<p>if i had a great alumni interview, how would it improve my chances?</p>
<p>Unless you charmed the socks off your interviewer, it wouldn't do too much. But it helps nonetheless.</p>
<p>Yeah, thank goodness-my Brown interview was over the phone and not so great.</p>
<p>My Yale one was the best one yet t hough!!!</p>
<p>Yale interviews don't really mean much and they mean even less than Brown interviews. I had an incredibly awesome interview- lasted 2+ hrs, she loved me, hoped that I got in, and said she wanted to keep talking, but was I still rejected. People who have great interviews can still get rejected! Good luck though.</p>
<p>That's sad. I think Yale should put more emphasis on the interview. Like comflsomh, my Yale interview was also around 2 hours long. :-(</p>
<p>Mine was an hour or so. Even if I don't get into Yale (I have about a 2% chance), that hour was one of the best of the past few months. In contrast to my other interviewers, the alumni was actually young and outgoing. I think we talked about literature for 30 minutes!</p>
<p>I've never heard of someone having a horrible interview. Is it possible?</p>
<p>My Yale interviewer was the best in my college list. No joke. Yale grads truly shines.</p>
<p>I agree. I had two interviews with Yale alums, and they were far more interesting than my other interviewers...including one from Harvard!</p>
<p>Yeah, my interview was actually fun. They should put more emphasis on interviews, but they just can't afford to... stats will always be much more effective in gaining admission to Yale. </p>
<p>Bad interviews are DEFINITELY possible. My Brown interviewer said he interviewed someone who was so shy he barely spoke and said he didn't even think he'd go to Brown if he got in, because it was his "back up". It was like pulling teeth to get the kid to even say anything about himself because all he had going for him were test scores... some kids just have trouble expressing themselves and thats what causes terrible interviews. So be vivacious, expressive, eager and interesting! (and interested of course... don't want to sound pompous to the interviewers!)
I think interviews are fun.</p>
<p>If I am at borderline but my interview was extremely great, would this help me bump up a little bit?</p>
<p>@onlyone: I think that's exactly what interviews are supposed to do;)
So far I've had two admission interviews, both of which were fraught w/ tricky questions. FYI we spent like 1h of my Harvard interview reciting the entire US history:D I can't say it's successful, but yes, it's fun. For all I know, interviews can make you, ie in borderline cases like onlyone's, but they can rarely break you. That dude comflsomh talked about was a diehard jerk all right. I wouldn't like to share my college time w/ someone like that, but hey, they're a minority;)</p>
<p>I've just finished my phone interview. About 40minutes, quite intense, talked about a lot of things, had some laughs... the alumnus said about 3 times that he'd be happy if I got accepted.</p>
<p>i think all of my interviewers have been great.</p>
<p>too bad they dont mean much for most schools.</p>
<p>How did you score two interviews? Or is this not that unusual?</p>
<p>Sorry, should have been more specific. Do you know how or why you were given two Yale interviews?</p>
<p>Bad interviews are definitely possible... my Brown interview was terrible (I did fine but the woman interviewing me was boring and apathetic)... and I still got in.</p>
<p>My Brown interview was 18 minutes over the phone, and I'm pretty sure the alum was driving his kid home from soccer practice.</p>
<p>Mmm...if your interview was bad b/c of the interviewer's fault, no way they're gonna take it against you, see?</p>
<p>ILoveBrown, I had the same situation! I was really hoping to explain some things to her but she couldn't have been less interested. Oh, well. At least now, I know that I've done all that I can.</p>