<p>Hey, I applied ed, and just got called for an interview. Other than being myself, do you guys have any other tips on how to handle the interview?</p>
<p>which school did you apply to?</p>
<p>If it just an alumni interview I don't think it really matters.</p>
<p>but it is another opportunity to get something in your file that can highlight why Cornell should accept you. The alums do file a contact report after the meeting.</p>
<p>Umm...I applied to Agriculture and Life Sciences</p>
<p>I got called for an interview today as well. The woman who called me said that the interview has a much bigger effect on ED kids than it does on RD kids...and that their opinion does have influence (which I can believe, why else would Cornell even have them then?)</p>
<p>I guess not everyone gets called to interview....I'm thinking maybe if you're on the edge? I don't know if it's a good sign or bad sign.</p>
<p>it's not a good sign or bad sing if you get called...it's just whether or not there's an alum in your area</p>
<p>heycap354 has got it exactly right</p>
<p>my engineering info session person said that eng. interview has absolutely no impact on our admissions.. they don't even get to know whether we did it or not. It's there only to answer any questions we have about Cornell.</p>
<p>i think an interview also helps for students applying to the smaller schools like arch., engineering, and the hotel school</p>
<p>they are actually required for Architecture and Hotel...</p>
<p>Engineering is the third biggest undergraduate divison after CAS and CALS...Architecture, Hotel, ILR, and CHE are the small ones...</p>
<p>does it look bad to not interview when called? it is optional. can it hurt?</p>
<p>it cannot hurt you if you decline...because they cannot reach all 28,000+ applicants, they have to make it so that it "doesn't hurt you" if do not have one...that is the policy.</p>
<p>On the other hand, as I previously mentioned, it is an opportunity to put another positive report into the applicant's file about what make them tick...</p>
<p>Here's a way to see it from Cornell's perspective:</p>
<p><a href="http://caaan.admissions.cornell.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://caaan.admissions.cornell.edu/</a></p>