Vassar Interview question - how important can it be?

[CrewDad]

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the purpose of the interview is not to determine whether or not the applicant is academically prepared for Vassar,

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<p>I never suggested an alumni interviewer was responsible for determining if a student was academically prepared.</p>

<p>Averagesnarker, I’m not arguing with what you were told and read on Vassar’s website (I’m aware there’s conflicting information), but read the entire page designated to alumni interviewers.</p>

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Your interview reports become part of the candidate’s file

The value of the interview report submitted for the candidate’s file is to [provide the ‘Admissions Office’ with information that will help determine] whether the student is a good match for Vassar. Any information on an applicant’s qualities that might raise a concern in the mind of the interviewer is [helpful to the admissions officer reading that file.]

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<p>Sounds evaluative to me. To avoid confusion, if the alumni webpage is incorrect, it should be changed to coincide with interview information provided elsewhere on Vassar’s website.</p>

<p>[Vassar</a> College Alumni Admissions Program || Interviewing](<a href=“http://admissions.vassar.edu/aap/interviewing.html]Vassar”>http://admissions.vassar.edu/aap/interviewing.html)</p>