First things first, I’m awful at interviews. I’ve had 3 interviews during the application process and they were all terrible. When I’m uncomfortable with a situation, my brain ceases to function, I say really weird things, and I forget how to be relateable to humans. I’m not going to share specific examples to spare you second hand embarrassment.
I don’t think I want to go to Washington College (MD), but I have the chance of getting full tuition, and the idea of graduating without loads of debt is very attractive to me. I’ve never interviewed at this college before, but I’ve talked to admissions counselors a lot at college fairs because they always come to the local ones, and they seemed pretty easy to talk with so far. But that is when they are trying to rally up applicants, I’ve never experienced their faculty in an interview setting.
I would really like tips on how to get better at speaking in an interview setting. Like I said, my biggest problem in interviews is panicking within my head, getting worried I’m taking too long to get to an answer, then blurting out an answer that is only half formed or doesn’t represent what I think at all. I do not know how many people I will be up against for this scholarship, but even if I chose not to go to this college, I would love to have the option, and it would also make my parents really proud.
To apply for the scholarship initially, the application required the fellows students to write an essay about how Washington College could help achieve future goals. I never interviews here before, but if I had to predict some interview questions, it will be gauging interest in the college (because all the students selected to apply for scholarship have higher stats than the college’s average and they want to make sure you’re not just fooling around), asking about academic interests and future goals, judging potential, etc.