<p>Most schools reach out to you for alumni interviews. Alumni from the school interview you in a city near you; therefore you don’t need to spend much time or money. For about 90% of schools, you only get an interview if the alumni contacts you and if one is available. Some schools require you to reach out to them and then they find someone near you, and if no alumni lives in your area then you do a phone interview or skype interview. However, interviews do not really affect decisions unless you do really bad or do really well an you’re on the borderline.</p>