<p>I had one today, and I think it was great. My interviewer graduated from my high school, and I have known him since he and Ms. Panetha Ott visited my school in May. I was, at first, quite surprised to find out that he was assigned to interview me. I was all nervous before the interview, but I had a great time! He told me he will try his best to write a stellar recommendation for me. I know the rec won’t affect my chance of acceptance greatly, but I am quite excited right now. How were y’all’s interviews? </p>
<p>mine was great, too! my interviewer and I really hit it off, much in part to our mutual love for Brown, primetime TV shows, and J.R.R. Tolkien. if it's possible, he made me love Brown even more than I did before! 10 days left!!!</p>
<p>Despite an old woman coming up to us choking to death and requiring the Heimlich maneuver, my interview went excellently. We talked about the environment mostly, a little about politics, and a lot about Brown.</p>
<p>ahh my interviewer INTERROGATED me and was not friendly at all. i think i answered her questions well, but she was very cold. it may be becuase people from the midwest are just abnormally chatty/friendly (i am from ohio) so her behavior seemed cold when it was actually "normal" (she is from ny but is just going to grad school here). </p>
<p>she asked me a lot about my opinion about politics, etc, but that's not really my interest area, it's hers (she concentrated in comparative politics). i don't know how in-depth she expected me to be, seeing as she knew that it wasn't relaly my thing. maybe i am just obsessing about it. we'll see.</p>
<p>my interviewer and i had so many weird random things in common-- it was kinda scary. generally she was really nice.. not some1 i would be friends w/ typically.. but good enough. id say the interview as a whole was a little better than average</p>
<p>Hi guys, I'm in a kinda funny situation now. I'm an international student so I didn't get my interviewer's contact till yesterday (at first I even throught there was none in my area). So... I emailed him today and he said he'll be on a business trip for the next few days. He'll be back on Dec 10 and we'll have an interview on the phone then. But ED decisions will come out on Dec 12. What should I do? Should I just schedule an interview with him on Dec 11 anyway? He sounds real nice and maybe I can just have a friendly talk with him about Brown. What do ya think?</p>
<p>it may not matter for ED, but if you get deffered and end up being in the running for a couple more schools it could give you some insight into brown that you wouldn't otherwise get. it's probably worth it...maybe you should wait and see what the ED decision is and then set up a date with him</p>
<p>Might as well do it as soon as possible. It looks bad to the admissions people if you had the opportunity for an interview and didn't do it, and as dcircle says, defferal is always a possibility to be prepared for.</p>
<p>Mine was fantastic! I honestly wished that it could last longer... we debated and discussed literature and art, and I think he was very impressed by me. I was impressed by him.</p>
<p>how much weight does the interview actually carry? does it have ANYTHING to do with admissions? do they write up an evaluation, or something? anything?</p>
<p>Most colleges say that their interviews won't make or break your application unless something extraordinary happens (if you do something blatantly rude or disrespectful to your interviewer, or if something comes up in the interview that wasn't clear in your application, etc). In general, they're for you to ask your questions, and for alumni to make sure that you're reasonably personable and not a fire breathing demon.</p>
<p>Ok, let me get this off my chest. As I said earlier, an old woman came up to us and she was choking to death. Part of me is guilty for not reacting as quick enough and for not knowing how to do the Heimlich maneuver, but another part of me is disappointed that I didn't at least try it. In your opinions, if I did indeed save her life, or even try to, and my interviewer says that in her report, would that be a great boost to my chances of admission? Just so you know, the woman did survive thanks to there being a doctor nearby who did the Heimlich.</p>
<p>hahaha, good God that actually happened during your interview</p>
<p>ahahahah, I find that delicious...It would have probably been super cool if you did like a front flip over the table and saved her life with master medical skills, but I think if you had tried not knowing what youre doing that probably wouldnt have been so "fly"....killing someone during an interview probably doesn't bode well. </p>
<p>hahahahaha....right during your interview, I love it. I am sorry though.</p>
<p>My immediate act was to hit her repeatedly on the back, although I knew that I shouldn't be doing that. I also think I was too stunned to try the Heimlich, so that's another factor that prevented me from trying it. Hmm, I wonder if she'll even mention the incident at all.</p>
<p>I have known my interviewer as a family friend for many years. When he found out I was applying he finagled his way to be my interviewer even though he usually just does a different geographic area. He says he mentioned me to his friend who is the former admissions dean, now the head of athletics. I doubt it will help considering the number of people who have some sort of "in" + its not like I'm legacy. Anyway we will see on the 12th</p>