<p>I thought the interviewer just get students name,address, phone #, major.... How did even the wife know about you? or did she just assume that you will likely be admitted?</p>
<p>Aella--What your interviewer's wife said was completely inappropriate. Inteviewers have NO way of knowing what the admissions committee will do or what they are thinking. Sometimes interviewers know they are interviewing a recruited athlete, but that's the most you'd know about someone having a tip in the process. The interviewer's comments which implied you'd get in are less egregious because he may have just been caught up in the moment and not actually commenting on your chances, but they were still inappropriate.</p>
<p>The point of the interview is not to get a candidate to attend Yale if admitted. The point is to evaluate the candidate for the admissions committee. I always try to emphasize what a great place Yale is and what I got from the experience, but the interview usually isn't a prolonged sales pitch.</p>
<p>You may very well get in, but you should know that interviewers have no clue about what admissions is thinking unless they know you have a likely letter. I've interviewed for a long time and I can't predict who will get in, although there are people I can tell definitely won't. Don't get too excited and know that what happened was inappropriate.</p>
<p>That's what I told my dad - the wife knew nothing about me. She said she had "intuition"... =P but I, being more realistic, did not go along with my dad's beliefs that she was right. </p>
<p>I realize it was fairly inappropriate that they assumed I would be accepted... and I think the interviewer just enjoyed bragging about his undergrad school. =) On retrospect, however, I probably shouldn't have let him talk so much about Yale... and should have tried to fit in more of my own abilities/whatevers... at most I mentioned about 4 or 5 extracurriculars. I don't even think I mentioned I was rank 1 of 370-something... I did mention that I hate bragging about myself though >_> </p>
<p>My father tried to insert his own comments towards the end, about the college he went to (Casewestern) and his own career, etc.. Just wondering, AdmissionsAddict.. have you had many interviewees whose parents try to help out, by citing their own accomplishments?</p>
<p>I'm sure you wouldn't fall for it though. The child is independent from the parent...</p>
<p>(but did my father listen? no...)</p>
<p>J mom--That is the only info the interviewer gets.</p>
<p>thank you admission. one more thing. students selected to be interviewed randomly (due to lack of interviewers in that particular area) are done by the people working in the admissions office(eg secretaries) and not by the officers right? to my understanding no one has gotten an interview in my area. thank you</p>
<p>AdmissionsAddict: Is it possible that interviewers get more information than that? My interviewer did somehow. He knew much more about me than my major and contact information, and I've never met or heard about him at all.</p>
<p>The ASC director, a local volunteer who coordinates interviews, determines who is interviewed. As I've posted elsewhere, my region is first come, first served. From what I've read on CC, in other regions there are interviewers associated with particular high schools. The admissions officers have NOTHING to do with who gets interviewed. It's up to the local ASC director's methods. You might want to check out my thread RD Applicants: Interview Advice for all the alumni interview info you'd ever want. I'll bump it up for you.</p>
<p>Quixotic--Interviewers do not get more info than that. Don't know how your interviewer got it, but there is a Yale ASC website that sends contact info to interviewers. I've received the contact info dozens of times and it just has contact info, high school, and major. Sometimes the ASC director tells you if you're inteviewing a recruited athlete (they tell the ASC director this occasionally). In my area, you sometimes know if you're interviewing a legacy if their parents are "out" as Yalies and people know this. I guarantee that what I have described is the ONLY info Yale gives to interviewers.</p>
<p>J mom--The ASC director, the local volunteer interview coordinator, decides who gets interviewed. In my region, it's done on a first come (applied), first served basis. I've seen on CC that other regions do it differently with alumni affiliated with specfic high schools. The admissions office has NOTHING to do with deciding who gets alumni interviews.</p>
<p>Quixotic--You'll just have to believe me that contact info, high school, and proposed major are all that interviewers get. Don't know how your interviewer knew more, but that is all interviewers get. Just trust me, I know the system.</p>
<p>J mom--I'm bumping my thread RD Applicants: Interview Advice for you. It probably has info that answers your question in more detail. It's a long thread, so just look for my posts.</p>
<p>Thanks for the answer. I was a little surprised since I've seen your posts previously and have read you saying that earlier. Yet, at the beginning of the interview, he told me about the process and what he knew about me. It was strange because he said that he's not connected to the admissions process but he knew stuff that my teachers and counselors said that they would mention in my recommendations.</p>
<p>Good to know though.</p>
<p>thank you so much for your knowledge and I will look through your posts!!</p>
<p>I think i should just skip these interview threads. But I get tempted to read on. Since I'm 100% sure that there are no alumni in this part of the world- From what I saw the nearest were in Amman, Jordan. </p>
<p>So many of you have mentioned that interview really does not weight heavily on the decision. But dont you think that internationals should be given interview preference since there are I'm sure a lot of those gray areas where adcoms may not totally understand us from our apps. Well I guess just ramblings on my part! but really Admissionsaddict what do you think?</p>
<p>maybe quixotics interviewer got not just his current high school, but his previous high school as well so it was obvious that he had not lived in teh same city the whoel time....that seems more likely than sending a recommendation or other info.</p>
<p>iam--The admissions officers understand how education systems, extracurriculars, the language of teacher recs, testing, etc. differ all over the world. They are very savvy. I know one of the admissions officers with international territory has been an admissions officer at Yale for at least 20 years. Don't worry that they won't understand your application.</p>
<p>Starburst: Yeah, I didn't live in San Francisco the whole time but that was prior to high school. I've been in two high schools but that's only a technicality because my summer school wasn't at my regular high school.</p>
<p>Thanks admissionsaddict. I'm sure they are. Savvy that is. Just my excuse of really wanting an interview, to give myself that tiny edge!</p>