<p>So there are 4 kids in my grade applying ED to Cornell, but I was the only one contacted to have an alumni interview, does anybody know how they choose who gets to have an alumni interview?</p>
<p>there are also about 5 kids in my grade applying ED to Cornell. Each of us got interviews at varying times. I was the last to be contacted (i was contacted on sunday) but before the guy called me i was freaking out. So i called the admissions office and they said that there was a secret deadline and if you sent your application after this deadline they didnt send your information to the alumni. I was really bummed, but then my interviewer called me…
so i guess to answer your question, im guessing they just send in as many names as they can to the local alumni, and if the alumni has time they contact as many people as they can</p>
<p>So I guess it is a bit of advantage given to kids who get their applications in early.</p>
<p>i handed my apps in on 31st but i got the interview on the same day as every1 else at high school…but then again, the alumni interview in this area was set up at my high school so i guess i lucked out</p>
<p>my interview was with the other 3 students from my school who were applying ED. we had a group session and then we broke off into individual interviews</p>
<p>There is no advantage to interviews. I never got one. I even begged Cornell for an interview and they still didn’t give me one. Chill out.</p>
<p>-Signed Cornell '07</p>
<p>I am having a tough time understanding why they bother to send in an interview report if it apparantly means nothing and can have zero effect on one’s chances.</p>
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I am the chair of a local CAAAN (Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network) committee, so I assign the applicants to members of my CAAAN committee.</p>
<p>Here is how I do it - </p>
<p>I try to spread the applicants out among the volunteers I have. I have no control over when a CAAAN volunteers contacts their applicant(s). If time is running out and I have not gotten an e-mailed copy of the contact report (e-mailed to me automatically by Cornell’s system), I will take over and contact the applicant myself. I try very hard to see that every applicant is offered the chance for a meeting, and go out of my way to meet with applicants (our committee has a far-ranging area). Sometimes the meetings have to be over the telephone, but that is rare. Occasionally an applicant doesn’t want to have a meeting. </p>
<p>The deadline for ED applicant reports is today. For the second year in a row, my committee hasn’t had an ED applicants, so our deluge will be starting in the next few weeks. I assigned my first three applicants to volunteers last week.</p>
<p>I assume that my fellow CAAAN chairs across the country are also trying to make sure that all applicants that want meetings get them. Being involved in CAAAN is one small way that we can still be involved in our alma mater.</p>
<p>“I am having a tough time understanding why they bother to send in an interview report if it apparantly means nothing and can have zero effect on one’s chances.”</p>
<p>I didn’t say the interview report means nothing (although I don’t think it carries much weight). What I said was that you can’t judge your competitiveness based on whether or not you get an interview. If Cornell can interview you, they probably will and the interview report will just be another piece of the puzzle (in addition to your grades, recs, scores, EC’s, etc.). If Cornell can’t interview you, they’ll just use those other variables when deciding whether or not to admit you.</p>