Interviewing With Parents

<p>I will be having an interview soon at Deerfield and want to know what to expect. The reason I'm more concerned about this one is because I've heard that parents sit it on the interview. Are they there the whole time? Because I definitely act differently when my parents are around, but not in a bad way. I open up more and am not afraid of my parents judging me for they way I talk or present myself. That's just the way I've always been, like I don't like my parents around when I meet new people they act very critical of the way I introduce myself, and while I know it is important to listen to them, and I do, it just gets to a point where the way I act for them feels fake. Especially my dad, he doesn't like the way I do a lot of things. I sometimes feel that he wants me to portray myself in a way that's not really me. I feel like I will crack under the pressure of the interview and my parents hovering over every word. What should I do to keep calm? And how do I know when to let my parents add in on something, or do they just sit and observe?</p>

<p>I don't want you to get the sense that I have helicopter, crazy judgmental parents, I feel like a lot of people feel this way around their parents, and I want to know how to not get nervous about it in an interview.</p>

<p>When we had our interview there, our child was first interviewed alone then we went in to join them. Basically, it was the parent portion of the interview that was together.</p>

<p>Yes it was the same for me. It went pretty well I shouldn’t have worried so much.</p>

<p>Glad to hear it went well!</p>