<p>I'm not saying I don't want one, I'm just wondering if everybody gets one. I live in Canada-will I be contacted for an interview? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>p.s. what about Harvard and Brown? Same thing?</p>
<p>If an alumni interviewer lives in your area and offers you an interview, then it would be looked down upon if you declined without an exceptional reason. If you are not offered an interview because no one lives near you, then that is not held against you.</p>
<p>^^Exactly. Not mandatory. If it is offered (they’ll contact you if there is an alumni interviewer in your area), don’t turn it down. If no one contacts you, not a big deal, no interview.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks guys. I’m not sure if there are alumni in my area. There are probably some 1.5hr away (I live in the suburbs) -would I get an interview?</p>
<p>Should I somehow mention to them that I live right near Michigan and could drive over for an interview if there is no one in my area (which is probably likely)? </p>
<p>(I’m also in Canada)</p>
<p>^^^ I would question that (the first part). One of my friends that goes there said he was offered an interview though email, never responded, and he still received a likely letter. I don’t know if that’s a rare case or something, but it would seem to me that the interviews are really more for the applicant. </p>
<p>I did not get an interview though, so I really don’t even know what a Dartmouth interview is like.</p>
<p>Interviews are supposed to be beneficial to the applicant and the admissions office. The interview will never be the sole reason you get in or do not, it’s more of a little tiebreaker. Admissions uses our interviews as a way to get to know you past the paper application. They generally use the interview to differentiate two equal Gpa/sat/extracurricular applicants or to confirm their final decisions.
The other main reason for the interview is for you to ask us questions. In case you haven’t or couldn’t visit the campus, you can get a feel and answer any weird or nagging questions or concerns. Interviewers do it because they love the college, not because they want to drill you on your knowledge of the school or why you got a 3.9 and not a 4.0</p>
<p>“Interviews are supposed to be beneficial to the applicant and the admissions office.”</p>
<p>While sometimes this is the case, this simply can not be true 100% of the time. I interview for a Dartmouth peer college and while I enjoy interviewing and meeting students and sometimes become their advocate, I know that my first responsibility is to the college – to furnish them with insights that will assist them in the decisionmaking process. Many times, that includes lukewarm assessments that, on the whole, probably diminish the student’s chances.</p>
<p>Not all interviews are beneficial to the student ultimately. But it’s not as if the student can determine that beforehand. Sorry but that’s reality.</p>
<p>“Not all interviews are beneficial to the student ultimately. But it’s not as if the student can determine that beforehand. Sorry but that’s reality.”</p>
<p>To me, it is still beneficial to the student ultimately. If the school is not the best fit for a student after interview, it is good know earlier than later.</p>
<p>If a student is contacted by Dartmouth to schedule an alumnus interview, does it mean that they have passed the first look-through? In other words, that they may be a candidate for admission, or is it a service performed for the reasons listed in earlier posts?</p>
<p>It is definitely a good sign as far as I can tell.</p>
<p>[Alumni</a> Interview](<a href=“Apply to Dartmouth | Dartmouth Admissions”>Apply to Dartmouth | Dartmouth Admissions)</p>
<p>No sign of good or bad. Like other colleges, the sheer volume of applicants precludes any pre-screening. Optimally, they’d like to interview everyone. You could be a zero chancer or a shoo-in. The only “first look-through” is that your file is complete.</p>
<p>This is the only caveat: my alma mater also can’t match every applicant w/an interviewer. As we have approached our deadline, our regional admissions officer contacted our local coordinator and asked for a handful of kids to be possibly from the not-yet-interviewed pile. The implication was that this small group was still being evaluated and the home office still wanted more info. </p>
<p>Conclusion: If you don’t hear anything but surprisingly get a call in late Feb or March (after the normal deadline), it could be a sign that you’re still in the game.</p>
<p>As clarification to before, I did not mean that every alumni interview result is glowing recommendation for the applicant. I meant that this is often the first real opportunity applicants have to ask questions about what Dartmouth is really like. I will always leave time at the end of my interviews to let them ask me any questions they wanted answers about and couldn’t find on the website or on google</p>
<p>“It is definitely a good sign as far as I can tell.” < I’ve always heard that this statement is false. Getting an interview doesn’t mean the school is more interested in an applicant, right… right?</p>
<p>I’ve already had my Harvard interview and I’m scheduled for a Brown interview, but Dartmouth still hasn’t contacted me.</p>
<p>rainbow: re-read this thread. The answer to your repeated question are already here. And STOP worrying about the DMouth interview, already.</p>