<p>We already scheduled our interviews for this September and I was wondering what would be some questions that they would ask. Care to help?</p>
<p>It’s really just like a friendly conversation, though I’m sure you’ve heard that before. I found them kind of fun-- you get to talk about yourself for 20 minutes and say how great you are! What’s not to like?</p>
<p>For the most part, the same questions kept popping up:</p>
<p>Why do you want to come to boarding school?
Why this specific school?
Tell me about your hobbies/interests.
What are your favorite academic classes? Least favorite?
Tell me about your current school.
What do you like to do on the weekends?
What are your favorite books?</p>
<p>There was only one school I went to that I recall asked more interview-y questions. But even those weren’t so bad. They were like “If you could have dinner with three people, who would they be?” and stuff like that. Not hard. The toughest part was thinking on my feet-- I hadn’t expected a question like that and thus had to improvise, but it was totally fine. </p>
<p>A strategy I would reccomend is this: ake a list of all the things you want to get across about yourself. The fact that you have a passion for volleyball, the fact that you worked on your school’s literary magazine, the fact that you starred in your school play, and such. Try to get as much of that across in your interview. Then, after your interview, cross off the things that you managed to say. The rest, you know you haven’t covered, so you’ll make sure to put it in your essays or candidate profile. I found that really helpful.</p>
<p>The biggest thing, despite how cliche it might sound, is to be relaxed and enthusiastic and yourself. Just try to get them to know you, know how excited you are at the prospect of boarding school, how passionate you are, how nice you are, how you would make a great addition to their school COMMUNITY. Just enjoy it! Some might go better than others, but remember it is just a piece of the entire picture. Good luck!</p>