<p>I was just contacted for a phone interview with a Cornell alumni. Just wondering if other people have gotten calls asking for an interview?</p>
<p>many people have</p>
<p>way to read the forum. yes they're very common, very informal. search interviews in the cornell forum and read some recent threads on interviews before you ask any questions about the interview that have been answered 10x already. good luck!</p>
<p>My friend at school got an interview call.....I didn't. :-(</p>
<p>My GC told me that since i have been contacted for an interview, it means i made through some kind of first screening, like grades and test scores. I dont know if she knows what she is talking about, but is this the case. Would they now move to looking at EC, recs, essays and stuff. Im hoping so, because the thing i was most worried about were a few bad grades. Is there lots of people who get contacted for interviews and still get rejected</p>
<p>tivesrx: They try to interview everyone they possibly can. There is no screening process. I have a friend with terrible scores, average grades (a few bad ones) who was already interviewed at Yale and Cornell. If there is someone available in your area, you'll be interviewed.</p>
<p>The alumni that "interviewed" me was very laid back. We basically just talked about why I was interested in Cornell over the phone. After a minute of telling him why I wanted to go to Cornell, he immediately switched over to any questions I may or may not have. The entire conversation lasted all but twenty minutes and was very informal. </p>
<p>--Tri</p>
<p>My interviewer e-mailed me and about a week later, we met at a Starbucks right downtown. It was pretty laid back and I didn't have to bring any type of papers (resume, etc). It did, however, last an hour and a half, which I found to be on the longer side, but it was very interesting. We talked both about the school itself, anecdotes/experiences, and how it had affected her (my interviewer, who was, by the way, young). Good luck!</p>
<p>sounds like a great interview krabble88, that's how they're supposed to go!</p>
<p>Yeah it was great! She bought me a frappuccino too!</p>
<p>I just had my interview last night and the guy talked about how miserable he was at Cornell and how he tried to transfer out every year. Was not what i was expecting, but he said it was worth it because of the prestige of a Cornell degree. He made Cornell sound like a really unhappy place though</p>
<p>wow, that's depressing. there are some people like that, although they are rare. if you come to campus almost everyone here will tell you they are having a great time. bball is an example of someone who is not happy here i guess. your interviewer probably has valid reasons for his unhappiness at cornell, but please remember that his experiences aren't in line with the average student I meet here on a daily basis.</p>
<p>What kinds of things did he say that made cornell sound like an unhappy place? As I said, I'm sure he had basis for his comments, it's just that his experiences at least all compounded together probably aren't the norm for a cornell student since most people I meet are very happy here.</p>
<p>Not to digress too much here, but my aunt's husband went to CMU (somewhere I applied to) and I was talking with him about the school and his experience. He graduated less than a decade ago so he's pretty familiar with anything new that's been going on, but he told me that he was actually pretty unhappy there and that it wasn't his first choice. He made it seem as though the ambiance was very unlively and that most of the student body is there to study, etc. It kinda made me think twice before actually considering CMU. But, this doesn't have anything to do with Cornell.</p>
<p>A lot of people are down on Cornell about the weather and the location. It's ****ing New England... get over it. I don't understand the constant whining about the rain and the snow. The clouds don't hover over the campus... the same weather exists in many areas of New England. I sympathize with people from the west coast and the South when they come here because they're not accustomed to it... but I do so reluctantly. People, it's weather... different places have different climates. </p>
<p>As far as the location... I was born and raised in NYC and when I spent the night in Ithaca, I found it incredibly cozy and charming. If a person who lived his entire life in the greatest city in the world can enjoy Ithaca, anyone should be able to do the same.</p>
<p>Before I get leapt on and flamed, I apologize if my post struck any nerves but I just felt the need to toss out some partisan rhetoric there in order to blow off some steam. Carry on.</p>
<p>Cornell probably would have seemed cozy to those who visited either today or yesterday from LI and NYC. For once we had more snow/colder weather than Ithaca. :)</p>
<p>He said the weather was cold and the people were cold. He graduated in 1999. He said its probably better now since they restructured the university so that all incoming freshmen are in the same area in that there is more support because every one is in the same position as being a freshmen. I was kind of accepting the interview to be him convincing me how great Cornell is so that if I get accepted I wont go somewhere else. He said people like me and him who are from California have a hard time adjusting to the weather and the East Coast social environment which is maybe more serious than Cal.</p>
<p>Yeah, the weather is cold at times, but I'd rather have a flurry than a drizzle, ya know?</p>
<p>All the freshmen live together on north now, so yeah, that probably helps. They have special orientation groups to help you meet people. Just find clubs and activities that let you do what you want with like minded people and talk to your hall, which will be 100% freshmen, all of whom are looking for friends. His reasons are certainly valid, but I imagine the weather is a lot worse when you're struggling for friends. And one really shouldn't be struggling for friends if he makes any effort the first month of school.</p>