<p>Has anyone set up an interview with the alumni yet? How long it takes to get an interview from the alumni? Do they interview every single appplicant or only the ones who are qualified?</p>
<p>Last year they interviewed many, but not all of the applicants. They certainly don't only interview the qualified ones. They don't have the alumni resources to interview everyone.</p>
<p>It depends on where you live -- how many applicants there are compared to the number of alumni. You don't arrange the interview; the alum will contact you. The goal is to have 100% contact -- I think alumni end up interviewing over 95% of the applicants.</p>
<p>I know that in my area, there have been no alumni interviews yet -- the applicant names have not been distributed to alumni. There's a solid month to go to do interviews.</p>
<p>The alumni don't know your qualifications -- all they get is your name, contact information, school and some of your interests. As far as they know, everyone is qualified</p>
<p>My child was already contacted, around the 3rd week of October, about a week after she submitted Part 1. He said the timing was flexible because the interview reports aren't due until Dec 1.</p>
<p>I was also already contacted by an alumni interviewer - I live in Europe. I think it's because I sent Part 1 of my application really early. Maybe they assign interviewers as the applicants come in? Well, maybe at least in areas that have fewer applicants.</p>
<p>I was contacted two days ago after having submitted my full application last Friday. I guess it is no coincidence that the alumni interviewing me is a CBS News investigative reporter, and I expressed much interest in continuing a journalism path in college.</p>
<p>If NorthEastMom2's child was contacted with just part 1 submitted, I'm guessing that means they don't need your full application (including rec letters, scores, transcripts, etc) to contact you, huh?</p>
<p>I just had my interview!!! It was sooooo cool! Totally relaxed!</p>
<p>Mine too. It went really well. My interviewer was very kind and receptive, and it was more informative for me than anything, really.</p>
<p>yeah, same! I was all ready to start selling myself and then i was like, "oh, wow, this is just a conversation." I had soooooo much in the common with my interviewer!</p>
<p>I detailed my interest in journalism in my application and pointed out that I would definitely be joining the staff of one of Brown's student publications, and my interviewer was a CBS 4 News investigative reporter. Fancy that!</p>
<p>I wonder if they try and pair you with someone in the field you are interested in, assuming they are in your area.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think they really do because my interviewer and I are both from the Czech Republic, went to international schools, did the IB program, and are interested in Theatre. Lol and I was telling her about this amazing Vaclav Havel course Brown offers and she said "Oh, wow, I actually co-designed that course." Hahahahha.</p>
<p>I wrote a paper on Vaclav Havel. He's awesome and his plays are pretty funny too. The only problem I have is that even when I went to Prague (I'm from cali and not i am not czech) and heard people pronounce his name, I still couldn't get it down. Is it vass lef haa vel?</p>
<p>yeah, he really is an amazing person. I actually went to his birthday party :D I'm writing a paper on the Velvet Revolution right now too. It's hard to write the pronunciation without using czech accents, but it's kind of like vahts lahv haa vel. I put the h's in there because it's not the american 'a'. It's more like the british 'a' sound. So it's a long a, not a short a. Like the 'a' in far (kind of). Haha that's really the best i can do.</p>