<p>I had my interview today, and it was amazing. It was in the eerily abandoned for the weekend tallest building in cleveland, and I essentially got two interviews for the price of one. My official interview was with a guy who was in the class of 1950, and was just a nice friendly chat for about 45 minutes. As we were walking out of the interviewing room talking about music, we ran into another interviewer, a woman in her 30s, who played trumpet at dartmouth. We ended up talking for another 15 minutes, until she excused herself to go talk to the person she was supposed to talk to. Anyone else have any awesome interview stories? How much weight does dartmouth give interviews?</p>
<p>I got in ED this year, I felt that my on campus interview was fine, but I'm fairly sure that my alumni interviewer had some issues with my credentials and goals, being as before we were through he as much as told me so. This I suppose is the opposite of what you asked for being as you wanted awesome interview stories.
On the phone before my alumni interview the guy did tell me that only one interview (on campus or his) would count and thus his interview couldnt hurt me. I don't think that helped much, but I suddenly feel inclined to be as helpful as possible, so there.</p>
<p>Alumni interviews count for very little. My parents have both done them for years as have many of their friends. It's really a formality, the school reaching out. The fact is that any random alum does them. One year, after all my dads favorite interviewees were rejected, he wrote that he would stop interviewing if the school took the feedback so lightly. He got a very nice letter explaining how much goes into the process.</p>
<p>For an interview that matters, go on campus.</p>
<p>you think the dartmouth on campus interviews count?</p>
<p>An interview on campus probably counts for more than one that is not. Alumni interviews can be very subjective; sometimes the interviewer and applicant just don't get along, and it may very well not be the fault of the applicant. An interview on campus is done by someone in admissions, who is probably trained to be less bias in their assessment of applicants. Admissions officers also know what it takes to get in, so they can make a better assessment. </p>
<p>I might be totally wrong about all that, however.</p>
<p>Well two more comments on the weight of alumni or on campus interviews, as I said before I don't know if my alumni interview counted at all being as I was told it could be superseded by the on campus one. Also my on campus interview wasn't carried out by an admissions officer but a "rising senior" (some one going to be a senior), who was doing work study or something, although that interview went a ways to convincing me to go to Dartmouth, so they might have ulterior motives for suggesting them.</p>
<p>could my interview push me over if i did really stellar?</p>
<p>i doubt it. interviews are really formalities.</p>
<p>I loved my interview too! It was tonight. My interviewer, well, she was so AWESOME!</p>
<p>ok. That's it</p>
<p>I feel elated, yet still slightly worried if I said something stupid.</p>