<p>So I received an e-mail from my alumni interviewer congratualting me on my acceptance, and the e-mail included this statement:</p>
<p>You probably have quite a few options to decide
between, being that you were one of the most
outstanding candidates I have interviewed so far.</p>
<p>lol...He probably tells that to everybody. There's no way I could have been one of the most outstanding candidates he interviewed so far. First off, techically I didn't even answer the first question he asked me. Second, for the all important "Is there anything you'd like the committee to know about you that you didn't feel you were able to express in your application..." I told him zilch. lol</p>
<p>Anyway, I just found this quite funny and thought I'd share. lol :)</p>
<p>Hi, I am very interested in GU and will most certainly go in for some alumni interviews (I am currently a junior), so, could you please tell me all of the questions that he asked you during the interview that you can remember. Were you asked anything particularly strange or unpredicted? Please respond, thanks.</p>
<p>ndentzel,
I was asked no strange questions. I can't remember the exact questions, but I was asked about family values, friends (what I looked for in them, etc. - what kind of people they were, and what we did for fun), school activities, my favoritie subjects, what I looked for in a college, why I wanted to major in what I was plannning....things like that. Nothing too unusual. Hope this helps you. :)</p>
<p>Hey, at least you didn't have some crazy guy off the street come and threaten to kill you.</p>
<p>ndentzel,
The one piece of advice I'd give (and I got in by the way - don't want you thinking this stuff isn't reliable) is that a lot of the time the app and the transcript already provides a lot of info about you, so you don't have to repeat all of that for the interviewer - in fact, just listing off stuff they already know is probably a bad idea. Instead, just try to use that info as a conversation topic, but let the convo go wherever you or the interviewer feel like. Just use the interview as a chance to show the Admissions committe that you're not just a good student, but you're also fun to talk to and be around. Just relax and pretend like it's a conversation with friends - cept you can't curse or talk about the crazy party you went to last weekend (not that you do, just using those as examples). Other than that, good luck.</p>
<p>Yeah, my interviewer called my house and congratulated me too when I got in two years ago. They're truly genuine about what they say, so if you were exceptional, then you were exceptional. Interviewers in general are pretty straight forward...and if you haven't interviewed yet for any schools, please take it seriously. It can be an icing on your application or what determines your acceptance & ability to go (My bro's interviewer for UPenn just luv'd my bro and instead of just filling out the paperwork for hte interview wrote a personal letter and contacted the school, made sure my bro not only got in, but was able to afford it too. UPenn ended up giving him a larger fin aid package than Gtown.)</p>