<p>How should I dress?</p>
<p>TY~</p>
<p>I have had three interviews so far for Georgetown,Yale, and Harvard. they ask you the exact same questions. They will tell you about the school, ask you to describe yourself, what ur main activities are, what you plan on studying if you know,about ur test scores, and then you can ask them questions. each interview was different in terms of dress, im pretty sure they should tell you. but most importantly remember that the interview doesnt matter. if it does anything it will help you, but thats unlikely because most people do pretty well for themselves anyway. Its not a big deal, you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>what i do regret doing is googling up my interviewer’s name…only to find out he’s a neuropsychiatrist…</p>
<p>felt like i was being psychoanalyzed the entire interview :(</p>
<p>this was for hahvawd btw</p>
<p>Technically, Cornell interviewers should not be asking you about your scores or grades. There is really no need to, as those show up on the application. What there is a need to do is to find out about the student above and beyond their application.</p>
<p>Some questions I like to ask:</p>
<p>– Why you applied to Cornell.
– What you think you can get out of your Cornell application.
– What you think are you most distinguishing characteristics.
– The last good book that you read outside of the classroom.
– The project you have most enjoyed working on.
– How you would describe your family life.</p>
<p>i remember when i had my first interview (Georgetown) - the man who interviewed me ended up being an Evangelical and tried to convert me to Christianity. (i’m agnostic/buddhist) then he invited me to go to his church and called me the next sunday asking me why i didn’t go 
what a nutcase/horror story. i was so upset too! of all of the people i had to have for my first interview? lol, i look back on it and laugh now, but i was freaked out of my mind back then.</p>
<p>i still got into georgetown (obvs didn’t end up going), so keep in mind, interviews basically DON’T count.</p>
<p>Many applicants aren’t particularly serious about Cornell as opposed to any other “big name” school - so it should be no surprise that these interviews rarely go well.</p>
<p>Many applicants aren’t particularly qualified for Cornell, and these interviews aren’t going to go well either.</p>
<p>But, once in a while, there is a qualified candidate who really wants to go to Cornell for some reason, and that’s when there is a window of opportunity to have a meaningful, excellent interview. An interview that can actually help both parties. An interview that can even sometimes changes lives - in the form of which college attended. That’s when the whole interview process becomes justified.</p>
<p>@cc102 - MY GOD. 
That definitely doesn’t aid the issues I’m already having with Georgetown any.</p>
<p>My Cornell interviewer showed up late, asked me some questions about my “personal sense of culture” and talked about her time at Cornell. That was the whole thing</p>
<p>I suppose these things happen. Alumni interviewers have only a fleeting amount of training, although I hope our own Cornell alums have a little bit more sense than that… an evangelical coming out of Georgetown is pretty bizarre.</p>
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<p>Do describe. Was she an anthropologist of some sort?</p>
<p>ahah I KNOW! He graduated from a local all-boys Catholic school pretty close to where I live, and I know a couple guys who went there, so I thought he’d be slightly normal, you know, going along the lines of the whole catholic prep school kids going to Georgetown thing. But then he told me that he was a born-again Christian and wouldn’t have picked Georgetown if he could relive his life and i just went… “Oh dear god.”</p>
<p>@ squaregirl: my interview was a fluke. I have many friends who also applied to Georgetown but they got regular, normal (aka not… converters?) people as interviewers, so DON’T think that this was a normal occurrence, it definitely isn’t. I was just trying to give an example of how kids can think interviews went really badly when, in fact, it didn’t even matter and it had no effect on the ultimate decision.</p>
<p>Interviews are just another way for applicants to learn about the school, and a way to keep alums busy (which so many interviewers from different schools have told me). Relax, you’ll probably just talk about anything recent you did that might apply to your major, or anything you want to add to your application, etc.</p>
<p>Interviews are a perfect place to add stuff you forgot to mention on your essay.
It gives the admission people more stuff to consider, but it can’t break/secure you a place into Cornell, no matter how much you sound like you love the school.</p>
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<p>I don’t believe so, it was more of my being bi-racial.</p>
<p>Which did I identify with, did I enjoy the diversity, any stories etc</p>
<p>(“but it can’t break/secure you a place into Cornell, no matter how much you sound like you love the school”)</p>
<p>Sure it can. When a candidate once volunteered that they were applying to 15 different schools, that’s the first thing I put in my write-up to Cornell. I think the candidate also asked if Cornell was “near New York City”. That went in my write-up, too. And it didn’t surprise me a bit when they were denied. And this was a very strong candidate (on paper).</p>
<p>It doesn’t surprise me that an alumnus once asked about “personal sense of culture” or tried to evangelize about religion. If they don’t take the approach of probing you like a job interview (which is discouraged by Cornell), they could go to the opposite extreme and turn it into something more like a late-night bull session. As one person said, they’re not trained. They’re just trying to get to know you, get a window into your mind and heart, etc. They’re just people. They’re just people who went to Cornell. They have an hour to fill. And if the student doesn’t seem to know or care much about Cornell (or have much to say about it), then there’s not much to talk about. That’s when they wander off into uncharted territory in the conversation. I heard of one alumnus who started asking a kid about the quality of his school district because she was considering moving there. I had one kid once who refused to talk about academics, so we talked about rock concerts they had attended.</p>
<p>My interviewer was the alum head of westchester for ILR, she graduated in '62 so we spent about 20 minutes talking about JFK. Moral of the story is do your homework and make sure you are prepared to talk about a variety of subject matter. Other than random chatter we covered all the basics why does ILR fit you? What can you tell me that your app doesnt? Personally I always check the linkedin profile (think facebook for professionals) of my interviwers before hand if I know there name, and yes i do know this sounds stalkerish but it helps. </p>
<p>Ps. My interviwer also requested my scores , essays, transcript, and resume although Ive heard there not supposed to do that, just a heads up.</p>
<p>I Think i’m going to wear</p>
<p>white air force 1s & khakis & some collared shirt</p>
<p>My interview was being specific and had follow-up questions. For example, I said that I just immigrated to Canada five years ago. She would ask me to describe my immigration experience. I was more than happy to do so.</p>
<p>She asked me about my interests, my favorite subject, and what kind of education do I want out of college.</p>