<p>I think I did not ask for an interview in my application.. but why did the alumnus contact me for an interview a few days ago?? Is it a bad omen ?? It makes me a bit uneasy. -_-</p>
<p>Will the refusal of it affect my application? (I have not reply his email yet) How should I prepare for the interview if I go for it?</p>
<p>SOS^^</p>
<p>If you are willing to take the challege of studying in a college like this, you should have no problem with an interview. By the way, you don't request an interview; you are supposed to have one. Refusing it without a good reason would certainly affect your application.</p>
<p>I can't think of a good reason to refuse an interview...</p>
<p>hehe definitely, i will not refuse this interview. just feel a bit suspicious..
one of my friend said columbia does not require an interview.. but seems not to be the case..</p>
<p>When you apply, you go on the list to be interviewed by alumni.</p>
<p>bah, do you mean it is selective? not everyone will get an interview, am i right?
bcz one friend was not asked to go for an interview but he was admitted in ED..</p>
<p>I think it's based on who's available to interview at the given time.</p>
<p>not everyone will get an interview, but that's because of insufficient supply, not because of selection on the student side.</p>
<p>Refusing an interview w/o good cause is almost a sure-fire rejection. It's a way of telling CU you don't care to bother spending 45 minutes on the school.</p>
<p>A good excuse would be something like if you're contacted 3 days before the deadline and are out of town and tell the interviewer that you can't make it.</p>
<p>got it!</p>
<p>so will the interviewer read my application beforehand? (what books i read, my results, my essays etc.)</p>
<p>read other interview threads. they only know a basic EC list and academic interests.</p>