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The online interview was part of a push that started in May at [Wake Forest] university. Admissions director Martha Allman said she eventually wants to give each applicant more than 9,000 of them each year a more individualized review before inviting them to Winston-Salem as part of the school's 1,200-student freshmen class.
<p>This certainly seems to be a low cost way to get more contact with prospective students. I imagine it will be used less as a screening process and more as a sales/communication tool.</p>
<p>Now, instead of writing about what's in their rooms, applicants can SHOW what's in them. "And over here, as you can see, is my Star Wars characters collection!" :-)</p>
<p>I don't think this is a bad idea. Although it's great if you can actually visit the college, sometimes you can't- either because of money (plane tickets aren't cheap!) or because of scheduling issues (school or other commitments)- so I think online interviews are a good alternative.</p>
<p>seems like a good idea. If you live in Hawaii or west coast, I'd imagine it would be difficult to get to a lot of interviews w/o a great deal of time/money/hassle.</p>
<p>^^ yes this is a great idea. more schools should propse this. and for us internationals as alone says this really gives us a better chance for the admissions offcice to know us a little better.</p>
<p>I think it is a good idea as many students are not able to travel to campus for an interview. However, I am not up on the technology and if you have to buy anything to have a webcam interview. We don't have that on our computer, I don't think. So, hopefully there is a way to do it withouth having to buy what is needed to do video online. </p>
<p>Then again, many colleges offer alumni interviews in the student's own region, even internationally. I am an alum interviewer for my alma mater and am in the middle of the interview season right now and so that is another way offer interviews without students traveling to campus.</p>
<p>I think it's a good idea, though I don't think anybody should decide to go to a college or university if they've never been to the campus. You just can't get a feel of things if you haven't, and might not like it once you get there. Atmosphere is important.</p>
<p>But it is a good idea, especially for people like me who could NEVER afford to visit a college in, say, California or New York. I'm in the middle of the country, and plane tickets are expensive!</p>
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<p>"Alone"--You and other international students might want to check out this blog I wrote about Webcam interviews for the U.S. Education Guides Web site. See: [American</a> Universities and Community College Search Service<a href="U.S.%20Ed%20Guides%20is%20another%20Hobsons%20Website,%20like%20College%20Confidential">/url</a>. </p>
<p>Glad it's helpful. There's definitely a lot of good info on there (and I'm not talking about the stuff that I wrote ;) ), and it's all free. Now maybe you won't feel so "Alone." :)</p>
<p>Fabulous idea. Three cheers for Wake Forest for putting the SAT where it belongs: in the trash heep and giving students a more personalized and individualized approach to admissions.</p>
<p>I did the online skype interview with one of their admissions people. It went well but was less personal than the in-person interviews i've had..</p>
<p>it also was more uptight for me but prob cuz it was an admissions counselor not some alumni dad</p>
<p>but overall i had no problems with it and i think its a pretty good addition to get to know the students</p>
<p>Child had a different type of online "interview" with Wake. Logged in with a pin# and one by one a question would appear with a clock ticking away as you had a time limit to type answer before the next question would appear. Stressful, as it was not a conversation, but a timed question/response.</p>