<p>Today I received an email for scheduling an interview. </p>
<p>Any advice? How do these usually go? A girl that had a Harvard interview at my school two years ago said she broke down and started crying.
One hour, with two people.
How much research should I do about the school...?
Any one have one yet?
I'd LOVE some input from ANYONE.</p>
<p>Thank you thank you thank you</p>
<p>P.S. Does every applicant have an interview?</p>
<p>I have never heard of 2 people doing an interview - very odd. It should just be a single alum. As far as I know, they dont get any data about you, so don't assume they know anything that you put in your app. I definitely recommend doing your research about the school, and prep the standard interview questions about yourself, the school, your academic and EC interests, what you will add to the campus, etc (lots of places you can find the list of standard topics) because many interviewers do ask fairly predictable questions. Keep your cool, and if an interviewer makes you upset, that is their poor interviewing, not yours - adults shouldn't pick on teenagers, it's not at all appropriate.</p>
<p>My advice is twofold. First, find something you can gush about. Showing you are passionate and that you have thrown yourself into something (anything) goes a long way, I think.</p>
<p>Second, try to figure out the interviewer as early as possible. I remember I had a music major as my Harvard interviewer, so I immediately geared our conversation toward my interest in theater. Make the person like you - smile and laugh and have a good time. Can't hurt.</p>
<p>My son's interviewer asked him to bring a transcript and SAT scores. My son also brought a resume. You don't have to, but it does give the interviewer something to look at, you can play it by ear if you show it to him or her. My son's interviewer spent a fair amount of time trying to persuade my son that Harvard's science was just as good as MIT's. :)</p>