<p>I had an interview a couple of nights ago with two alumni (a husband and wife), and it was amazing! We had a lot of common interests, and we talked for over an hour. It was very conversational, and I think they were impressed by how much I knew about Midd and how much interest I showed. They were blown away that I attended the Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy two years in a row, and they promised to write me a stellar interview report. But my question is how important is the interview, specifically at Midd. Does admissions weigh it heavily compared to other factors (ECs, Recs, Community Service, etc.)?</p>
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<p>I don’t imagine it’s terribly important. Obviously a good interview can only help, but many applicants (including myself) were not even offered an interview.</p>
<p>My interviewer said that she was just there to answer my questions. She didn’t ask me anything about myself - it was just for my own benefit. Given my experience, I can’t see them weighting it too greatly. I know that most interviews are now used more as recruitment tools than actual factors in admissions. It seemed like they were just trying to give Middlebury a human face.</p>
<p>So now that the bubble has been burst… I will say this: That things went so well is far better an outcome vs had they gone poorly. Will it be the thing to win you a golden ticket of admission? Definitely not. But sure is better than their thinking you a jerk with no “middkid” potential.</p>
<p>I think it’s great that you were so prepared and hopefully your love of the place came through in your application to the admissions committee as well as it did to these two lovely alumni.</p>
<p>NOW! MAKE SURE YOU WRITE THEM A THANK YOU NOTE FOR THEIR TIME!</p>
<p>And I am on the fence… but because it did go so well and it was such a positive experience for you overall… who thinks it would be overkill to send a note to admissions to compliment them on choosing these two individuals to represent the school and your experience of getting a chance to meet with a couple of great alumni? Some might think it overkill, but from several accounts, Midd does seem to love their alumni. It could also be construed as kissing up… so if it’s not genuine, I wouldn’t even think about it.</p>
<p>GoldenCandle, I’m sorry you had such a poor interview experience. I would be sure to let the school know that that’s how your interview went. As an Alumni Interviewer I know we are specifically told that is NOT how an interview is supposed to go. It is definitely not simply an attempt to give Middlebury a human face. I can’t say exactly how important the interview is, but I know if I used the quality of the interview to predict admission it would be 100% accurate. All the great interviews I’ve performed have resulted in admission and all the bad ones have resulted in denials. The in-between interviews have resulted in waitlistings.</p>
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<p>That has most certainly NOT been my experience. I don’t care to elaborate further.</p>
<p>Well I had my interview today and it was great! She was so nice and now I want to go to Middlebury even more!! I hope urban is right!</p>
<p>yeah i had a pretty embarrassing interview and got accepted. (and i’m not just saying that it went badly cause i have low self-esteem or whatever…i missed the first one cause i went to the wrong starbucks and then the rescheduled one only lasted 20 minutes, a painful 20 minutes in which mumbled/lisped my way through some generic answers and ended up not even asking the guy anything). dont let this urbanslaughter brah give you an inflated sense of the interview’s importance. if what he’s saying is true it could just mean that the candidates who interviewed well with him did so because they’re smart people and hence had otherwise impressive apps; it doesnt mean admission or rejection results from the interview itself</p>
<p>my interview lady blew me off so i never got a chance to even have one 
my mom went to middlebury though and im pretty sure the lady knew her and took revenge on me :p</p>
<p>How rude! My older s had a fab interview, wait-listed-and eventually a feb, second son “not so much” and ED1…Princeton interviewer told my S at his interview “with your credentials, you’ll have your choice of schools” and he wasn’t even wait-listed! So, I think many colleges now just use the interview as a rough screen, or as a former poster said to “put a human face” on the process.</p>
<p>Not very clear how this came about. Were you told to expect a call form this individual? Did she call and then cancel without re-scheduling? While it probably won’t impact the chance of your admission, you might make the admissions office aware of the situation.</p>
<p>Cinman,
Did you contact the woman and see if there was some sort of mix-up? I once had a job interview and the person didn’t show up, but it turned out he was at a different place with the same name - so we were both equally mad that the other didn’t show up. I just don’t want your interviewer to think YOU didn’t show up because that would reflect badly on you. Good luck.</p>
<p>I contacted the woman several times over a matter of weeks and after blowing me off time and time again and her rescheduling, it hit the due date for interviewers to turn in their information or whatever and she just stopped returning my calls and emails…
I then contacted admissions and very politely told them that the alum I was set up with was too busy too meet me and they basically said “oh well you’re outta luck”
so! i hope it doesn’t affect my chance of being admitted but if it does… ill hunt her down :)</p>