<p>Yup, my area rep has hooked me up with all the kids from my school district (three high schools) and that’s kept me quite busy.</p>
<p>Umm… this may sound strange but I’ve never stepped inside a Starbucks in my life. My Brown interview is there this upcoming monday. People on here say to dress appropriately for the environment. I don’t know the environment as ridiculous as that sounds lol (i don’t like coffee). How should i dress?</p>
<p>Are you male or female?
Male: Khakis, cords or clean dark jeans; clean collared shirt.
Female: Khakis, cords, clean dark jeans or simple skirt; sweater or shirt that isn’t too tight or too revealing.</p>
<p>Dress so you are comfortable.</p>
<p>should i mention and elaborate on my strong interest in Brown’s plme program even though the interview is for undergrad. purposes?</p>
<p>oh… i forgot to say that i’m a guy. thanks fireanddrain</p>
<p>I wish Brown offered interviews to transfers. I would love that!</p>
<p>So I submitted my app over two months ago (RD applicant). A couple of my classmates who sent their apps around the same time already got interviewed. Should I be worried, or wait until Feb. 1 to call admissions?</p>
<p>You should not be worried yet. There may be multiple interviewers for your area, or your app may have ended up in another place.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks :)</p>
<p>This is unrelated, but my interview was today and my interviewer said I was exactly what Brown wanted and he said the interview was a delight. I’m so excited!!!</p>
<p>what did u talk about that was so delightful?</p>
<p>I had my Brown interview today; I don’t know if it will help me tremendously though. He asked me- why Brown? and I answered him with the open curriculum and opportunity to live in a completely new place than where I am used to. The interview was about an hour and most of the questions I asked was about dorm life, professors, and my interviewer’s experience at Brown. He told me that he will state that I am a interesting guy and that I would be an asset to the community. Is that a usual answer for a Brown interviewer or did that comment mean something significant?</p>
<p>I see nothing significant in that comment. I doubt there is a “usual answer” in that situation.</p>
<p>@jk511- my yale interviewer said “I sincerely hope you get in” and I still didn’t so…just goes to show you how much interviews count</p>
<p>First of all, I can’t thank you enough for your helpfulness on this forum!</p>
<p>I have two interview specific questions. First, when replying to my interviewer email and setting up a time, would it be a bad idea to attach my general resume even if he didn’t ask for it? I was going to say something along the lines of, “I understand you have some general information about me, but here are some specifics in case you are interested.” I just thought it might be a good way for him to formulate specific questions for me in advance.</p>
<p>Also, I am the Editor-in-Chief of my high school newspaper, and it is probably my most time-consuming and beloved extracurricular. I was considering bringing along a copy of a recent issue to show him just in case it came up and he was interested. Is this too much though?</p>
<p>Thanks again for your help!</p>
<p>o wow this thread has helped me a lot! thanks! quick question though. Do you think it would look weird if you wrote ur questions ahead of time on a piece of paper and when they ask you if you have any questions you just pull it out?</p>
<p>abc:
- Some interviewers love to see resumes and others don’t care (like me). There’s no harm in doing it – you could also just bring it with you to the interview. If the interviewer is not interested, though, don’t overthink it and make a big deal out of it and think it means you’ll get a bad write-up. </p>
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<li>I’ve had people bring supplemental material to the interview, and I have never looked at it. That’s not how I want to spend my time. Other interviewers may feel differently. Again, no harm in bringing it, but don’t be upset if the interviewer puts it aside and doesn’t look at it. </li>
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<p>(If I was your interviewer, I would be more interested in asking you to describe the most difficult problem you overcame as editor, what were the most interesting/influential stories you wrote, how you deal with administration, would you print a story administration didn’t like, etc. That stuff is more interesting to me than reading your resume.)</p>
<p>BlackRose: I’ve had many students bring that piece of paper. I’ve never had a problem with it.</p>
<p>i memorize my questions+come up with impromptu ones based on what the interviewer says in during the convo</p>
<p>Hi fireandrain,
We live in a major metropolitan area. My son is a Brown applicant and he received a call from an interviewer a few nights ago. We live in one county and my son goes to school in another county. (Not unusual for this school.) The interviewer was located in a third county. After a few minutes on the phone with my son, and after it became obvious that getting to the interview was going to be very time-consuming, the interviewer offered to make a call to the alumni committee and have my son’s assignment switched to someone who lives in our county. He called back 10 minutes later, having already taken care of it. We were very appreciative of his understanding and effort, since other schools have not made that offer and my son has had to “jump through hoops” to get to some interviews. (I think the problem has been that they look at where he goes to school and assign the interviewer on that basis.)</p>
<p>Hello fireandrain,</p>
<p>I’m an international student. I got an email from an alumna yesterday. In the email, she did not mention anything about phone interview, but just asked couple of questions and told me to email her my answers. </p>
<p>So, I got a little bit confused. Is this kind of email interview normal? Have you ever conducted one? I assume that maybe she’s too busy. But I just have no idea what to do with it. I mean, I’ve never heard about the email interview before and nobody I know has ever had one. Should I reply like talking to a friend or should I write an essay-like response? How can I show myself well with only writings?</p>
<p>Could you please give me some advice? Thanks a lot.</p>