Yes, he does. The application as a whole would count for far more than any interview or non-interview. But may I ask why he chose to decline an interview?
He doesn’t interview well and feels it would count against him!
@orangemaple were you accepted to Columbia?
@hoggy247, the site admins prefer you not post upon old threads. You can contact orangemaple thru PM or, if you click on his/her ID, you’ll pull up the user’s posting history. His/her last posts dealt with details of attending Univ of Washington. You can pull that up very easily