<p>I had a question regarding college interviews. I am curious to find out how important they really are, and if it can make your application look better/worse during the process.</p>
<p>I may be only a junior, but my school is offering information as to how to do well in these interviews. In my opinion, I speak well with people, especially in front of a crowd. Hopefully this would work to my advantage with the colleges that offer these interviews.</p>
<p>At small liberal arts colleges, especially those that are SAT optional, they are extremely important. At the larger universities that base admission mostly on numbers, they are less so. In my opinion, interviews conducted by alumni are mostly informational only.</p>
<p>I think that, in general, it’s the least important part of the admissions process for most schools, and that, usually, people say that a really bad interview will hurt you more than a really good interview will help you.</p>
<p>Additionally, if you look around the site, there are many discussions about interviews</p>
<p>As an indication of interest at LACs, they are important-especially if you live within an hour or so drive. To not interview when you live nearby suggests that the school is only being used as a back up.</p>
<p>Last year MIT accepted around 10.1% of its applicants. It also states that applicants who went through an interview had a 15% acceptance rate, whereas those who did not had a 3% acceptance rate.</p>