<p>Hey guys.</p>
<p>Until when does Columbia contact applicants for an interview with an alumnus?
I know Dartmouth is until end of February, but what about Columbia? If it helps, I'm from NYC, so location shouldn't be a problem.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I heard that it's until Feb. I'm from NYC as well (what HS do you go to?) and I haven't been contacted for a Columbia interview either.</p>
<p>Interviews have to be completed and reports filed by March 1. </p>
<p>If you guys are from the outer bouroughs, you're unlikely to get an interview. If you're from Manhattan, it may be 50/50.</p>
<p>I have my Columbia interview tomorrow and I live in a suburb of NYC</p>
<p>i have an interview and i live on long island.</p>
<p>except... my interviewer doesnt respond to my emails. what should i do?
like, he told me to tell him what days were good for me. so i did, and then he didnt respond for 10 days, so i emailed him again, and he said he was really busy but hell get back to me, its been like 11+ days since then... what shouldst i do?</p>
<p>He's probably really busy. Don't be a pain in the neck. He's got a month to interview you. He'll get back to you when he's good and ready.</p>
<p>mmkay</p>
<p>i only emailed him once to see what was up because he never responded, i dont think i annoyed him... i hope.</p>
<p>How important are interviews... mine didn't go as well as I would have liked, and I am really scared that it is going to hurt me.</p>
<p>A bad interview is most likely going to result in a rejection. Columbia needs any way to weed people out. That being said, your not feeling that great about it does not necessarily mean you had a bad interview. You don't really know what the interviewer thought of you.</p>
<p>do we contact the school for an interview? or do they do it?
i'd like to interview- i mean it can't hurt you- at least that's what i heard</p>
<p>They'll contact you if there is room.</p>
<p>It can hurt you. Why would it possibly not hurt you if you have a bad interview?</p>
<p>Well, i've spoken to an alumni who conducts interviews
he says that "it can only help"- it shows that you actually want to go, and so actually took the time to interview
i agree though- i mean, one contrary comment, or a even a funny look, can tick an interviewer off, they are human
still, i'd like to be contacted and given the option to interview</p>
<p>The alums you talked to are either misinformed (unlikely) or lying (more likely). Who wants to tell someone that an interview can hurt you if you have a crappy one?</p>