<p>... and I still have not contacted him back. Should I still call him or just let it go?
I feel like it's way too late.</p>
<p>Of course still respond! It’s not ideal that you haven’t been prompt but it’ll be way worse to ignore him altogether.</p>
<p>Make sure to say you’re sorry and that you realize he is volunteering time out of his busy schedule for this.</p>
<p>^I agree. Is there any particular reason you haven’t responded?</p>
<p>Respond immediately! Dwight is right. Better late than never. You can be sure that he’ll file a report saying you that you didn’t respond, and this will hurt you. If you are truly interested in Harvard, respond right now. Don’t leave it off any longer (it’s been a week already). If you are too busy (which, even if you are, you should still try your best to squeeze time out of your schedule because the interviewer is volunteering to do this), then contact him/her explaining your situation. If you are just nervous/scared about the interview, don’t be! I was nervous about mine, too, but my interview went great. It wasn’t scary at all. Just be yourself and come prepared to answer and ask any questions.</p>
<p>I’ve waited 3-4 days before contacting interviewers a couple of times and they were still eager to schedule an interview with me (or at least it seemed they were eager from their ton of voice/connotation of words used in emails). They know you’re busy and they also have most likely emailed a few other students and are not keeping track of every single student to the T. They’re just people; they’re not out to get you. However, not responding at all would look VERY bad because it makes you look completely uninterested.</p>
<p>Still, obviously an earlier contact would have been ideal.</p>
<p>^ ok thanks guys. I’ll call him first thing in the morning. 9:00 am sounds good?
I wasn’t scared, I just forgot because usually when I receive an interview email I just email right back and forget about it until they email back. But since he suggested to call him i just forgot.</p>
<p>Should I just call and pretend nothing has happened? Or do I call and explain and risk sounding like i’m making excuses?
And also, when do you think he’ll file a report saying I didn’t respond? Is it too late already…?</p>
<p>Pretend that nothing has happened? That’s just plain rude. You should firstly apologize for not getting back in a timely matter. You don’t need to go into any deep explanation – but to ignore it completely is just bull.</p>
<p>Yeah, I would say don’t completely ignore it, but just apologize briefly and sincerely. There’s no need to concentrate on your delayed response, though. When you meet in person, just dive into your interview since you’ve already addressed the 1 week gap on the phone. This way, it won’t be awkward and he/she will have a good first impression of you (in person). </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>ok… damn. sounds like i got myself in a really deep and *****y hole.</p>
<p>No, not really. Obviously, it could have went better, but at least you’re going to call him/her tomorrow morning. All will be well. Don’t go into the interview with that mindset, k? (: I’m sure he/she won’t write a horrible report of you just because of this. Good luck!</p>
<p>Just call and apologize. Don’t explain, just say you’re sorry.</p>
<p>I got called about an interview on January 11th. I just called my interviewer to set up my interview yesterday. What happened was she left me a voicemail and for some reason my phone didn’t tell me I had new messages, so I didn’t get her message till yesterday. While at first she seemed a little surprised to hear from me, I explained what had happened and apologized. She asked if I was still interested in an interview, I said I was, and now we have one scheduled for Wednesday! Obviously it’s not an ideal situation but better to have the interview than not!</p>
<p>Ok. I called and he wasn’t there. So I left a voicemail. Hopefully he gets back to me :|</p>