<p>My assigned EC is 400 miles away, which seems unreasonable. I saw in the FAQ's that the interview can be waived if the EC is too far away. Do I need to specifically request a waiver? If so, how do I go about it?</p>
<p>Well, you might consider contacting the interviewer first – sometimes ECs have special circumstances and interview in multiple locations (for example, an EC who lives in City X might interview in City Y while he’s home for Christmas). </p>
<p>But if you need to have your interview waived, you should email interview at mit dot edu.</p>
<p>Also I believe they conduct some interviews via Skype. But yes, contact your EC first…could be anything from a mistake to what the above poster said.</p>
<p>Particularly internationally, the assignment computer can be occasionally ummm… idiosyncratic. Mistakes can be made, and students can be reassigned without any problems at all. I have moved dozens of students to new EC’s this year. Just contact <a href=“mailto:interview@mit.edu”>interview@mit.edu</a>, and things can go very smoothly from there.
Good luck.</p>