<p>How bad is stuttering and sounding a bit all over the place (the entire time)? I think I was too nervous during my interview Friday, as I calm down and think about it now... I know what I wanted to say, but I was so nervous I sounded a bit shaky (literally)</p>
<p>How much do interviews weigh in the whole admission process? Is "he is not articulate" going to kill me??</p>
<p>Please help!!</p>
<p>Eh I think they'd understand you're nervous and hopefully it doesn't affect your chances. To be honest I don't know how much the interviews matter in terms of acceptance, but I'm sure it didn't mess up your chances.</p>
<p>Btw when did you submit part 1? I want to get an interview, but just submitted part 1 yesterday (mega late, I know)</p>
<p>I submitted my part one application in early September, but I haven't gotten a interview call or anything...
Do you know how long it takes for them to call you from when you submitted your part one application?</p>
<p>I submitted my part 1 9/20 and got an email 10/10. I guess it really depends on where you live and how many other people in your area are applying. </p>
<p>I really wish you got that interview instead of me....</p>
<p>what kind of questions did he/she ask?</p>
<p>Don't worry about the interviews. I didn't even have an interview and I still got in</p>
<p>But I feel like no interview is much better than bad interview... Did anyone with a bad interview get in???</p>
<p>Interviews are conducted by alums (several of us are on this board) in local areas and not assigned by the admissions office. The new system for conducting alumni interviews is just up and running as of the end of last week so not many students have been interviewed yet.
ED interview reports are due by 11/26 so most ED interviews will be done over the next few weeks. As you know they are not required for admission. The number of interviews done is dependent upon the number of alum reps in your area and their willingness to interview students. There is a nice review and discussion of the interview process in the FAQ section at the top of the board-lot of info there - take a look</p>
<p>He asked me the expected Q: why columbia, strength, weakness, important figure in my life and some other Q based on my answers. Not really hard if you know about yourself. </p>
<p>Are male alums always interviewing males and female aluma interviewing females? I know this girl in my school is getting an interview w/ an aluma. There are several similar cases as well.</p>
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<p>The interview is a chance for Columbia to learn about you. It's not a test of how well spoken you are, and you aren't interviewing to be White House Press Secretary. With many kids, you can tell they're clearly smart -- content-wise -- by talking to them even though they may not speak as eloquently as they'd like. If your content was okay, don't worry about how you said things.</p>
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<p>No interview is definitely better than a bad interview. People who think they have bad interviews get in all the time. I would guess that's because most people think their interview went much worse than what the alum actually wrote in his essay about you.</p>
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<p>It's absolutely not gender-based. BTW, it's alumNa.</p>
<p>C02: thank you so much for your answers; they really made me feel better. Sorry about the sp. error.</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone else as well, and good luck if you haven't had your interview yet.</p>
<p>my interview is currently planned to take place on the 24th of november. if ED interview reports are due the 26th (as WiseOWL said), isn't this date late? should i call my interviewer about this?</p>
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<p>Um, 'calling your interviewer about this' would be a really stupid move; don't tell a Columbia alum how to do his "job." No, it's not late. Reports are submitted online. It takes as little as 10-20 minutes to write it up if you're brief and quick.</p>
<p>alright sounds good. thanks.</p>
<p>hmmm I haven't been contacted yet for an interview... is it too late for one?</p>
<p>I had one last year so I know that there are alumni in the area.</p>
<p>How badly can an interview hurt you?? I think I had a bad interview... I was really nervous and sounded unsure of my answers... :(</p>
<p>read a book. it tells you how to present urself.
being sweaty and shaky and showing no confidence is bad</p>
<p>Does everyone get interviews??
Or do they just narrow it down or something?</p>
<p>I want an interview :(</p>
<p>You get an interview if an alumni lives near you (near is defined weirdly by Columbia, in my case it's close to an hour away in midtown Manhattan) and that alumni isn't busy and can schedule you in.</p>
<p>An interview is by no means mandatory. I know one girl from my school got into Columbia (although deferred from ED and then got in RD) and she didn't have an interview.</p>