the other hand was quite different. It began the same way, lots of generic questions. Then all of a sudden he began to ask me my views on the UN and it went from there. It was 5 hours of us going back and forth on different subjects. Is it alright if I disagreed with him on just about everything? And is that normal?
Has anyone in Oregon who applied ED to UPenn received an email for an interview??
I have an interview with George Washington University soon. Is it more informative or evaluative?
I have an interview with UPenn soonâŠand I was wondering, is it bad to bring a list of questions you want to ask during the interview? Like literally, a piece of paper with all my questions written down. Or would it be looked down on if I do that. Should I memorize all my questions?
Because if I have around like 7+ questions, Iâm afraid my nerves might make me forget some of them. Afterall, this is my first choice school and I applied ED to it. This, in addition to the fact that my standardized test scores are below the Ivy League averages, which means I really want to make a good impact with my interview if it could possibly help my application in any way.
If you have applied to Georgetown EA and have not yet heard about an interviewâŠshould you be concerned?
If you have questions for the interviewer, fine to write them down. I write down questions that I have to ask students whom I interview. Itâs easy otherwise to get sidetracked in interviews.
People who want info on interviews for specific colleges should also ask on those collegeâs forums here.
tobeducated, they sent out like an email blast, I think, giving you the name of your interviewer and contact info. You should call the admissions office and let them know that you havenât received one. But before you do, do a search in your inbox and check your spam. Iâve been missing a lot of college emails lately.
I interviewed at Hopkins- super easy and the woman was nice. She asked me about myself, my interests, and what I wanted to pursue at Hopkins.
Now just stressing about MIT, Harvard, Yale, CornellâŠetc.
Question- I emailed back to interviewers, is it normal for them to take a couple days to respond? (Im hoping message did not go through a spam filter)
Just got back from George Washington interview, it went great! I was lucky enough to have the Senior Associate Director as my interviewer, whom I recognized from an info session I had been to. The Associate Director was also there and recognized me from a presentation he gave at my school. My interviewer told me that both of them are on the review committee, so in her words are âgood people to know.â 
She asked me about my extra currics, favorites and least favorites, best and worst classes, and we had a nice chat about good books.
Iâm feeling really good about this one.
With colleges that say interviews are optional; would it be highly detrimental not to schedule one?
The interviewer at Hamilton walked me out to the lobby after my interview which went extremely well. He then asked my little sister, âWhat do you think of your brother?â She replied. âHeâs mean!â We all laughed but am I done for?
harvard interview this afternoon.
it was amazing. the woman was so nice and gave me tons of input and told me i had really good test scores (which surprised me, given that they are âaverageâ for somewhere like harvard, if not a little below average).
the only bad part?? she noticed that i had national merit semifinalist and asked where i sent my postcard to designate a top school. i said princeton (truth) in fear they could check thatâŠ
she told me that postcard was how she got into harvard and thought i would get into princeton with it.
and the entire interview was casual and based completely off my resume.
MIT tomorrow.
Your interviewer sounds like a nice person who doesnât know how top colleges make decisions now. Places like HPY donât care whether students designate them on NMâs top school form. HPY donât care about demonstrated interest. They are the first choice of probably thousands of NM finalists. Thereâs also no way that your interviewer could know what caused her to be admitted to Harvard.
I wish you luck with your apps, but donât become overly optimistic based on what she said.
Saying all of this as a Harvard alum interviewer who has been regional director of my alum interviewing committee, and has heard presentations by the Harvard admissions officers including the dean of admissions.
My interview for Middlebury was kind of intense. It was an alumni interview, and the woman asked what other schools I was applying to and criticized them! I feel like this is pretty rare, though.
About a month ago I had a local alumni interview with The College of Wooster.
It went marvelously, really informal, we met at a Barnes and Noble actually, hah, but really informative and helpful. They loved me and I loved them. Itâs the only school I care enough to interview for, so thatâs good.
I just received an email from a Dartmouth alumnus asking me to set a date.
I havenât even submitted my common app yet - just the supplement. What will he talk about? He wonât have my resume or anything to go off of.
Also, he gave me a phone number - would it be better for me to call him, since he provided me with his number, or should I just respond to his e-mail?
Should I ask him if itâs casual or formal or am I expected to infer that from our communicationâŠ?
powerbomb: I interview for one of Dartmouthâs peer schools. Not one of us volunteer alumni from our college ever has the studentâs resume or stats. Weâre only given the studentâs contact info, high school and intended major, if any. This is so not to color our perceptions beforehand. I never ask GPA or test scores or such, either. Thatâs not my role.