<p>I wouldn’t be surprised if someone had felt they ought to interview Natalie Portman personally. Or Emma Watson. Or Rivers Cuomo, for that matter. Not just because people in the admissions office would enjoy meeting them on a somewhat equal footing, but because in dealing with a significant celebrity, it would really make a difference how serious the person was about going through with the whole college thing, and how realistic in his or her expectations. And it would generally be pretty hard to rely on a random alumni interviewer for that judgment.</p>