<p>I just did an interview yesterday (as the interviewer) and filled out my form online to submit it for the potential applicant. While the interviewer’s opinion isn’t one of the many check-list factors that the Admission Board looks at when offering a candidate admission, the interview <em>does</em> help strengthen or weaken a candidacy when the Admission Board is teetering between acceptance and nonacceptance. For instance I was asked whether or not there were any unusual circumstances that the student had mentioned to me that might not have been reflected in their application… for instance they had a less than stellar year in school but that might have been because they had to take up a job and support their family, etc. These aren’t really questions/answers that a student has the possibility to explain when someone is merely looking at transcripts, SOPs, etc. Also my interviewee brought in some really cool supplemental documents that I wrote about in my evaluation.</p>