<p>So I just got a call about 20 minutes ago from someone from the Dean's office, most likely about an alumni interview, but I can't make out the name. After listening to the message several times, I have deciphered, "Hi, this is Charmene (?) from Dean Manson's office calling [name] about your Princeton application. Please call me back at #". Should I just call back and say, "Hello, this is [name]. I am returning a call about my Princeton application" and hope that everything works out? </p>
<p>Also, what kind of things should you be prepared for at an alumni interview? What questions should they ask and how long does it usually last? Thanks.</p>
<p>My personal opinion: don’t prepare at all for a college interview. It’ll be more natural. And plus, you shouldn’t have to. They essentially ask about you, your interests, your passions, your achievements, etc. and you should know all of that by heart and be able to talk about them naturally. Or else they’re not really passions are they ;)</p>
<p>Alumni also seem to be very nice people, so you shouldn’t be nervous; it’s pretty informal. I’d never done an interview before college interviews, and I did 5 and they all went extremely well. One of them even said he would push me very strongly in admissions. All I did was say genuinely why I wanted to go to X school and why I was in love with science and music. That’s all.</p>
<p>Chillax. Be yourself :)</p>
<p>When you call back, just tell them “I didn’t catch your name in the message you left” or something along those lines, I’m sure it’s no big deal.</p>
<p>I recently just had my Princeton alumni interview and it was very casual and conversational. Princeton tries to offer interviews to everyone who applies but if they’re alumni interviews, they’re really not standardized or formal because alumni aren’t admissions experts. My interviewer told me he was pretty sure his opinion wouldn’t have that much impact on the admissions decision; the point of the interview is more for you to get to know more about Princeton.</p>
<p>I advise you to relax, and don’t worry about it too much. I really enjoyed my interview, my interviewer was very interesting and had a lot of insightful things to say. Make sure you have questions prepared because that’s expected to be a large part of the interview, but otherwise, just go in ready to talk about yourself. My interview didn’t throw me any curveball questions at all; he basically just said “Tell me about yourself” and we went from there. We touched upon my academic interests, hobbies, extracurriculars, everything that you would expect. My interview was almost an hour but I think my interviewer was expecting it to be shorter because he’d scheduled another person right after, who was waiting by the time we finished. We had a lot to talk about :)</p>
<p>^ My *** I thought that was me!</p>