<p>so what exactly is the whole interview process like at yale? is it required? is it important? if you've been wait-listed could a killer interview help you over the top? sorry for all the questions, but i'm really curious...</p>
<p>It's recommended, but it's not required. And even if you try to get an interview, sometimes they don't have anyone who lives near you to give one, which is what happened to me (and I still got in).</p>
<p>so stele, do you mind sharing your stats?</p>
<p>My interviewer was really cool :D Had a fun time being interviewed.. lols. was so much smoother than my MIT one :P</p>
<p>My D's interview didn't go so well...the interviewer didn't have very fond memories of Yale, so the conversation ended up going in a negative direction. I think Yale should screen their alumni interviewers to weed these kinds of people out...I mean, if you don't love your alma mater, don't volunteer to interview for 'em! Simple as that ;)</p>
<p>I didn't get one, but my friend did. I suppose it's all about alumni presence, but I'm still kind of bummed not to get one. Ah well, it's out of our control, I suppose.</p>
<p>I applied EASC and when I got the letter confirming my application it listed my interviewer (ASC) with her address and phone number. She ended up living very close to me, so I sent her a letter saying how much I'd love to sit down and talk, etc. A month passes, no response, so I call my region's admissions rep and ask her how to proceed, because I didn't want to be a burden to the interviewer, but I wanted my interview! My admin rep told me that if the interviewer can conduct the interview, she will, and to not press her. I get deferred, still no interview or contact, and the months pass until the second week of March when I'm talking to a Yalie who goes to my church and explained I never got an interview. She makes some calls, and I get a phone call from my would-be interviewer the next day, explaining how she lost my letter and forgot what my phone # was, etc, but we managed to schedule it quickly and it all turned out perfect from there! Moral of the story: don't send just one letter, and don't forget that your interviewers are human too, even if they did go to Yale ;-) PS- Waiting for RD is killing me, especially since I've had to go through this same pain in mid-December! But I know dozens of ya'll feel my pain. Less than two weeks!</p>
<p>statewins, I feel your pain with the interview situation. The same thing happened with me with Princeton...</p>
<p>My Yale interviewer showed up to the interview (at a college campus Starbucks, she's a law student) 20 minutes late with no explanation, wearing short-shorts, a low-cut tank top, a hoodie, and flip flops. She then sat down and started talking about how Yale was fun because it had a lot of parties, about how her boyfriend was so cool, about getting through hard science and math classes by flirting with cute guys, etc. Furthermore, she is in law school, but hates to debate and never took part in it in high school - she's in a mock trial class now because it's required. Needless to say, she was a legacy admit. (I still got a likely letter...so maybe the worst interviewers say the nicest things?)</p>
<p>My Yale interviewer was wonderful and brilliant. She asked some questions that I had to really think to answer.</p>
<p>The most fascinating part of the interview was when she was telling me about how she went to school with Anderson Cooper. Shweet. And she explained the "college dorm" (or whatever) system to me.</p>
<p>She's the director of graduate studies in the English Dep't at my state school back-up.</p>
<p>do you request an interview or does yale set up an interview for you?</p>
<p>i got an e-mail from my interviewer 5 days after i submitted my app online. he contacted me even before the blue confirmation letter arrived with the details of how to secure an interview...i did not have to do any contacting on my part in the end.</p>
<p>we met that weekend at the neighborhood starbucks (he lives less than a mile away from me and his daughter graduated from my hs the year before i arrived as a freshman). we had a really detailed conversation about my past experiences and my future goals--the interview was pretty casual and over an hour long. i brought a portfolio of my work throughout hs with me, but he only flipped through it at the very end. afterward he told me to tell my parents he was very impressed with them (relevant to part of my life story) and that "i'm very impressed with you." all in all, it was great, probably the best interview I had!</p>
<p>hmm....i never got contacted for an interview....i wonder what that means.....</p>
<p>Absolutely nothing meaningful. Either there weren't enough alumni in your area, or there was some sort of problem with them getting your information and setting up an appointment. Don't worry about it.</p>
<p>interview isn't required... I didn't have one, and I'm from a Chicago suburb (so you'd imagine there was someone around to interview if they needed)</p>
<p>I applied SCEA class of 2009, no interview, got in.</p>