Washington & Lee On-Campus Interview

pswib
Mon, 11 May 2009 08:53:33 +0000

I’ve done both, Johnson interview and on-campus admissions interview. For the most part, the admissions officers at W&L are quite pleasant people; the admissions interview feels very informal, but one must maintain one’s focus of course. Those admissions interviews typically are not used against you, unless, of course, you walk in with some sort of weapon and give manicial, darting gazes to the admissions officer at regular intervals.

Anyway, the Johnson interviews are wholly different from the admissions interviews, especially those Johnson interviews that are with the students. The professors are tough and probing, but the students are known to ask (in my opinion) rediculous questions. For example, “How many ping pong balls does it take to fill an airplane?” or “What aisle of the supermarket would you say best characterizes you?” or, even better, “If you were in a room totally filled with tennis balls, what would you do with them?” However, for an admissions interview, you won’t need to worry about that type of thing.