<p>hey so I am applying to MIT and they have a mandatory interview for all applying students and I had mine yesterday. All of my friends who have interviewed did so early and had anywhere from 45 minute to 90 minute interviews, they were all denied or differed to regular admission. My interview lasted for 3 and a half hours, it was really interesting and engaging, I totally lost track of time. I felt like it was the best interview I have ever had. so my question is how big of a role do these types of interviews play and if it went as well as I think it did do I have a shot at getting in? MIT seems to indicate that the interview is an important aspect but I am interested to hear what others have to say, including whether 3 and a half hours is a good or bad sign </p>
<p>According to their most recently published [url="<a href="MIT Institutional Research]Common</a> Data Set<a href=“see%20Section%20C”>/url</a>, MIT considers an interview “important,” but not “very important.” But to put that in context, MIT only consider “Character/personal qualities” to be “very important.”</p>