<p>well, i talked to 2 of the adcoms (in person) and they said that it wouldn't matter at all and their admissions procedures don't even take it into account who interviewed them (i think she said that was AGAINST procedures because then biases and second-thoughts come into play). they all have the same outline of questions on their paper and they all ask the same questions. at the end of the interview, the alum said (verbatim), "i would love for you to go to my school. i think you are more than prepared to handle it and i think that the school would benefit from your prescence. i would love to reccomend you to the commmittee." also, when we were chatting, he talked about his conversations w/ the admissions director and how there are so many kids who are the same and who are really boring. he said they could fill the whole freshman class with those kids, "but nobody wants them".</p>
<p>also, i took the ssat practice test and put up my scores.</p>
<p>I hope Andover is as impressed with you as you are with the alum who interviewed you and the other important person (friend of grandfather) who you were going to ask to write a recommendation.</p>
<p>Don't forget that there will be many applicants with direct connections to heavy hitters, not just an ancillary connection.</p>
<p>Yes pretty, choose the adcom, they make the decisions. Alumni interviews at prep schools and colleges are a formality. A way to keep alumni involved and I guess if you're beyond awful they may pass that on. An alum simply can't pull you in the way an adcom who likes you can. This is why in person is by far the best and phone is second.</p>
<p>Also pay attention to who interviews you at the school. At the big schools they often use teachers to interview in addition to adcoms. They can't do much for you either so ask to interview with a member of the admissions staff.</p>
<p>Don't take everything the schools tell you at face value. Let's not say they lie, but they do a lot of spinning. As in scores are not that important (yet our average is 95)....interviews are the same no matter with whom....we don't give preference to offspring of the famous and wealthy.........................</p>
<p>oh!!! also, i'm 20% Cherokee Indian (talk about under-represented minority lol).. both of my grandmothers have a little Cherokee blood... though you wouldn't know by looking at me. does that change anything? i think it's worth noting because it's another one of my many quirks.</p>
<p>I can see you're gunning for whatever advantages you can get, but Native American minority status is generally only granted to those who have proven tribal affiliations--that means paper work and official ties to a reservation. If you have that, then go ahead...</p>
<p>The academics need more, but that's too late. You have no World Languages...No Electives. 10 hours of community service isn't much, try commiting more time to it. Good extra-curriculars though, but you can't add all of the hobbies because you don't actually compete for most of them. What you did in middle school isn't as important as what you did your first and second years of high school.</p>
<p>i do electived on my own because school doesn't offer good ones. thats why i take classes at college and self-study philosophy, psychology, writing, literature, various science topics and history.</p>
<p>If you consider yourself to be Native American, you should mark that you are bi-racial. That is something you have to decide for yourself. It is not about how you look, it is what you consider yourself to be.</p>