<p>So I won't go into the details, but let's just say I might be forced to go to a scholarship weekend at a certain college that I REALLY don't want to attend, and I'm afraid that that school will give me more money than the school I REALLY want to attend, and my parents will make me go there. So I'm thinking as of now, the only way to not get a scholarship is to ruin the mandatory interview. Of course I will deploy all my various interview tics ("um, like", playing with jacket zippers, scratching dandruff onto the table), but I need more, enouigh to ensure that I will have NO chance in hell of getting any scholarship, or at least not one bigger than the other school is going to offer me. It's going to be especially hard because I already had a really good on-campus AND alumni interview for this school. I'm thinking racist jokes (kinda hard though because I'm a minority) and references to vulgar films and drinking might do it, but I don't want to be too obvious. Any ideas???</p>
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Of course I will deploy all my various interview tics ("um, like", playing with jacket zippers, scratching dandruff onto the table)
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oh **** but i do that =P</p>
<p>how about just tell them you don't want it? tell them the truth?</p>
<p>Plz don't waste people's time. They WANT to assist grateful students. If that can't be you (and I'm not saying that it should), then have the politeness to say so. They would appreciate it.</p>
<p>Wear the shirt of your first choice college to the interview. Make sure the college name is large enough to be seen from a block away- if the college does not sell such shirts, buy a white T and make it yourself. Trust me, Yale alumna's probably don't give favorable reviews for applicants who don a full Harvard attire to their interview.</p>
<p>Yeah, why not just tell them you don't want to attend the school?</p>
<p>Well you could slip them a five dollar bill and slyly say "I'd prefer it if I got in,".</p>
<p>remember to show up pretty late as well ;)</p>
<p>^^ Make it a dollar bill and some change; that'd be epic.</p>
<p>If the interviewer starts to go on about something get out your phone and start texting.</p>
<p>Take one of your minor awards or E.C.'s and say something like "I was national merit commended which is kind of a big deal."</p>
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If you are at Starbucks tell them that their coffee will be "on the house."</p>
<p>Try hitting on the interviewer.</p>
<p>Although, if you have a really good chance of getting this scholarship but lose it because of the interview, what happens if you end up not getting in to the school you really want and then you don't have either?</p>
<p>Cut your interview short.
After 10 minutes, say gtg, ttyl maybe kthxbie. Preferably using full fledged acronyms too. And then just leave the interview behind without a second glance back.</p>
<p>Speak in lolcat.</p>
<p>lol yeah i still say just say you don't want it. you don't know if later on you will meet your interviewer again for something important like a job interview ;)</p>
<p>Tell them you're very interested in the party culture, and ask about how you can get a fake ID. I've heard of students who really did say stupid things like that at scholarship interviews, and of course didn't get the scholarship.</p>
<p>You also could be very honest -- tell them your parents want you to go, but you're not interested, so you are asking them to give the scholarship to a student who wants to go there.</p>
<p>Don't be mean or passive aggressive. They are probably nice people who are taking their free time to conduct the interview. Just tell them the truth.</p>
<p>While I do think honesty is best, it's really fun thinking of things that you could do in the interview :D</p>
<p>Just watch step brothers</p>
<p>Is this school USC? Just guessing...I know their big scholarships require interviews, but I can see why a lot of kids wouldn't want to go there.</p>
<p>When you're talking to the interviewer, just tell them you don't really want it, but your parents want you to go.. it's not like they'll tell your parents. You probably wouldn't be the only one that has ever done something like this.</p>
<p>Seriously, tell them the truth. They will appreciate the honesty.</p>