does being interviewed by a stanford graduate increase my chances of being admitted?

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<p>Provided that I ace it, of course. </p>

<p>Wish me luck...</p>

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<p>I don’t know about Stanford specifically, but most high end colleges offer alumni interviews to as many applicants as possible, with alumni availability being the limiting factor. In the big picture, these interviews count for fairly little.</p>

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<p>Stanford gives interviews only in select metropolitan areas, so just the fact you are being given an interview probably doesn’t count.</p>

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<p>[Let</a> me google that for you](<a href=“LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You”>LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You)</p>

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<p>let me google that does not apply in this situation. lol</p>

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<p>T26E4: yea too bad i already tried that. </p>

<p>you weren’t very helpful. </p>

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<p>otherwise, i’m just saying. if i ace the interview, would you think that increases my chances of being accepted?</p>

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<p>MissMohd: you aren’t very gracious.</p>

<p>Alumni interviews carry very little weight, “acing it” won’t matter much.</p>

<p>Good luck with it, anyway.</p>

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<p>An answer to your question can be found on the first link of the “Let me google that for you” page T26E4 provided. It is stated clearly in the [Alumni</a> Interview Program FAQs](<a href=“Page Not Found : Admission Volunteers : Stanford University”>Page Not Found : Admission Volunteers : Stanford University) that “The interview report provides a supplementary perspective of the candidate,” and it does exactly that. A positive interview report can add a nice complementing touch to an app but won’t resurrect the dead.</p>

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<p>Since you weren’t led to the answer you needed, I’ll be forthright: the first hit on my google reference points to Stanford’s own FAQ and the answers are there. But to summarize for you, 1) Stanford would like to interview everyone but are constrained by limited volunteers (like other selective colleges). Take one if you can get one. However, being invited to an interview is of no consequence nor indication of your future results. 2) Having a “great” interview is better than having a “less than great” interview – but that being said, it’s the slimmest portion of your evaluation. A 40-60 minute encounter with an untrained alum can only yield so much information – most of it subjective. Admissions officers often say interview write ups almost always reinforce other attributes of the file – rarely is anything new gleaned.</p>

<p>With that, best of luck to you. Palo Alto is indeed, beautiful</p>