<p>Do you apply to a college first and then they set up an interview? Or do you set it up?</p>
<p>I want to know the same thing.. Please, someone tell us!</p>
<p>Each college will vary. You need to carefully and completely read all of the instructions and advice on your particular college's website - believe me, the information is there.</p>
<p>The student is nearly always responsible for setting up the interview. For one of my schools, the last available (optional) interview date was BEFORE the application deadline, so you had to sign up months before you applied. Many students interview in the summer before senior year, fall of senior year and winter of senior year. Other schools wait until after you apply, and - of course - the majority of schools do not require or offer interviews.</p>
<p>Go to your school's admissions website and search for "interviews." Then do exactly what THEY say to do!</p>
<p>do all schools have interviews?</p>
<p>No. The vast majority do not. Most that offer interviews offer them as options. Only a few have required interviews. Carefully check the website of your particular school.</p>
<p>By the way, there's an entire thread on college interviews. The whole point of that thread was so that we won't get a bunch of small threads asking questions that have already been answered. Perhaps if that thread were more organized...</p>
<p>A moderator is sure to swoop in at any moment and move it to the appropriate place!</p>
<p>If they have an interview option usually they will contact you. Like someone said, check with the schools website but if it says they will contact you you basically wait until that happens. Sometimes the college will give u the name and number of the person you need to contact by email or on your account with their college. Some colleges which say they will contact you for the interview (and obviously that the interview for their college is optional) may not end up contacting you, and that's ok, it doesn't affect your admissions (b/c it was optional to begin with) and in my experience it has signaled a good thing.</p>