<p>Is it okay if the interview was really informal, in terms of the way the interviewer and I spoke to each other? </p>
<p>It was a really comfortable interview, but I'm worried about some factors: at times my interviewer looked a bit bored (toward the end--I think my interviewer had somewhere to be), but now that I look back on it, I hope I wasn't too informal in the way that I spoke to my interviewer. </p>
<p>And I had to keep bringing up a bunch of my ecs/awards/interests because the questions asked didn't exactly talk about them directly--so I just had to be really kind of assertive, and rambling-ish, and such! And now that I look back on that I look as if I was bragging......</p>
<p>I also completely misunderstood one the questions, and I think it looked for a moment as if I had been dishonest (which was completely not the case)--I explained this to my interviewer, but I don't know!!!!!!</p>
<p>Argh! NSM, Byerly, what do you think? Could this completely ruin my chances?</p>
<p>As I've said on other threads, Harvard is not a hand holding type of institution. It's a wonderful place for students with the courage and/or confidence to follow their own hearts and paths. It's not a place for people who need lots of reassurance.</p>
<p>I do not have any idea how good or bad your interview was. I wasn't there. I do not know whether or not you'll get into Harvard. I'm not an adcom, so don't estimate chances.</p>
<p>The one thing, though, that I feel comfortable commenting on is that you seem to double guess lots of your actions, and you seem to need a lot of reassurance. My thoughts are that you might be happier on a campus that is known as a more laid back, supportive place, not a place like Harvard where students tend to be intense about marching independently to their own drummers, and professors are available for office hours, but don't do much back patting.</p>