I was supposed to have my Dartmouth interview at 5:30. It’s 6:15 and the guy still isn’t here. What should I do??
Call him? Email him? Text him?
@skieurope I don’t know his number. What should I email him??? It’s super awkward.
“I’m at Starbucks (or wherever). Did I get the time/date wrong?”
It should not be awkward at all. Of course, if he’s driving, he might not see it, but you did your part. Wait a little while longer unless you have to be somewhere else by a certain time.
Why is it awkward? He could be stuck in traffic. Just tell him you’re waiting for him at… Or ask him whether he wants to reschedule.
@skieurope @1NJParent He lives 10 minutes away. It’s been an hour. My parents made me leave. I’m 1000% his email said Tuesday February 6 at 5:30. It was earlier but he had to reschedule. What should I do now?
@1NJParent Also I live in rural Maine he is for sure not stuck in traffic lol. He’s a doctor, something at work probably came up. But he could’ve emailed me. Not a very good impression from Dartmouth…
My son’s interviewer (also from an Ivy) was late by 10 minutes for the 30min interview. It is awkward, since if you call or send email, you could be viewed as rude and impatient. Interviewers are volunteers, so cut them some slack. Wait for half an hour, if he/she not showing up, send a polite email and ask fro rescheduling.
@bogeyorpar I waited for an hour. 10 minutes is fine. 15 minutes too. My Brown interviewer was about 15 minutes late.But an hour is different. I had to leave. Not sure what to email him. I would think he would’ve emailed me by now. Maybe he forgot?
He should have email you if he knew he was going to be late. The two of you should have exchanged phone numbers also.
Just send him a note and say something like, “Hi Dr. X. I assume something came up tonight for you. Do you want to find a time to reschedule?”
I emailed him. Fingers crossed I get into Tufts EDII so I can just withdraw my application and not have to deal with doing the interview next week or something :)).
Good luck.
@bogeyorpar Thanks!
Yep, I read that sentence wrong, but realized that just as I clicked Post; so I went back and changed it to “Good luck.” 
@bogeyorpar changed mine to “thanks.”
BTW, doctors sometimes get pulled into emergencies that they don’t even have time to call or email. I have a friend who’s a Ear Nose Throat doctor. One time he was late for an hour and a half to my dinner party. He explained that just as he was leaving the office, an emergency came in – a dentist dropped his drill into a patient’s throat! He had to perform surgery immediately.
@bogeyorpar Of course it’s all good he’s a busy guy. That could’ve been the case for all I know. He is a radiation oncologist so I’m not sure how many of those emergency-type situations he gets, but he did say that he was free from work on this particular day.
I’m sure he planned to be free.
But emergencies do come up. I was always thankful when my radiation oncologist made time in his busy schedule for me. And, yes, I did have an emergency of sorts during my treatment: a pregnancy scare. My doctor gave me the time I needed at that moment.
I certainly understand that, right now, your interview is the most important thing in your world. But for his cancer patients, there’s a whole different level of urgency that might have kept him from making the interview.
@bjkmom Of course! I’m totally fine with it, and I understand that emergencies come up. The interview is not the #1 thing in my world, I just wasn’t sure what to do in the situation. It doesn’t count for much anyway, and his patients are far more important.