<p>I’m a high-school senior going through the college process. My GPA is a 4.0, my APs and SATs are great but somehow I feel like that’s not enough. When I talked to people about this feeling back in September and October, everyone told me the same thing. They told me to make sure I had great essays and to make my interview spectacular. </p>
<p>So, with that being said, what do you think matters more to colleges? Essays or interviews?</p>
<p>There are probably exceptions to this rule, but in my experience and opinion, interviews are not in the same league with essays. I believe essays are often determinative, while interviews, I suspect, are rarely determinative.</p>
<p>The essay, silly. Even at Georgetown or Princeton.</p>
<p>That’s how I feel! To admissions the essay matters more. All my interviewers have told me that the interview barely matters but I still wasn’t sure…</p>
<p>I applied to University of Delaware, University of Pennsylvania, Drexel, University of Virginia, Princeton and Yale. </p>
<p>I’ve gotten into UD and Drexel with honors so far! I hope my essay was good enough for the rest!</p>
<p>Only one person interviews you (with rare exceptions). However, your essay is potentially read by many people in admissions and is more concrete. Anyone can have an off-day during an interview, but the essays should have gone through several drafts and should be polished.</p>
<p>The essays are ultimately more important (unless someone did or said something really stupid during the interview).</p>
<p>You’re a senior… why are you asking the question now, a week away from decision day. What you did you did – why torture yourself?</p>
<p>For some levity, go to youtube and enter the search words “fresh prince princeton” and see how he got accepted into Princeton!</p>
<p>Essays are absolutely more important because this is what the admissions dept. can hold in their hand and discuss. It makes you an individual as opposed to a number in the thousands of applications a college or university gets. The essay must be dramatic and captivating from word one.</p>
<p>Essays matter more - but a good impression is a must in the interview. Like davidm67 said - you really have to intrigue your audience with your essay, it’s the only part of the app that you can personalize. Everything else is fill-in-the-blank. This is a personal section that should reflect about what you can bring to the table at their college.</p>
<p>essays
interviews to me are more important if you are borderline</p>
<p>Definitely essays</p>