<p>yeah well if i had their number i’d call too hehe just kidding
but seriously guys i’m really starting to get bothered by this cause i want an interview so so much hehe i bet everyone is huhhh</p>
<p>To iamhopeful: Nope, I am not asking for one because it won’t really work anyway. I want to know if alumni in my area are really available because it was not specified in the mail that gave the account. I know some people who eventually had interviews and got in but lived like 2000 miles from the location where they were interviewed. So I want to express that I am willing to go the distance. Of course, I try not to sound pathetic (I am not), but rather concerned about the situation. Yeah, not the smartest move ever, but that really is my concern now. Oh, interviews are not selective I know, but I wonder if any slice changes when it comes to international applicants.</p>
<p>hey guys let’s just wait and have faith
damn, i’ve been saying that over and over again hehe</p>
<p>zishuaw, so if you had their contacts, you would email them stating the concession you are willing to make in hope that you get an interview? Isn’t that the same as asking for an interview.</p>
<p>Sorry, I am just cuious how you are going to put it across to them…</p>
<p>Okay never mind. I sort of failed to get contact (I got the most general one, which is almost useless considering tons of mails sent there).
And…I still don’t think it was a blatant concession…well you have to see exactly what I wrote to know. I don’t want to sound cunning or anything but I think I expressed it well. But up to now no reply. Anyway, I have at least tried. It is off my hands now.</p>
<p>i had my interview a while ago.
yale says that very many people get in without an interview. my understanding is that a bad interview hurts you way more than a good interview helps you.</p>
<p>yeah i guess but i think it’s kinda different for internationals…
i think international applicants rarely get in without an interview… but who knows hehe</p>
<p>what do you mean, cdld2008? Are international interviews that rare? If one gets an international interview does it mean one is on the right track? And, vice versa, if one doesn’t get an interview, one stands no chance? Strange, here on CC everybody seems to say that interviews don’t really matter</p>
<p>They can’t guarantee that everyone gets an interview, so it isn’t taken into consideration if you don’t have one. If you get one (or don’t), it’s not any sort of sign.</p>
<p>I think cdld2008 is speaking about applicants from China that do get in without an interview - which as far as I know from last year, seems to be none. At least 1 the year before.
But cdld, I also think that this is rumor. So maybe we are sticking to a single side.
Somtimes I think good interviews generally mean more to international applicants because meeting a real person genereates a more vivid context and that is really important for those coming from a dfferent country and having different stories. International applicants are not domestic applicants whose situation is relatively easier to understand obviously (at most times). For example, even if I got full mark on my TOEFL, I still think Yale wants to know how I speak and how I interact in English. Interviews may act as a “check” to see if the applicant is really what Yale is looking for. Having an interview won’t help much if you are not good enough, but for those who got in it is the last piece of the jigsaw.</p>
<p>“Generates”, sorry.</p>
<p>By the way, almost everyone has said that for Yale, interviews matter the least in the admissions process. Is there a source for this? Because I heard that Brown (forgive me for the comparison, my fellow future Yalies) values interviews a lot, more than test scores even. </p>
<p>So is there a source that explicitly says that interviews for Yale are worth the least?</p>
<p>Well this is REALLY strange, but I had my interview today and my interviewer told me that Yale likes to SAY that interviews matter the least so that students don’t freak out and alumni don’t try to use their influence in admissions too much.
He says he is positive that interviews are looked into more than they let on – though they say that it only helps tip the balance of someone they are not sure about.</p>
<p>What do other interviewers think of this?</p>
<p>Maybe it’s different if the interview is for internationals?? He also asked me “How where your grades?” though I know they aren’t supposed to know scores so I just described them. He technically didn’t break any rules as he asked “how” and not “what”.</p>
<p>^hmm… interesting… but that’s so shady…</p>
<p>any other opinions?</p>
<p>have you ever wondered why HYP was so waspy in the old days? Because in the past, interviews were used to check that you were “fit” for the elite ivy league social circle. Interviewers would go to the applicant’s home, and check that they had a proper private prep school education, social graces, and a level of status in society. Appearances were also considered. Interviews were basically for screening purposes and were a very very very important part of one’s application</p>
<p>source: uncle from the good old days, princeton alum</p>
<p>He also told me how he got started as an interviewer: he had helped a friends daughter get into Yale and she ended up REALLY successful there. She was elected Captain of Yachting in her Sophomore year and graduate All American Sports Women of the Year – HIGHLY ironic as she is an international.
Yale then asked him to do the interviews for his country.</p>
<p>So my guess is that interviews for internationals count more esp. if only ONE person does the entire country for several years and has a trusted opinion and a record for suggesting successful applicants?</p>
<p>^^ rule?
My interviewer asked me for exact average, sat scores, and sat2s. Had no personality too, but what can you do…</p>
<p>Oh, and he told me that my sats aren’t good. And now I’m depressed. Thanks alumnus.</p>
<p>ouch. Mine was really nice! Told me my low SATs cld be counter balanced by my Cambridge International Results and SAT subjects?</p>
<p>Could one of the Yalie interviewers on CC please shed some light? JHS or T26E4 (I’m not sure if that’s the exact name from memory … )</p>
<p>pigs: interviews were used at many top schools to check on the “wholesomeness” of applicants that weren’t from the traditional feeding sources (top prep schools). By this means, gay men and Jews could be more easily excluded. Just a sad reality of the times.</p>
<p>Now, Yale file readers know that a 50 minute session has EXTREMELY limited utility. The admissions officer is better off knowing the schools himself/herself rather than to rely upon the reports of an admittedly varied-ability alumni volunteer corps.</p>
<p>That being said, I’m confident that all interview reports are read. When do they most come into play? Obviously with those students in the grey area. If many areas of the file are leading towards “admit” but some areas aren’t yielding solid info, the alum’s impressions can be the tipping factor. For instance, in the nearby large urban school district, there have been traditionally two high schools that get a handful of apps every year. However, the teachers and GCs there usually write rec that are very positive, but are very formulaic and not helpful for the committee to learn about the inner strengths of the applicant. Having an alum speak with those applicants can usually yield good nuggets of info. 2 years ago, I know that 2 guys from one of these schools were given admit offers based directly from the strength of the positive alum interviews. The committee was leaning towards admit but hesitations were erased when the alum reports came in.</p>
<p>For we alums, Yale constantly stresses the true “weight” of our interviews. Rarely should any of us have undue expectations of how much we can influence the process. We know there are tons of great kids out there and the numbers favor very few.</p>
<p>ravenbelle: as for the alum who oversees the country, I’m sure his “appointment” has less to do with the success of one admittee and more to do with his willingness and knowledge of the country’s schools. If none of those admitted kids “did anything of note” I’m sure he’d still be valued as an alum interviewer. Enthusiastic volunteers are hard to find, IMHO.</p>
<p>Okay I almost didn’t notice the past tense in your first paragraph and received a shock. “Used to be”. Or else I would be mad~</p>