<p>should i prepare for this? did anyone get one? is it really a "chance for you to know cornell better" or an interview in disguise...</p>
<p>It's very informal but do not take it lightly. It truly is, I think, a way to know Cornell better, though. </p>
<p>It's pseudo interview but Cornell claims that it doesn't have much weight. Just prepare for it as you would any other college interview, or rather, one with one of the top universities in the world. Bon chance.</p>
<p>Quote sallyawp's awsome answer to this question:
"As I mentioned earlier, the alumni interviewer does indeed send a report to Cornell that will be added to your application file. While I do not believe that the report can make or break an application, it may clarify questions about the candidate that the admissions committee may have and/or it may expand upon or reveal new details about that candidate about which the admissions committee was unaware (e.g. in the past, I have included in my alumni reports information about prospective students relating to responsibility to care for younger siblings every day after school, two-hour commutes each way to get to high school, an art show at a well known gallery in NYC to which the prospective student had been invited to participate just the day before our meeting, the fact that a student was working two after school jobs to help pay the bills at home, recent accomplishments in sports and other extracurricular activities during the fall semester at school). Most of all, the alumni interview is an opportunity for the prospective student to ask questions about Cornell."</p>