Keeping in touch with alumni interviewer.

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I used to do alumni interviews…keep this in mind:

  1. We interview you, send in our report, and then later we see if you are admitted or not. We have no insight into how admissions work or if you have a good chance or anything like that.
  2. We are an alumni and may have attended years ago. We try to keep up with what is going on on campus.
  3. We are excited about our alma mater and getting young people to attend…that is why we are doing interviews.
  4. We like to make sure you have enough information to make your decision.
  5. As an older person, to me texts are things I need to deal with right away. I am working texts would be distracting . Emails would be better in this situation because this is not an emergency and I can give thought/research to your question.
  6. Remember that you can text to an email and get the response in your text.
  7. Look up what you can on line before you ask me.
  8. I do not have magic…I do not know exactly when they will post results, how much financial aid you would get, etc.
  9. I am happy to talk to you about advantages/disadvanages of this college vs. others.
  10. I am happy to talk to you about my experience at the college.
  11. If I felt you were taking too much of my time after a few exchanges, I would refer you to the admissions counselor.
  12. I have never had too much follow up from any interviewees
  13. Do not glom on to the interviewer as if knowing them will help you get admitted. We have no power other than to trying to make sure the college gets the best picture of you.
  14. I would not specifically say “I want to stay in contact”…I would just contact the person with the questions. “I enjoyed our interview last month…I had some questions about college life I did not see on the website and was wondering if I could ask you about your experience on the intramural water polo team.” (or whatever)
  15. Ask yourself if this is a interviewer question or an admissions counselor question. Questions about the interviewers experiences? Interviewer. Questions about if you will get credit for AP Calc AB ? Website.
    Questions about how GPA is calculated if you moved in 10th grade? Admissions Counselor