Interview Report Deadline?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
1

My interviewer contacted me back in mid-February, but I was away on a school trip so I couldn’t meet him that week. My interviewer said he was unavailable for the rest of the month, and that he would get back to me in March, so I waited until the first week of this month had passed until contacting him again. We scheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday 12 March), but he just cancelled due to a family emergency, and he wants to reschedule to next Wednesday.

Does anyone know when the deadline for the report is; if it’ll have passed by then, would there even be any point to doing the interview? I live on the outskirts of a major city (I’m international) and it’s really inconvenient to have to go into town, which is where the interview would be held.

2

Interview reports were due March 1. Decisions are due in 3 weeks. It doesn’t make any sense for an alumnus to try to schedule one now.

3

I’d still do it, but at this point, assume that your interview will have no weight on your decision unless it goes really bad. Columbia is the only Ivy where interviews are actually optional and where a sizable amount of people get in without an interview.