<p>With the exception of standards for recruited athletes, public universities choose students virtually 100% based on: whether they’ve met the course requirements and their gpa, scores, and state of residence, with in-state residency being what leads most easily to acceptance. Public universities don’t reject in state students for seeming to be overqualified. Interviews also aren’t important to public universities.</p>
<p>Strongly suggest that your D visit her safeties before applying. Interviewing with alums won’t be that useful in your D’s determining whether the schools are good fits for her. Visiting the campus herself would help her figure out whether she’d be happy there.</p>