<p>Thank you very much for the advice! I’m applying in the fields of French studies or Journalism or Psychology, so it most likely doesn’t fit into that. So I will remove it, and put on some makeup, hopefully it won’t be too noticeable, but I mean I wouldn’t think anyone would dwell on two little “holes/scars” on someone’s face.</p>
<p>I just had my interview with a Brown alumni today and it went really well. A lot less nerve wracking than I thought it would be. Good luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>I just got my email - I am going to meet my interviewer next week and I’m already nervous 
Any tips?</p>
<p>Just be yourself and don’t stress out! My interview was more of a conversation than an interrogation :)</p>
<p>Had my brown interview about 2 weeks ago.</p>
<p>I had my Harvard interview earlier that day, and I thought it went so much better.
It was the interviewer’s fault, not mine.</p>
<p>Still, a good experience to speak to a Brown Alum.</p>
<p>@warmmilk mine felt more like an interrogation -___-</p>
<p>really?? I guess it depends on the interviewer…mine was really nice and didn’t ask me any questions at all. He basically told me about himself first and asked me to tell him about myself and then everything just flowed from there. Anyway, I’m glad your Harvard interview went well. Good Luck!</p>
<p>I applied regular decision to Brown, and have been contacted for a ‘group’ interview-day of sorts; several people are being interviewed at the pre-determined place but interviewed individually (or so I presume). </p>
<p>Have any of the alumni here conducted interviews in this type of setting? And if so, are there any major differences between the typical one-on-one interview and this setting?</p>
<p>I had my interview yesterday and loved my interviewer. She knew about the fields I’m interested in, despite having majored in something else, and it was just an all-around enlightening, engaging conversation. Definitely increased my love for Brown!!!</p>
<p>What are the “don’t do’s” or rather “don’t say’s” of an interview with Brown? What are the kinds of things applicants just shouldn’t say. Maybe talking about poor grades? Things like that?</p>
<p>My interviewer told me that most people don’t know how to respond to the question “Tell me about a time you failed.” Though most people don’t know how to answer because they’re unprepared for the question, it makes you look arrogant if you can’t think of something.</p>
<p>Ahhh that’s great to know, I wrote an essay about a time I failed for Chapel Hill, so that works great!</p>
<p>Is it okay to ask questions regarding GPA and how applicants are reviewed by admissions? I have a particular situation/circumstances, and I’d love to hear the opinion of an alumni, but it might be inappropriate?</p>
<p>I’ve never, ever asked an applicant about a time they’ve failed. As I’ve said in this thread, there is no standard list of questions that alumni ask, although I’m sure most want to know “why Brown?” </p>
<p>Nina, most alumni wouldn’t be able to answer a question about how your GPA will be considered or how applicants are reviewed by admissions. We’re not admissions officers and have never been admissions officers.</p>
<p>The do’s and don’ts of interviews – don’t ask questions that can be easily answered on the website. Do know what the open curriculum is. I don’t know why you would ever talk about poor grades – interviewers are not supposed to ask your grades or your SAT scores. </p>
<p>Come prepared to discuss your academic interests and your EC activities. Many of the students I interview are unable to discuss something academic – a book or a class or a project that excited them, a research paper they put 150% into, etc. We are supposed to discuss the intellectual curiosity of the applicant, and I find that to be the most difficult to suss out. Brown wants students who are intellectual curious – show that in your interview, and you’ll give the interviewer something to write about. And Brown wants to know that you will contribute to campus life.</p>
<p>Thank you for the advice! I’ll take it all into consideration. I’m very excited because I have so much to talk about regarding my academic interests, ECs, and overall curiosity, aspirations etc. I hope I won’t be super nervous and forget to say the important things I want to…</p>
<p>When answering “why Brown?” is it okay if my answer is a bit lengthy? I have several reasons grouped together as to why I want to go to Brown, it wouldn’t take me more than 5minutes to explain, but it’s a mixture of all the programs, academics, campus life, opportunities, etc that make Brown the perfect place to pursue my education. I just don’t want to bore my interviewer to death.</p>
<p>I just had my Brown interview, and it was awesome! She was so nice and completely sold Brown to me. She did not ask a lot of questions, it was a lot more like a conversation where we both sometimes asked something, but where it flowed more. I also got a Brown pencil :)</p>
<p>^ Same here! It was very relaxed and fun! Very informative and casual, I loved it!</p>
<p>As an alumni interviewer, I look for passion and intellectual curiosity in an applicant. I’m impressed by someone who thinks outside the box. I don’t see grades or SAT scores and assume that they’re in the top percentile needed to compete. I am not concerned with getting those I interview in. I’m more concerned with supporting a prospective applicant who I believe is right for Brown. Does the interview matter? It’s in your application and is read. You decide.</p>
<p>my interviewer is a professor at the UofM Law school, and I am interviewing with her in one of the student lounges. I was hoping to meet in a more casual place, but since this is a more formal location, would khaki’s and a dressy sweater work? Or should I just go all out and wear the suit.<br>
Thanks!
Jared</p>
<p>@Jared: Go with the sweater/khakis. (I assume this is U of Mich, not Miami?) Suit would be too formal for a student law school lounge. Law office etc would be about the only place I would go with a suit. If you really want to “snoop” to decide, google her and find if she is “stuffy” potential, and impress with the suit, otherwise the sweater etc is safer.
PS, I really don’t know any “stuffy” Brown alums!</p>
<p>Yes University of Michigan. Thanks for the advice, I was extremely nervous about this interview but it seems that most of them seem to go well, which says a lot about the alumni who attend. I just have to really break down why I want to go to Brown so I can articulate well.</p>