<p>Now, here's a gentle reminder from this board's "mom."</p>
<p>Call your alum interviewer and tell them your good news. They will be thrilled to hear from you. Also, if you don't call them, they may never hear. After snailing the acceptance lettters to students, Harvard snail mails the EA admit information to the head of your local school's (i.e. the alum interviwers) committee. If that person doesn't share the info, your alum interviewer may never hear that you got in.</p>
<p>I got a happy call last night from our local EA admit, whom I had happened to interview, and it made my day!</p>
<p>Remember, if your alum interviewer didn't rate you favorably, you would not have gotten in, so you know that if you got in, that person was in your corner. While a good interview recommendation will not guarantee admission (Frankly, most applicants probably get good interview reports because most applicants are outstanding), a bad one will end one's admission chances unless Harvard doubts the interviewer enough to arrange for a second interview, which is favorable.</p>
<p>There is no website. Try switchboad.com or your local phone book. If you know where the person works, you also could call there.</p>
<p>You also could e-mail Harvard's admissions office, which (after the dust of EA settles) could look up your interviewer's info on the interview report that they have.</p>
<p>If all else fails, send a letter c/o Harvard's admissions office, letting Harvard's admissions office know that you'd like them to forward the thank-you note to your interviewer.</p>
<p>NSM: I did not apply to Harvard but my interviewer from another school did give me his card and asked that I notify him when I received the decision, either way. Should I be rejected, he also wants me to notify him in the spring of what school I will be attending. He seemed to really care about me as a person, not just a person going to "his school".</p>
<p>Worldshopper,
I think that most alum interviewers feel the way that yours did. I know that it is rare that I interview a student whom I don't find impressive and likeable. This is true even when students don't seem to be what Harvard is looking for.</p>
<p>On another thread, I described a nice encounter that I had this week with a student whom I had interviewed last year and who was rejected by Harvard and the other top schools that she applied to. Even though the student didn't end up at Harvard or even a top 100 college, I think very highly of her, and am delighted that our paths have crossed again.</p>
<p>NSM: That is good to hear that most kids you interview are impressive and likeable. When I read some of these posts and what kids write, I would not consider them likeable although they seem to be the minority (thank goodness).</p>
<p>A day before the decision I called my interviewer and thanked her for her effort to see me. I learned a lot from her and we shared a common vigor and love of cultural richness. I told her "regardless of the decision tomorrow...thank you for everything you have done for me". I feel happy now. Good job you all!</p>
<p>apfreak,
What you did in calling her before the decision showed a lot of class.
Also call her and let her know that you were deferred. Ask her advice on what you can do to strengthen your application, and also ask about what other top schools you might consider applying to. If she's a longtime interviewer, she may have some good suggestions because even if you never get into Harvard, I'm sure that she'd like to see you go off to a good school.</p>