Is this normal? Can anyone relate? When are interview reports due by for alums?
My DS is in the same boat. I think the reports are due right after Thanksgiving. Are you in a city?
Seattle lol. Do they try and match me up with someone who majored in the same thing I want to major in? or just with someone from the same college? if its the former, then I could see why its taking a while, because I put my intended major as comms
I don’t think they try to match any of it. My D just had her interview via Skype. The alumni interviewer was from a different major and college, and wasn’t local to my D at all.
My interviewer contacted me yesterday for M&T and he is in NYC (I live in Turkey). They will get you an interviewer somehow, don’t worry!
I have also not been offered an interview while the other ED applicant at my school (who only turned her app in a day earlier than mine) already has hers scheduled. I wouldn’t worry too much but I’m not sure, I heard the latest you receive an email for an interview is usually around the 15th
@milgymfam It is matched for the most part. Usually, interviewers get matched with students local to where they live; however, interviewers can also opt for a preference-match (e.g., match with students from my old hometown or high school, match with students of the same gender or ethnicity, match with low-income students, etc.)
Other interviews however specifically opt-in for skype interviews to cover students who don’t match with someone local.
Interesting! My D’s interviewer matched with her in no discernible way at all.
Still no sign of an interview and im getting really nervous and freaked out 
I just want the opportunity
My daughter submitted the ED in middle Oct, not have interview too. A little bit nervous. What’s the deadline for interview, thanks.
If you check the thread last year, someone got interviews around Thanksgiving.
I applied a little over a week before the deadline, and then I got an interview request about a week after that. My interview is this Sunday. No worries if you don’t get an interview, they won’t hold it against you. There’s no prescreening of your application and it is all based on when alumni are available and in what location or for what undergrad school. Good luck!
@wx2019 Nov 21 for ED interviews, but they usually do another push through the first week of December of phone interviews
Thanks All! We got the e-mail last night for the interview. Good luck for all!
@aoeuidhtns at this stage, if you haven’t been offered an interview, does it mean anything? I have heard from several sources that during the last week or so, penn tries to distinguish “priority applicants” to interview (ie borderline applicants). So if you haven’t been interviewed yet, does it mean you might have already been filtered as a solid reject/admit?
I just got mine yesterday!!!
I don’t have an interview either!! Getting really worried… I am in a small town though… hopefully, I’ll get one eventually.
@aoeuidhtns Does Penn ever issue decisions (acceptance/denial/deferral) before looking at an applicant’s interview? Or before waiting to see if an applicant gets an interview from an alum?
@BokysEdits Yes, decisions are made prior to the interviews in some cases.
The later they offer interviews, the farther down on the list you are at your desired school. Just to let you know.