<p>The web site states that interviews are not required. Would any current student please advise if you had an interview and if your did was it evaluative?</p>
<p>Does the school offer alumni interviews? Would current students suggest an interview for a show of interest? Look forward to replies.</p>
<p>the interview isn't required only so that more people will apply and the acceptance rate would be lower.</p>
<p>I imagine they say they don't require interviews because not every kid can make it to Vermont.</p>
<p>I did get my daughter to Vermont; she had an interview and a lengthy visit to the main department she was interested in. She also sent supporting material (a videotape) with her application and later had a local alumni interview.</p>
<p>She got in. She is thrilled. She will be attending Middlebury in September.</p>
<p>Purely our own experience, I have to note that she did not get into the schools that DON'T offer on-campus interviews:
Brown (she did have an alumni interview)
Northwestern (another alumni interview, but they DID NOT accept any supporting material)
And Cornell, which offered her transfer admission.</p>
<p>At least in her case, I think that Middlebury gave her the chance to present herself in a more thorough way--via the application, interviews, supporting material. If you're interested in a school, let them know! If you can't make it to Vermont, call them to make sure you can at least be interviewed locally.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Every applicant is offered an alumni interview (so long as an alumni lives nearby).</p>
<p>Had an alum interview (I'm in L.A.) and kept in contact with interviewer. Applied ED, got deferred and still did NOT get into Midd. Am terribly disappointed.</p>
<p>Soryy Ginger!</p>
<p>Thank you all for the feedback. I think if the school offers an alumni interview where I live I will go for it. I loved the school when I visited. Vermont is too far to go back for an overnight but if I get accepted I will do the admitted student visit.</p>
<p>BTW, my friends who WERE admitted to Midd did NOT have interviews or visit. One of my friends demonstrated NO interest and still got in. I visited, interviewed, emailed, wrote and called and my "resume" was great. I was accepted ONLY at the schools where I did NOT interview. For my sibs, we will NOT go out of our way to interview. Most of my classmates were accepted at schools where they did NOT interview or show interest. For what it's worth.....</p>
<p>I didn't interview, nor show much interest, and I am going next year. It is really a toss-up, although Midd does seem to give each applicant more time and consideration because they have fewer applicants than most schools.</p>
<p>That says it all. I emailed professors, coaches, admissions. Visited twice. Had great interview. Got rejected and I had great stats and recs. It wasn't meant to be. Friends who got in showed no interest, had no ECs and no interviews...just great GPAs. My best friend showed no interest at all, had no interview and got into Dartmouth. This "interest level" is totally nonsense. My advice is to have the interview if you have questions. Otherwise, don't waste valuable study time.</p>
<p>The replies show the mystical nature of what leads an admissions committee to say yes to one candidate and no to another. Thanks for the responses.</p>
<p>yes and no. It's only mysterious to us. Did you read the book about the Wesleyan admissions officer? I forgot the name, but a New York Times reporter followed the admissions guy through the whole process. Fascinating. The only thing that bothered me was that the kid from private school had her guidance counselor going to bat for her, because the guidance counselor was friends with the admissions counselor. You can bet my kid didn't have that advantage in her public school. The so-called guidance counselor didn't even know to put Middlebury on the list of great colleges that graduates are attending. He's never heard of it.
The problem is, and I know you've heard this a million times but it is true, they just can't accept everyone who is qualified. So good people fall through the cracks; and maybe not-so-good people write the right essay and have great grades and schores...
That's why I still think that if you like the school, go interview so they get to know you better. If you love the school and money isn't an issue, apply Early Decision.</p>
<p>Read that book and all the rest including "A is for admission" which our GC told me to toss in the rubbish bin. Also went to college night in my town where they had the ADs from LACs and Ivys and Stanford come to explain to students and parents from about 12 schools what they were looking for based upon "casebook" applications. My friends and parents walked away saying that it IS a mystery because EVERY admissions director had a different thought on the "casebook" applications...some wanted high GPAs/scores and didn't care about ECs and some went for the crummy grades and sob stories. Who knows? Again, interview if you want but it made no difference in my school...as a matter of fact we still joke about it that if the college/alum calls to set up an interview, kiss off the school!</p>