<p>JHU SITE: In light of this, the Admissions Committee also considers extracurricular activities, demonstrated leadership and/or contribution, INTERVIEWS with admissions representatives, your personal essay, and recommendations from your teachers. Interviews are not required, but strongly recommended when possible.</p>
<p>Admissions Interviews
An interview is a valuable part of the application process. You will meet one-on-one with an admissions representative to talk about your academic background, goals, interests, and what you would bring to the campus community. Your interviewer will also answer your questions, share experiences, and offer his or her personal views of Hopkins</p>
<p>I know that JHU says that interviews are not evaluative. though, it does seem like they take it into account according to these lines.</p>
<p>All i did for my interview was listen to the guy talk about his experience at JHU and all the stuff they had to offer. It was like a long commercial where you go "oooh and ahhh" a lot. </p>
<p>It's really not mandatory. I think you just interview, and the interviewer writes a letter of recommendation-like thing and sends it to admissions.</p>
<p>Letter of recommendation??
sigh.. sounds like it would help
but if you just sit there and listen to the guy speak, then what kind of recommendation can he right?</p>
<p>they ask you about your interests and what not. they may ask you what they should put on the letter...like stuff you forgot to mention on your app. </p>
<p>but see, because they only have an hour or so to get to know you...what REAL contribution can they make? this is why the interview isn't ESSENTIAL, but possibly beneficial.</p>
<p>As i said in a previous post, JHU interviews are optional, informational, and non-evaluative. Because interviews are typically conducted by trained students (on-campus) and alumni (off-campus), and not admissions counselors, they can't be evaluative. Also, only about 10% of the applicant pool interviews, so it would be unfair if interviews are evaluative.</p>
<p>Following the interview, the student or alum will write up a re-cap of the discussion. It will provide feedback on what was discussed and what the interviewing student revealed about him or herself. It will also contain details on how interested the student was in JHU. This write-up will be added to the applicant's file.</p>
<p>The content of the write-up is only used by the app. reader to provide context to the applicant's overall file. I repeat, interviews are not used as a deciding factor in the admissions process.</p>
<p>If you interview, expect a conversation about Hopkins, don't expect to be drilled with questions. We see them as primarily informational.</p>