<p>I really want to get into UChicago, Northwestern, Emory, or USC.</p>
<p>Would setting up interviews with any of those colleges be of any help?</p>
<p>Anyone have past experiences with interviews? Are they really effective?</p>
<p>Can’t hurt.</p>
<p>Make sure you can explain why you want to go to their schools!</p>
<p>I had interviews with UChicago and Northwestern and was accepted to both. But I can’t really say if the interview helped a lot or not. That’s a secret in the admission offices that we will never know lol</p>
<p>My Chicago interview was very conversational and he expected me to explain why Chicago appealed to me.</p>
<p>Northwestern’s interview was more standard with the standard questions.</p>
<p>If you have questions about those two, PM me.</p>
<p>USC- seemed like the interview was more of an information session because they offered limited slots to sign up for in urban locations. I didn’t interview, but got accepted for a merit scholarship anyway. </p>
<p>Emory- Unsure if they offered at all, but was accepted without one. </p>
<p>Northwestern- A bit like USC in that it’s like the sign up for a slot format, but they had a list of questions they asked off of. You can steer the interview however you like, though, and I had an interesting discussion about astronomy at NU. </p>
<p>Chicago- I was surprised when I got into UofC and believe the essays and probably interview were what got me in. Chicago cares a lot about intellectual curiosity and personality fit, so a perfect recommendation (which I’m guessing she gave) probably helped quite a bit. </p>
<p>Overall, though, that was probably a special case as interviews usually play little to no role at all and tend to be more for the interviewer to answer questions the applicant has about the school</p>