<p>I had this college interview and the alumi
contacted me that he's available on monday and tuesday
I got cold and was sick for a whole week.
My mom sent the notification and sent him the
email to the alumni on last sunday</p>
<p>He said that he doesn't check his email during weekends and that
it was a holiday weekend.
He said that he can't schedule again
and said sorry that we coudln't do the interview.</p>
<p>Was I too rude?</p>
<p>I don't think I was rude to him or anything.</p>
<p>It's just that doing an interview on monday and tuesday were hard for me
and i sent him the email sunday and he didn't check his email.</p>
<p>Maybe waiting to the last minute wasn't a great idea. I'm not sure what school you want to go to, but maybe e-mailing the school expressing your remorse and your desire to goto the school might help.</p>
<p>"My mom sent the notification and sent him the
email to the alumni on last sunday"</p>
<p>Why did your mom instead of you contact the alum? That made it look like you weren't mature or independent enough to be going to college. It wasn't as if you were seriously ill enough to be hospitalized. Contacting the alum the day before he was able to meet you also indicated that you weren't very interested in the school, and you didn't value his time very much. You seemed to assume that his schedule would remain free, which was inconsiderate of you.</p>
<p>For some schools, interviews don't matter. For others, they do. Whether your behavior concerning the interview will hurt your chances depends on where you applied.</p>
<p>I was at home sick yesterday, but I still took the effort to call back my Penn interviewer as promised and schedule for Friday. Even if you have stomach flu, Like I did, you can email (if not call) between vomits.</p>
<p>I agree with NSM too--it's always a good idea (I think) to appear independent to your interviewer, and putting them on short notice is probably not the best thing. Again, it depends on your school how important the interview is, but if you think it really matters, then try to contact the school or their alumni association (if they have contact into) to try locate another interviewer.</p>
<p>It speaks to maturity. You should have settled on a time with him as soon as he indicated his availability - he is the one doing YOU the favor. And the moment you weren't able to meet that obligation, it became your obligation to contact him through as many different routes as possible (did you have only his email? no home phone or cell phone?) to advise him of the situation, apologize and try to find another mutually agreeable time. Having a cold isn't a sufficient excuse for delaying; a cold doesn't prevent you from using email or picking up the telephone. </p>
<p>You have quite ambitious goals, like Ivies, per your other posts. You will need to step up your game to get there.</p>