<p>I remember seeing this somewhere, but forgot and cannot seem to find it, but is there a particular due date that you need to send in your app in order to get an interview?</p>
<p>I thought I saw Dec. 15. </p>
<p>If anyone has a link, that would be amazing!</p>
<p>Just call the admissions office and ask for your alumni contact info.</p>
<p>And the interview is essentially a Q&A with a graduate, I think. Not required.</p>
<p>If an interview is not required or recommended there is no point in doing it. At a visit to a top 20 school (not NW) the Director of Admissions said that interviews on campus could be with an admissions counselor or a student, and off-campus could be with an alumni or (get this) a parent…and you could not be sure of which. What possible point could there be in interviewing with a parent? The only reason schools have alumni interviews is to keep the alumni involved and contributing…they don’t pay the slightest attention to them.</p>
<p>I had an alumni interview last month. She told me that she does fill out a form that is submitted in your admissions file. Of course, I have no idea whether admissions officers even consider these forms or not, but the general consensus — gathered from both college guidance books and numerous websites — is that alumni interviews help you rack up brownie points. Don’t go out of your way to participate in one (my alumni was in my city).</p>
<p>Believe me, the only brownie points being racked up by alumni interviews is by the school who then has an alumni that thinks their opinion matters and writes a check. It’s a farce.</p>
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