<p>the alum here in my city stood me up twice, after the second time I emailed her and asked her for another time (in a very nice tone might I add) and never got a response.</p>
<p>Do you think that it will affect my chances at all? or are these alum interviews (I only applied to one private school: cornell) mostly a chance for the applicant to ask questions?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>they didn't call me either? i was nervous too....</p>
<p>Hmm if the interviewer isn't being helpful, it might be good for you to call up Cornell admissions to explain the situation. At the very least, it shows that you're serious about getting into Cornell and worry about things going wrong. At any rate, it ought to prevent any ridiculous mishaps from happening... like the unimpressive words "declined interview" appearing on your app file.</p>
<p>JZL1129, did you apply to the hotel school? Otherwise, I don't think an interview is comnpulsory. People get admitted all the same without one. It just depends on the availability of alumni in your area; nothing against you in particular. Don't worry. :)</p>
<p>The thing that I am worried about is that if I call them and tell them the situation, then they will start to investigate further, ask the alum, and then it'll end up being a my word against her word sort of thing.</p>
<p>Do you understand what I am trying to say?</p>
<p>Yes I do, Mehmet. But would they really have the time to go and investigate further at this time of the month? They must be speed-reading the apps and I'm sure you're not alone in this situation. They may simply put it down as an interview which didn't happen due to "circumstances"; it's not really anyone's fault, but they won't hold it against you if they're at least given the chance to hear your side of the story. :o</p>
<p>thanks leigh, I really appreciate your help, do you think they will be open tomorrow?</p>
<p>if you mean saturday, I think the admissions office is open from morning till 2pm. Haha it gets a bit confusing for me 'cos it's already saturday where I am. :o</p>
<p>leigh787, i apllied to engineering, waiting is driving me crazy right now, since some people already get them likely letter, but i don't...</p>
<p>(1) Most schools (I'm not sure about Cornell in particular) recommend interviews, but won't hold it against you if you can't get one.</p>
<p>(2) Interviews are usually a combination of an evaluation and an information session, and they only really affect your application if you're a middle-of-the-ground person. If it went horribly badly or incredibly well, it may change something, but otherwise, things will stay the same as if you hadn't interviewed.</p>
<p>That's surprising that she stood you up. Unless she thinks you stood her up (doesn't sound like it, but just in case), you're fine.</p>
<p><em>moans</em> I know what you mean. I can just imagine them ticking off the number of places available left in the admissions office. Ah where's my decision??</p>
<p>Well, be sure to let us all know whatever happens.</p>
<p>No one ever called me, and I live just a few hours away from Ithaca, applied to CAS. I got my likely letter the other day though, so I'm thinking it can't have mattered too much.</p>
<p>Interviews vary depending on the person that is in charge of doing your interview. My Yale interviewer never contacted me as he was supposed to, so I had to seek him out. My Cornell interviewer on the otherhand contacted me immediately. My interview seemed more of a time for me to find out about Cornell than for my interviewer to find out about me. If they didn't have time to contact you I would worry about it, they probably won't hold it against you.</p>
<p>to answer your question - no. I didn't have one and I still got a likely letter.</p>
<p>i had an interview and the interviewer called me set up a time and we talked on the phone for about 45 minutes, it was not an information session it was just her trying to ask as much information as possible, it turned out we had so many things in common and i believe that if i get in it will probably be because of my interview because my stats are really low (SAT below 1200) good gpa and rank though. I think the interview becomes important depending on the person. like someone else said if ur not totally in and do great then it might change something but its not totally crucial on most cases so just relax i got stood up by some interviewer and i tried to contact her and she never responded and I stood up an interviewer from Northeastern 3 times and i still got in it just depends</p>
<p>crazykid, why did you stood up an interviewer from Northeastern 3 times? haha that's funny.</p>
<p>well the 1st time i was sick and i couldnt really talk and i had to give a speech for academic decathlon the next day and i just had the save my voice and the second time it was raining and i just didnt really feel like going and the third it was a phone interview she said to call her at a certain time and i overslept and i didnt call</p>
<p>I didn't interview with Cornell, and was accepted to engineering (two years ago). Let admissions know of your attempts to interview, but don't stress about it.</p>