To those Parents with multiple children in the BS system…our D1 is finishing her freshman year. D2 will be applying this fall and 1st choice is D1’s school, but will obviously interview at other schools. One of which is a school where we had a less than stellar experience with an AO. Questioning whether we should be pro-active and bring this up during the process and request we not have the same AO for D2; let it play out and see if we are given the same AO and then say something, or just let the chips fall where they may…any stories out there that I can draw from? Thanks.
Without knowing the details of the issue, I would suggest letting the chips fall where they may. I would be worried about being considered one of those high maintenance parents if I said something. Can you give some color on what the issue was with the AO?
sure…I know it’s easy to say, but really not high maintenance at all. Just this particular AO was really unresponsive vs all the others we dealt with…candidly just provided us a bunch of lip service and never really answered any of our questions…Never kept in touch with us…very delayed in responding, if at all, etc…IDK, maybe we just had a run of good AO’s at the other schools, but this particular one stuck out like a sore thumb vs. the rest. I just don’t want to walk into that waiting room and have that same AO come out and introduce himself/herself as my D2’s interviewer/AO.
For most schools, AO’s are not assigned at random; the most common delineation of responsibilities is geographically. So I think that you will come off as one of “those parents” if you request a change. I’d let the chips fall where they may.
Some schools post a schedule of when they’ll be traveling and visiting certain locales or boarding school fairs. If the school in question does that, and you know that AO will be traveling to a region they cover on a certain date, perhaps you can request an interview for said date so you know you child will get to interview with someone else. 
You probably know this, but considering D1 is already at BS, you as a family will have to make an effort to show the love to other schools D2 is applying to so that these schools don’t assume D1’s school is D2’s first choice, even if it is. They all worry about yield management.
Why is yield so important?
@GryffinHunter High yield makes the school look good and desirable.
I would let the chips fall as they may. If you are not local to the school, it may be easier. Besides looking for when your least-favorite AO is out of town, you can coordinate to have your interview at home (i.e. out of town for the boarding school) if you have checked and the AO is not traveling.
FWIW, with a larger span in age by two years, we had different interviewers and our home address did not change. I think that while AOs do not change much, the interviewers may be in a pool to cover each AO.
We ran into kids we knew locally at different schools and they had different interviewers. I wouldn’t worry too much about it. If you see that AO is traveling when you plan your visit that could work for you.
this is a school that is fairly close so we would travel there for the interview. Thanks for the feedback.
Couple of thoughts about this subject…
Parents worried that they will come off in a negative light need not fret overly. The focus is on the student - overwhelmingly. You don’t get your kid in by being a cooperative parent.
I’d recommend trying to get the interview with an assistant admit director or higher - someone who not only can serve as your champion (that’s what AOs do) but has enough clout in the admit office to make a difference. Yes, Croissant, interview on campus. You are much more likely to get one of these higher ups on campus than on a tour out to far flung cities. Whilst it’s true that the higher ups often do such tours, the majority of the AOs that do this very hard work tend to be somewhat lower echelon.