BS Suffield Interview

[hibyejoef]

Hey,

I just went through my first interview today, it lasted 31:43, I got to talk through the interview using my prepared responses. There was an odd part. The interviewer asked what other schools I’m applying to and what my top choices were. Is that common? Also, how should I prepare for the remaining interviews?

[skieurope]

@hibyejoef

There was an odd part.

Not odd at all; it’s s very common question.

Here is a response I have posted before

"To what other schools do you expect to apply?" ahhhh

Part may be to see if they are your safety. Don’t overthink it. My answer when I applied was: “I’m applying to schools that offer X, Y, and Z, such as AA, AB, and AC,” where two of the schools are at the same level as the school asking the question, and the third is a step below. I would not list all the schools, and I would list them in random (or alphabetical) order. Since some schools ask this question to predict yield, you do not want to reveal to a school that it is your safety (if it is in fact a safety).

If the school that you are interviewing with is your top choice, go ahead and say it’s your top choice. If it’s not your top choice, it’s fine to deflect and say you’re still reviewing other schools, but that you are impressed by XYZ at that school.

[DroidsLookingFor]

@hibyejoef

it lasted 31:43

r/oddlyspecific

[VisibleName2]

I don’t mind the question since I feel like my kid’s schools as a group make sense and are not just top 15 schools list. I do notice the schools always ask the kid but never the parent!

My only concern is that we are applying to a lot of boarding schools simply because admissions was tough last year.

[owlfox9mom]

It is also ok to say that you are visiting campuses now and won’t have a final list until you’ve seen them all.
You can name a few that you are visiting if you want.