<p>I just had it at a border's coffee shop.
The guy was a '91 alumni and was really nice.
He talked a bit about himself and a lot about the Cornell Network and then after about 30 minutes of random talking he asked me to give examples in which i had a goal and reached it, did not reach it, showed leadership, showed communication skills, had a confrontation... and he specifically said he didn't want to ask questions like "why do you want to go here, what are your strengths and weaknesses etc..." (although i subtly worked it in) But it was pretty casual and everytime we went off on a huge tangent he tried to ask me questions and it ended up going for an hour and a half... And at the end we talked about The Office.
The End.</p>
<p>I didn't have any really brilliant answers because it was all about personal experiences but for some interesting things.. He took notes on the specific experiences in front of me and also asked what schools i was applying to. He said he'd been doing it for a long time but was a really really nice guy and I thought it went well. </p>
<p>I dont know how likely u are to have the same questions because he said he specifically asked some questions because of the nature of his full-time job.</p>
<p>It wasn't nearly as "informal" as i thought it would be but it wasn't really so bad. He had some compliments at the end and said he really wanted me to go if I got in...which was good. and i guess he advertised the school a lot.</p>
<p>whoa... your interview sounds more formal than what i had...
mine was really casual - the alumna (she was so pretty hahaha) only brought a booklet from cornell univ (which i already have)... she even began by saying "this is not an interview.. im not gonna take any notes about you so you can just relax etc..."
i ended up asking her a lot of questions about cornell... like a bunch of programs i interested in, social life, and her experiences etc.. and we also talked about study abroad...
she asked me 2-3 questions like... "what activities are you involved in beside academics?" and "what are you looking forward to experience at cornell.. (or what i want to get from cornell)" and she even asked me if my parents were afraid of me probably going faraway for college since i'm from west coast and i was like "nahhh i have my relatives living close from cornell.. but i think i'll miss my mom's cooking >_<" lol sometimes a bit personal.. oh and at the end she asked me if anything special? that could be told to cornell happened to me since i submitted my ED apps so i told her 2 things...
my interview was soo relaxing.... my interviewer was very friendly and nice! i don't even think it was an interview.. it was more like a conversation about cornell with an alumna!
anywayy.... i think you did fine...as long as u didnt bomb it entirely.
good luck!</p>
<p>I just came back from my alumni meeting and you basically took the words from my mouth, YunaCamel! Haha, everything from the alumna being pretty (she graduated from AEM last year, 2007!), to the similar questions, and down to the "interview" not feeling like an interview at all. </p>
<p>I just got my interview yesterday. My interviewer was a Cornell PhD and she just got her PhD degree and just came back to Canada. The interview was tremendously successful. I've been in interviews frequently and I just got used to it.</p>
<p>Really, you haven't either?
Yeah I guess not, you would think there would be though.
A few kids at my school that I've asked didn't get one either.
decisions come out soon, though :)</p>
<p>Again, don't fret if you don't receive a contact. The jurisdiction that I am responsible for didn't have an alumni chair for the last two years. And now we do. Alums cycle in and out of the program, so it's hard for the University to have 100 percent coverage.</p>
<p>If you haven't heard anything by today, I doubt you will hear anything due to the holiday.</p>
<p>Cayuga: I'm from Albany County, which I would think would have a lot of alums in CAAAN. turkkizi's from there too and didnt get a contact</p>
<p>I'm resigned to not getting a contact, but I don't think that will affect my decision by this point. Is it true that most people's decisions are pretty much done?</p>
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<p>No. Cornell just got some people's applications today due to missing application materials. I called the admission committee today. They said they will read every single application before they release the admission decisions. In addition, an admission officer said that the very final decisions will be made after interview write-ups are due, or else what's the point of having interviews.</p>
<p>Again, they have not made their decisions due to interviews write-ups. It simply doesn't make sense. You may call the admission officers to corroborate what I am saying.</p>