<p>24hundo: Don’t mis-apply your scenario (congrats BTW!). You enjoyed your interview experience and likely, your person probably wrote a positive report.</p>
<p>You also wrote</p>
<p>“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”</p>
<p>Yes they are very nice but if they are worth their salt, they will be very honest – they should be eyes and ears for Dartmouth – not local biased cheerleaders.</p>
<p>It worked for you but don’t think that everyone (even the majority) of interviews result in a “positive” report. I interview over a dozen applicants to my Ivy alma mater each year. About 70% of them are neutral, 10% negative, 20% positive. It’s just how it goes.</p>
<p>While I may fully enjoy the hour’s conversation with a generally amazing HS student and may see how they would flourish at my alma mater (and personally, even wish for them to be admitted), it doesn’t strip me of my duty to rate him/her in the context of the extremely competitive applicant pool.</p>