<p>Question: I’m a high school senior and will be having several campus interviews this fall. I’ve heard that it’s not a good idea to ask a lot of questions that suggest that I’m only concerned with material things … like if I can bring a car or microwave to campus. Are there other kinds […]</p>
<p>sally u r obviously not a high school senior! , i dont understand but i have seen ur 3 questions–n one ur a mom whos daughter goes to college, in the other ur a college frshmen and in this one ur a high school senior! lol, whats goin on?? ur preparing an article or researching on college lifeo rsoemthing?</p>
<p>isaac_newton1947 … I don’t think you get how “Ask the Dean” works. I am not pretending to wear all those different hats. I write the “Ask the Dean” column for College Confidential. The questions posted here were submitted by other CC members … a senior, a parent, a college student, etc. They do the asking and I do the answering. I send the responses directly to each person who asks a question (via e-mail), but I also post the Q&A’s here so that all concerned can benefit from the answers.</p>
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<li>Is it OK to skip class if you’re smarter than the professor?</li>
<li>Would this school be a good place to go if, God forbid, I don’t get into Harvard?</li>
<li>Where on campus are the most significant energy vortices? (May be OK for some schools in the West.)</li>
<li>Is this a good time to tell you about the jerk in my high school class that you should reject?</li>
<li>Wanna see my tattoo?</li>
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<li>Is it easy to arrange a schedule with no Friday classes as a first-year? Or will I have to wait until I’m a sophomore? How about no classes til noon?</li>
<li>Mom says she stalked you online and found out you like poetry and Shar-peis. I do too. Isn’t that amazing??</li>
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<li> Wait…is this the school that’s at the beach, or the one that’s in the mountains?</li>
<li> You know it’s illegal to look up an expunged criminal record, right?</li>
<li> Would it be OK if I go to your school for a year or two and then transfer to a place that has the major I really want?</li>
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<li>Are there a lot of good parties around here? I really wanna get hammered four days a week.</li>
<li>What’s the name of your school again?</li>
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<p>Ummm… I’m an applicant, but the questions I’d personally never ask are:</p>
<p>-Which greek chapters are dry or not? (I don’t ask about greek life anyways, but a friend of mine did and I felt it was an inappropriate question for an interview)</p>
<p>-Which school within the college is the easiest to get into?</p>
<p>-Which dorms are the nicest to live in?</p>
<p>-Do you have co-ed rooms?</p>
<p>I’ve never asked any of these, but a few of the above a kid who graduated from my high school last year asked for his Duke interview, needless to say he was rejected. Hope these helped!</p>
<p>If they ask you where else you are applying, you don’t have to tell them everything. If the school is a definite safety, and you are applying to Harvard, don’t necessarily mention that you are applying to Harvard. Schools like interest, and they can tell when a school is a students 3rd or 4th choice. ALWAYS make it sound like there is no other place on earth you would rather be then the school you are interviewing at, during the interview.</p>
<p>The goofy answers suggest some real guidelines:
Don’t ask questions that show that you don’t know basic facts about the school.
Don’t ask questions that suggest you really want to go somewhere else.
Don’t ask questions that make you look like a kook, or look pompous.
Don’t ask excessively personal questions of the interviewer (i.e., it’s OK to ask him about his college experience, but not OK to ask him how much he partied.)
Don’t ask questions or make comments that criticize other people.</p>