<p>Well, I applied to a lot of top tier schools. I kind of know where I want to go (I honestly hope they accept me)... that is to MIT or Princeton. I recently messed up my interviews with Harvard and Yale. My interview with Princeton was good and my interview with MIT was too long ago for me to remember. Then we have to look at my possibility at a local school, Ohio State University. Ohio State sent me an application for a special physics scholarship to pay for most of my college (about 75% or more). I'm in a heap of depression right now and don't know what to do if MIT/Princeton don't accept me... and I'm really not sure about OSU. Can anyone help me decide what to do next? Is there anything else I should give MIT or Princeton (to make me more favorable)?</p>
<p>around time for the routine evening bump ^^^</p>
<p>Hey, my first two choices are MIT and Prinecton as well. Good luck to you, if we both get in that would be great. I think I did best on my Harvard and Princeton interviews; my MIT interview was my first one and also too long ago. I don't think an interview will make or break an application, though. If you were deferred EA from MIT, then by all means send something, but hurry, and it's up to you what to send (they want an update of some sort)...otherwise, it's probably too late to add to your application, but you never know.</p>
<p>And don't mind OSU. A 75% scholarship is cool, and even if OSU isn't of the highest academic caliber, you can still succeed there, if you try hard enough. Michigan hasn't offered me a scholarship, and I'm not sure if they will, and being out-of-state that may leave me with UMass as the only option, but it would be full tuition. So it's not all bad. With a little extra motivation, you can do well anywhere.</p>
<p>My interviewer for Yale asked me why I wanted to go to Yale... I did not know why. I liked that interviewer... he made me realize what I really wanted to do.</p>
<p>lol you didn't ask yourself this before applying?</p>
<p>is this a valid tactic?</p>
<p>Interviewer: Why do u want to go to X-college?
You: Why not? In this world, thee are unlimited possibilities</p>
<p>They are looking at your transcripts, gpa/rank, standardized test scores, EC's, essays, GC rec, and teacher recs. When it is that competitive, probably everything counts, but just ask yourself how important a one-hour interview with an alumni can be in the admissions process. If you don't get in, the interview probably didn't have that much to do with it. There is an element of luck in the process.</p>
<p>Just wondering... do interviews take place over the phone, or what?</p>
<p>It isn't reasonable/practical for colleges to require interviews unless they have an alumni network. Alumni contact their alma mater and volunteer to do interviews. The college will probably then send them an instruction manual on how to do interviews. When the college gets your application, they locate a volunteer interviewer in your area and give them your information. The volunteer interviewer will then contact you via phone or email and arrange a meeting. A popular location for interviews is Starbucks, but it could be held anywhere. If the college can not locate an interviewer in your geographic area, it won't be held against you. It is possible for a phone interview to be held if a meeting is impossible.</p>
<p>My dream is to go to Penn or Brown. OSU is my saftey as well.</p>
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I'm in a heap of depression right now and don't know what to do if MIT/Princeton don't accept me
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Nobody should be depressed if they end up going to Ohio State. It is not a local school.</p>
<p>Oh, thanks dufus :)</p>