<p>about the interviews…</p>
<p>after my interview, i talked to my interviewer a few times. he said he was curious about the process since interviewers received very limited instructions, so he contacted someone he knew at admissions.</p>
<p>he said the pilot program for a few years has VERY little significance on the admissions process for now. he said that admissions officers want to see how interviewer reports correlate to the admitted students, the yield information for those students, etc.
as far as admissions, the office wants to know a few things:
1.the general personality of the person.
2. communication skills. he said it would be a negative if the interview went horribly, but not really a positive if it went well. (so it can hurt but not really help).
3. any outstanding life circumstances</p>
<p>after they evaluate the program, they will decide whether or not to expand the program to almost all applicants. if they do so, there will be more significance to the interview process</p>
<p>also, he said that the instructions were vague and left a lot up to the interviewers. for example, georgetown, which requires interviews, gives a few questions for the alumni to ask and leaves extra information to them. stanford just told them general guidelines of discussion topics and didnt say they had to ask certain questions. apparently, they want to compare the different questions/answers from different interviewers for future use</p>
<p>please be aware, i have no concrete evidence of this information, and it is all technically hearsay. so make of it what you will. i can’t guarantee it’s all true, but that’s what he told me from his “contact”</p>