<p>I had my Harvard interview yesterday and I'm wondering what percentage of applicants get an interview if not all do?</p>
<p>I believe they try to interview all applicants who live within a reasonable distance to an alumnus interviewer.</p>
<p>So even if you have absolutely horrid grades, they’ll still interview you if you’re close to an alumnus?</p>
<p>As long as there is an interviewer available, you’ll be offered one. It’s not an indication of your strength as an applicant</p>
<p>I am on the west coast, I guess they are not going to fly me out for an interview …</p>
<p>to theleakers… I’m on the west coast too. I had my Harvard interview just last weekend. They don’t need to fly you out; there are plenty of alumni to interview applicants who live in California (or likely wherever it is you live, unless it’s kind of remote).</p>
<p>The vast majority of people don’t interview on campus. They interview with local alumni who volunteer to do interviews for Harvard</p>
<p>Does Harvard even offer interviews?</p>
<p>yes. they offer them to everyone they can. there are harvard alumni all over the U.S. who volunteer to interview local applicants. they write a report of the interview and send it to harvard, where it becomes another part of the admissions process.</p>
<p>so in short… YES. they definitely offer interviews… if not, this post would make no sense.</p>
<p>Yeah Harvard does</p>
<p>“An interview in Cambridge is not a required part of the application process, but a high school senior who will be in the area may arrange an office interview from June through November. Because of heavy demand and a limited staff of interviewers, we are unable to guarantee an interview.”</p>
<p>I know some other Ivies, like Penn, don’t offer them though.</p>
<p>From Penn’s site
“Individual on-campus interviews are not available as requests vastly exceed our ability to meet this need”</p>
<p>^I think she meant to say on-campus interviews</p>
<p>@wadawada, I guess I am stuck with the California schools …</p>
<p>Why do you say that? Just because of the availability of interviews? They’re optional…</p>
<p>Haha no worries… not getting an interview has nothing to do with your strength as an applicant. I’m almost positive I’m not getting accepted, anywho… I’m just another smart kid.</p>