<p>@bobbypage Out of all the schools I applied to, Dartmouth was the only school that offered me an interview, so I took it, and in the actual interview I just tried to be as animated and exciting as possible because people always tell me I’m too serious, and I do have kind of a monotone voice. So, I just smiled and tried to have as much of a personality as possible. They (I had two interviewers) also knew I had driven about 2 hours for the interview because they recognized the little town I told them I was from, so that probably actually helped.</p>
<p>I sent in one letter before the admissions decision came out in March updating them on an award I won, and then one on about April 9th after being waitlisted that tried to put a new spin on the story I had tried to project in my application.</p>
<p>Besides that, I didn’t do anything else after being waitlisted, and since my commonapp essays were probably relatively mediocre and my test scores were about average, I think that even though many people say the alumni interview doesn’t do much, I am certain this was the reason I got off of the waitlist.</p>
<p>And for those reading this for next year, I was hesitant about doing an interview because I was nervous and concerned I would do poorly and it would mess up my application, but I went in and it helped, so you may as well just do it because I honestly do believe that even if you do poorly, it went hurt you. The interviewers are extremely nice and they know you really want to go to Dartmouth, so they will portray you in as good of light as possible and also will understand if you’re nervous.</p>