<p>I recently received an email from a Cornell alumni requesting a meeting soon. I applied to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) which I don't think offers interviews. Is it true? </p>
<p>On another note, now that I have an interview tomorrow I don't know what to really say. Any good advices during an interview?</p>
<p>How much does an interview affect the admissions process?</p>
<p>I don’t think the interview has a significant influence on admissions, but it’s always nice to make a nice impression. Just be honest and talk about your interests and extracurricular activities. I had mine a couple weeks ago at a local Starbucks and it was a lot of fun. He participated in some of the stuff I did, and he seemed impressed by some of the service projects I have worked on. Most of the time, we discussed a particular aspect of Cornell that I touched upon, his experiences with it, and what Cornell had to offer for some my defined interests. It was enjoyable, and I’m glad we met. </p>
<p>Btw. I applied for CALS as well. There aren’t any admissions interviews at the campus for the college, but I think every Cornell applicant is eligible for an alumni interview.</p>
<p>I’m an applicant for the College of Engineering and even I myself had an interview (although they usually don’t offer interviews for CoE), it was a phone interview though. It was fun, I’d agree with manu101, be yourself and talk about your interests and activities and why Cornell? also get to know more about Cornell through the alumni, like asking about the level of diversity and stuff, get the point?</p>
<p>Does it mean something that I got an interview although it wasn’t offered?</p>
<p>No. It means nothing. Take advantage of the opportunity and ask some questions.</p>
<p>You basically talk to an alumni for about an hour (or more) and ask any questions that you have. Your interviewer will write down what impression s/he got from you and send it to Cornell. </p>
<p>It’s really hard to screw it up so don’t worry about it too much, smile, and relax.</p>
<p>I doubt that’s it’s an evaluative interview. It’s probably just to weed out psychos.</p>
<p>I had to do an interview for my major, architecture, and it wasn’t bad at all. To be honest, it went really well. The interview process like what anapestic said “to weed out psychos” is true; they really just want to know you as a person, and not as an applicant on paper.</p>
<p>…my D was never called for an interview & was admitted ED. She did however have a letter of rec. from an active alumni so perhaps that is why she wasn’t earmarked for an interview.</p>
<p>^Nope, the letter of recommendation had nothing to do with your daughter not being contacted. In the ED round, there is very little time to meet with all the applicants, so many ambassador groups simply do not contact ED applicants, or can only do a small portion of them.</p>
<p>Does anybody know when the Regular Decision notification comes out?</p>
<p>I was called on an interview but I didn’t get back to them; but I was still accepted RD.
It really doesn’t impact the administration process all that much, so far as I can see.</p>
<p>bump what lampdog asked. When DO the notifications come out? Has Cornell announced an official date and time yet? </p>
<p>@lampdog. I hope your interview went well. Mine was yesterday and it was fairly interesting [:</p>
<p>I know for a fact other Ivies, such as Princeton and Penn, are coming out March 30. My guess is Cornell will be the same (aside from the rolling schools). Also, my friend’s mom is an alumna of cornell who interviews, and she said that interviews are just to help the admissions committee learn more about a candidate, personality wise. So being offered an interview is neither a good nor a bad thing.</p>
<p>The notification date for Cornell is also March 30th.</p>