<p>I just had a very mediocre interview. I've done a few unique things, but I feel like maybe when I talked about my activities my passions didn't come through, and I may have come off as a little bit boring. At the end, she only said to email her if I had any questions, but other than that she didn't really give any encouragement or friendly parting words. While she was very nice, I guess we just didn't really click. Assuming most of the other aspects of my application are strong, do you think having a mediocre interview will hurt me?
(This was my first college interview (I got into Yale SCEA but didn't have an interview) so I was a little nervous, but I don't think my interviewer knew that.)</p>
<p>your chances are slim. your interviewer will probably spend the majority of her report discussing your boring personality. harvard doesn’t want boring people! boringness is ranked #1 (even higher than “having <6.3 GPA” and “having <2500 SAT”) on USNWR’s rankings on “the surest ways to tank your chances at harvard.”</p>
<p>Yup, I was told by an interviewer that 95% of the time, interviews do not affect the final decision at all. It’s more of a Q and A session with a student from (insert school name). Interviewers try to “sell” to you their school so that, in the case you are admitted into several similar colleges, you hopefully can choose which one to go to.</p>