<p>I have an interview with GW. What kind of questions can I expect? Any help is much appreciated.</p>
<p>At first I was asked fairly typical things, like my GPA/SAT and any APs, etc. Then I was asked about what activities I participate in and what my hobbies are. Then we talked about my potential major and the Elliott School. I told my interviewer about my foreign exchange and my interview shifted towards that. The interview went by really fast. I couldn't believe it when she told me the 30 minutes were already up.</p>
<p>A guy named Ross interviewed me over the phone a few days back because I live in Kentucky and there are no alumni around here and since I applied ED1, I didn't have time to go out to DC for one. Anyway, I'll list off what I can remember.</p>
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<li>If you were hosting a dinner party for 3 people, dead or alive, who would you invite.</li>
<li>Diversity is a major part of the GWU culture, if you were placed in a dorm with an orthodox religious person, an international student, and African American, and a gay person; how would you interact with each person. (basically can you get along with other races/religions/sexual preferences)</li>
<li>GWU is focused on the school, the campus, and the city (DC), they ask you what you expect to find and benefit from in each of those three.</li>
<li>What drew you to apply to GWU</li>
<li>What are you hoping to study at GWU</li>
<li>What type of EC's are you involved in</li>
<li>What is your favorite high school class</li>
<li>Which of your high school classes do you benefit the most from</li>
<li>They ask what your city is like</li>
<li>They ask what your high school is like</li>
<li>How many people are in your graduating class</li>
<li>What annoys you the most about your high school</li>
<li>Why do you think that you will like GWU</li>
<li>What do you plan on getting involved with at GWU</li>
<li>If you wrote an autobiography, tell me what is on page 300. (I turned the question around on him and asked how many pages the book was or if he could say if it was in the middle of the book or what...he wouldn't say, he just said "it's your book, you tell me"....for the record I put it in the center of the book and placed with in about the middle of my life)</li>
<li>If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be and with who</li>
<li>What career goals do you have in life</li>
<li>If you are a politically active person, they like to put you on the spot as I was (I am the founder / president of my HS's young republican's club)</li>
<li>What, in your opinion, are the two greatest domestic issues facing the U.S.</li>
<li>What, in your opinion, are the two greatest international issues affecting the U.S. (Iraq war is not an option but the overall war on terror is)</li>
<li>How do you think that you will manage the transition from HS to college life?</li>
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<p>That's all I can think of other than basic info about you.....that pretty much covers it, we talked for about 50 minutes...</p>
<p>Thank you. Very interesting.</p>
<p>"If you were hosting a dinner party for 3 people, dead or alive, who would you invite?"
That was the Honors essay question when I applied, except I think it asked about 4 people.</p>
<p>I said Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Ben Franklin...all I got was "that's a very interesting group of people"</p>
<p>My daughter was interviewed recently.Among the questions she told me about were "What other schools are you applying to?" and "Where does GW rank on that list?" Not surprising to hear they asked such questions, since the application also asks what schools the applicant is applying to. I dislike the question, think it's unnecessary, and wonder why so many other excellent schools don't ask it.</p>
<p>Beyond that, my d enjoyed the interview, which was conducted by a GW senior, very much. It was held in a small office just off the reception area. It was unsettling to me to realize that I could hear just about everything my d said, even though the door was closed. When a second interview began in another nearby office, I could hear much of what that applicant was saying, as well (and I wasn't trying to!).</p>
<p>Frazzled1, glad to hear your D's interview went well, although privacy could have been better. Was she asked any of the questions tlkennedy5 was posed ?</p>
<p>She didn't tell me everything they discussed, though she did mention being asked what her favorite class was, what her most difficult class was, details about her ECs, and what drew her to her intended field of study (history). At that point I think they diverged from the list above - she didn't mention discussing current political issues. And I know she would have mentioned the "what's on page 300 of your autobiography?" question if she'd been asked.</p>
<p>here’s one that surprised me at first: If you lost your job and your home, how would you turn your life around?
I found that my interview was more of a conversation about my future plans at GWU than anything else. I was in the ED round of interviews so naturally they asked why GWU was my top choice. It seemed to impress my interviewer when I broke out a rough course work and majors plan as well as the career path I wanted to take. I did not get the infamous 300 page autobiography/memoir question, but it seems like a common question people have been getting. Also, try doing a mock interview with someone you know; I did one with a family friend who interviews for Yale and it gave me a chance to think out responses for sure to ask questions.
regards</p>
<p>Why did you revive a 4 year old thread?</p>