<p>Can anyone who has been interviewed post some questions they were asked? I think it would help a lot of RD candidates.</p>
<p>Hmm my interviewer asked some typical questions…first she just asked me what it was like to be homeschooled, and then she wanted me to talk about my extracurriculars and volunteer work…at the end she told me to just talk about myself and the reasons I should be accepted at Georgetown (basically, try to sell yourself and tell them how awesome you are). </p>
<p>Sorry I can’t remember more! It was all kind of a blur lol, she wasn’t even reading off a list of questions or taking notes, it was really a natural conversation. Be prepared to talk a lot about yourself and what you do, and have some good thoughtful questions about the school to ask your interviewer. I hope this helps a little.</p>
<p>the main question was: why georgetown? i brought a resume, so the other questions seem to revolve around explaining activities more in depth and such. my interviewer also asked if georgetown was my first-choice school. that’s pretty much it; my interview was relatively short, like 20-30 minutes.</p>
<p>I gave my interviewer a list of awards, since there isn’t a place to put it on the application itself. That helped. She also had that sheet of paper to take notes on, which was good. We went off that in the beginning, she asked about what some of the awards meant, and one of them was an award for AP test scores, so we talked about what I had scored on the tests (another thing they don’t ask you about on the application). We talked about activities I was involved in, what my high school is like, what drew me to Georgetown, and also what other schools I applied to and why.</p>
<p>I asked her why she picked Georgetown, and what was unique about her experience there compared to her peers. Then she talked about other schools I should look at, and emphasized that the most important thing is to find a school I love and enjoy college, not necessarily to get into a certain school. This freaked me out, but I got in, so I think this might have been something she emphasized with all the students she interviewed. </p>
<p>My big hints:
- Dress comfortably
- Bring a resume of some sort, but do ask your interviewer what supplemental materials they want you to bring beforehand
- Come up with something out of the box to ask them. Also come with a list of questions, because you aren’t going to remember them otherwise.
- Take a test drive to where you’re meeting beforehand, so you know how long it takes to get there.
- Really think about why you want to go to Georgetown.
- Smile. Be yourself. Relax.</p>
<p>My interview was pretty short (~30 mins) at Starbucks, and it was very casual. I brought a short resume, and it besides the WHY GEORGETOWN question, it was just a natural conversation talking about my interests, ECs, summer activities, etc.</p>
<p>Yea, I got asked the Why Georgetown question twice, which was kind of awkward because I hadn’t totally prepared myself for it, but they REALLY emphasize that, so be ready for it.</p>
<p>I remember one that caught me off guard: what other schools are you applying to?</p>
<p>If you name HYP, you’re coming off as shallow / putting Gtown down as a safety/backup</p>
<p>If you name a couple of crummy schools, you’re showing you don’t think GTown is a good match for you because it might be too hard (“reach”).</p>
<p>There really isn’t a list of questions that interviewers choose from. Aside from “Why Georgetown” and “What other schools are you applying to,” there isn’t really standard questions per se. Some just come up over and over again simply because that’s how people begin conversations, such as “Tell me about yourself” or “What ECs do you do.”</p>
<p>Just have a solid reason for “Why Georgetown,” having visited help loads and knowing what you want to major in also helps, though by no means necessary.</p>
<p>My interview was in an exam room haha, but I think there are a few questions you should definitely prepare for. Interest in Georgetown/my school I was applying to/why I was applying to that major is really emphasized. They did ask me where else I was applying, so figure out how you want to answer that question. It’s meant to be a conversation, so just be yourself. I know it’s clich</p>
<p>I am surprised that interviewers asked about what other schools applicants were applying to and how people scored on tests (AP or otherwise). I interview for another university, and we are specifically told not to ask about test scores, GPAs or, as best I can recall (I haven’t done an interview yet this year so I haven’t reviewed the instructions recently),what other schools the candidate is applying to.</p>
<p>it’s one of those questions that come up, I mean the interviewer will know you’re not just applying to Georgetown… I think for the most part it’s for the curiosity of the interviewer rather than to judge the applicant per se, but quite obviously if you’re only applying to the top Ivies and then Georgetown, it certainly does say something about your expectations…</p>
<p>My daughter sent her resume ahead of the interview and the interviewer had read it and highlighted it and asked her about her travel experience and some of her other activities.</p>
<p>My interviewer was pretty cool. The whole thing was more of a conversation. She asked me about why I was interested in Georgetown, what attracts me to Gtown etc. She asked what I liked to do, activities, my future goals etc etc etc. It was supposed to an hour long, but we kept on talking for another 30 min. I think I did well. I didn’t really prepare, just be yourself and you’ll do fine.</p>
<p>My interview was not the best. A lot of people at my school had the same interviewer, especially since she volunteers at my school, and we all pretty much agreed that her questions were atypical.
She spent more half the interview asking me questions that Georgetown gets from other sources or isn’t really about me. She asked me for almost all of the information on my transcript, what all my AP scores were. Then what schools my parents had gone to, what their jobs were, what schools my siblings had gone to/are going to, where they lived, what jobs they had. Then what other schools I was applying too. I had a diverse list at the time, but I was really nervous and blurted out HYPM.
We talked for a while about some of my ECs, then Why Georgetown, and then I got to ask her some questions, about how she had taken advantage of the opportunities there, since when I visited, it seemed the school had really great ones, but she hadn’t done anything but studied and had been a graduate student there anyway :(.</p>
<p>"Interest in Georgetown/my school I was applying to/why I was applying to that major is really emphasized. They did ask me where else I was applying, so figure out how you want to answer that question. It’s meant to be a conversation, so just be yourself. I know it’s clich</p>
<p>Runninglove29, your interview experience seems very similar to mine. My interviewer was incredibly kind, and really a joy to talk to - we certainly didn’t have one of those two hour long interviews, but the conversation was reasonably pleasant, and I felt fairly good about it afterwards. I went through a similar feeling of fear as you at one point in the interview, detailed below.</p>
<p>To the OP - make sure to bring a resume with you, it is extremely helpful for them to have something to look at. In the event that certain conversation topics run their course, they then have the option of searching for more questions to ask, based on your resume.</p>
<p>My interviewer asked why I was applying to Georgetown, and whether it was my first-choice. I just recently moved to my high-school in California, so she also asked me about some of the differences between my two schools. We talked for a little bit about internship opportunities at Georgetown (I believe her question was, “So, do you plan on interning anywhere while at Georgetown?”), and her experience with some political campaigns. Towards the end, I was momentarily terrified, because after glancing over my resume one last time, she started saying, “So, just so you know, no applicants are actually rejected from Georgetown in EA, they’re all deferred, so you don’t have to worry about that…” and “Well, I think your reasons for applying to Georgetown are excellent…” I was shocked - she had seemed so nice, and our conversation had gone so well, and this felt as if she was blatantly hinting that I wouldn’t make it in. Afterwards, I was terrified for a day or two, but I was accepted, so I realized that she probably didn’t have negative intentions when she told that to me, and most likely repeated it to everyone. </p>
<p>My advice is to come up with at least 10 questions about Georgetown ahead of time. In all likelihood, you probably won’t have a chance to ask all of them, but keep a few as backups. It’s always important to keep the conversation flowing, try to avoid any lulls. Make sure to get there very early (even if it means you have to go stand around in a bookstore nearby for a few minutes, better early and bored than late.) Dress nicely - I would recommend slacks, a dress shirt (no tie), dress-shoes, and a jacket. </p>
<p>Just thought of his now, but she also asked me about some summer programs I did, what I thought of the Georgetown campus (Try to come up with an answer for this ahead of time if you haven’t visited the campus yet! I hadn’t, and while my answer came out OK, I still fumbled for a second or two) </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>i was wondering if they get a copy of your app from georgetown, or if you just have to repeat your whole application to them? for example, will they see my essays? or will i have to talk about them from the very begining?</p>
<p>My interviewer asked me why I wanted to go to college in general. hahah</p>
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<p>Even though this didn’t happen to me at my Georgetown interview, it did happen for Yale. That threw me way off kilter. Honestly, what sort of question is that? </p>
<p>But my Georgetown interview was amazing. Even though it was at the lady’s house (and I don’t really think that qualifies as a “neutral” location), she was extremely kind and offered me loads of information. One thing I regret was not bringing a copy of my resume; I’m sure it would have helped us get the interview going a lot faster, since we wasted quite a bit of time (to the tune of 15 minutes) talking about my ECs and my positions.</p>
<p>But other than that, the main things she focused on were my immigrant experience, how my ECs helped shape my perspective, and a bit of my personal philosophy. Be prepared to talk at length about your ECs, and to analyze their role in your life. If you have some unique circumstances (for instance, I grew up in a family of 5 w/ one working parent and both going back to school on a budget of $35,000 a year, etc) be prepared to talk a lot about those, too. And for the “Why Georgetown?” question, something philosophical works nicely. My answer was the standard “I-think-the-school’s-great-because-so-and-so-teaches-there-and-I-love-their-approach” drivel with the add-on of some romantic nonsense about their Jesuit mission and how it was great that so many graduates continued that legacy of humble service. I dunno if it worked, since I applied RD, but hopefully it will yield some good results come April.</p>
<p>My interview was great. It was about 45 min long and it started with the generic questions, how do you like your school, what classes do you take, whats your fave/least fave class … etc etc. I was also asked why georgetown, but it wasent really emphasized like others said it was. he also asked me what other schools im applying to and he said all of them made sense except for umich (i guess not good enough for gtown? idk) and then asked specifically why the other schools…which i found a bit annoying. he also asked me if i had any questions, and then he and i emailed back and forth a bit about the questions i had. so yeah, it was an interesting and a rewarding experience</p>