<p>what makes a off campus interview worse then a phone interview?</p>
<p>I hate talking on the phone with people I don’t know. I’m really going to have to practice. There aren’t too many alumni around this area.</p>
<p>haha. I am pretty sure that there are a lot where I live, so I am curious to see why “Username” says that it is beneficiary to have a phone interview rather then a alumni.</p>
<p>I’m a lot more comfortable in person. I like being able to bounce what I say off of people’s physical reactions. :D</p>
<p>Same. You can also see when you say something wrong. And they can see your facial expressions and such so they can tell when you really are enthusiastic about something.</p>
<p>omgsh what kind of questions should you ask?</p>
<p>hey what should you wear to the interviews??</p>
<p>^ Just something nice. If you have a nice, but not prom/formal, dress or skirt/blouse and a nice pair of heels/dress shoes that should be fine, same as a good pair of slacks.</p>
<p>At least, that is what I’ve read here. :D</p>
<p>if they ask you what you could bring to the school(or anything to that effect) what are you suppost to say to that?</p>
<p>I think a phone interview would be rather intimidating, I’ve never done it before. However, since I live in the lower Mid-Atlantic states, I think it would be difficult for me to go to all the interviews. I’m not sure what I should do, I don’t want to miss a lot of school!</p>
<p>An alumni interview doesn’t sound too bad, though.</p>
<p>yeah. I think in the end I would prefer a alumni interview, esp cause I can’t miss any school because I am already missing most of my allotted days for fencing tournements… I hope I don’t get sick.</p>
<p>But as I have said before, I really really really really really want to go see the schools for myself. Oh well.</p>
<p>whats the difference between an alumni interview and one at the school?</p>
<p>the alumni is with an alumni and not with an admission officer. I think it varies whether the alumni is stricter or more easy going on helping admit. And alumni interviews are if you can’t make it to tour the school.</p>
<p>Go to the school if you can, you gain connections and if you make a good impression you have 1 person you know will fight for you in the admissions office.</p>
<p>Well, there’s really no use in acting fake because the interview is supposed to judge whether you would fit into that school and if you get accepted, acting fake, the next 4 years probably will not be the best of your life.</p>
<p>Hm…so what should I do? I have about 7 schools (I’ll probably narrow it down) that I would need to fly to for an interview. Should I do it? Or should I do alumni interviews? Or phone interviews? Are the questions asked any different?</p>
<p>i think that if you can i would probably fly and visit the schools. but if you can’t like me, it seems like the best idea is phone interviews…</p>
<p>Phone interviews aren’t so bad, the one I had was actually pretty fun, in comparison to the other three alumni interviews I had. My interviewer was funny, friendly, and engaging, and I was able to respond thoroughly and candidly without worrying about the clothing I was wearing, the body signals I might have unintentionally been sending, which personally was a load off my mind. Dress in your pajamas if it makes you comfortable, or into something formal if you think it’ll help you get into an interviewing type of mood. Make sure you’re in a place where you’ll have no distractions and can stay focused during the conversation, and speak with a smile. The responses you give are presented through your tone, not your facial expressions, and it’s always best to sound happy and confident. Translate all body movements into words, a nod into a ‘yes’, stuff like that. </p>
<p>I personally found it a lot easier to be myself during the phone interview, though it may be a little harder if your interviewer wasn’t as cheerful as mine. If you’ve got a phone interview scheduled, don’t stress about it. It’s really no worry at all :)</p>
<p>The Alumni are less versed in interviewing I have found, so their questions tend to be more simple and you really have to expand. I am of the opinion that an alumni would probably judge more initially, but would end up going a little easier on you.</p>
<p>wouldnt it just be eaier to do an on campus interview because your going to have to go see the campus anyway ? where would you interview with an alumni? in your home town?</p>