<p>is the interview REQUIRED??
do you have to go all the way to massachussets for the interview?</p>
<p>its not required, but u'll be contacted by an alum near you to arrange for an interview...so it'll be somewhere near you, NOT on campus
and from what I've heard, the interview doesn't really make or break you.</p>
<p>on campus interviews are not required. NCguy takes care of the rest. :)</p>
<p>If you are offered an interview in your home town, consider it required. In my area, at least, we would be extremely skeptical of a local candidate who didn't bother to do the interview. The only time I would say it's OK to turn the interview down is if there's a terrible logistical problem (you live in a tiny mountaintop town 5 hours from the nearest Harvard alumnus), and you and the interviewer aren't able to work something out.</p>