<p>This worked for me: my Mom gave me this idea having experienced lots of job interviews. Start with your least favorite school, as practice, and work your way up to your first choice school. I did that and became much more comfortable as I worked my way through my 6 schools. You could also warm up with a teacher or counselor...do a role playing thing, but it helps to practice with real college interviews. Also have 5 specific questions at your finger tips to ask if the conversation lags. Don't be embarassed to have some questions written down. You can laugh about it in the interview. I had a little notebook with some questions I really didn't want to forget to ask. Look at the Student Engagement study for ideas about questions you might ask. <a href="http://www.indiana.edu/%7Ensse/html/students_parents.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.indiana.edu/~nsse/html/students_parents.htm</a> and one interview I had just consisted of a 45 min argument with the adcom person over whether intelligence should be centrailzed or decentralized and I didn't ask my questions .....so sometimes you just gotta go with the flow. you can always email some questions when you do your follow up thank you emails. hope this helps. the first interview is scarey but it gets easier.</p>