<p>Hi guys! I came back from my Kenyon Travel Grant, and I had such a nice time at Gambier! Everyone was so nice to me, and I did so many things there. I took a film and lit class by the way. Anyways, I was interviewed with a senior interviewer, and I felt a little worried about how the board will view this interview. After all, i'm just a junior, and how would they evaluate this? I don't think I showed enough enthusiasm for the college...but the fact that they got me on the travel grant is a show that they're interested in me, isn't it? I was just wondering how they'd take this interview and whether it would have been wiser to take it later on in my senior year or the end of junior. Thanks!</p>
<p>PS: Tell me about your interview experiences...how did you tackle the situation?</p>
<p>I didn't even have an interview and I got in regular admission with a scholarship. I didn't show much interst in Kenyon either (at least none that would be visible to the school.) I think having an interview as a junior automatically shows you're interested. Besides, interviews are generally supplements to applications. They don't have much impact on admission unless they are really bad (shouting curse words or something.)</p>
<p>How did you arange the travel grant? Did they invite you out there, or did you show interest first? I'm curious, as I know of a student who asked if Kenyon could help him pay for airfare to visit, and they said no. </p>
<p>From what I hear, a positive interview can help you, but a poor interview doesn't hurt much unless your behavior is really out of line.</p>
<p>Scurf, you might be right. After all, the interviewer was pretty impressed that I was going around looking at colleges alone so avidly at my age. </p>
<p>Rellielou, it's really strange that Kenyon refused your friend outright. I got referred by the Dean of Admissions after meeting her and chatting with her at a college fair and keeping in touch for a while. Then I had to fill out an application where I wrote an essay and filled out some info. I got a letter last month that I got the grant, and I went! I thought you first had to apply to the grant to be given it or refused it.</p>