<p>my interview was at a cafe, it was kinda noise. we talked for one hour, she bought me food(i feel uncomfortable that she was paying).
I don't know how the interviewer thought of me, but at one point, i was sweating like crazy. I was trying to explain to her the use of Fibonacci retracement numbers in my investment club, but i was so nervous, i did a very poor explanation. my interviewer was a doctor, i think she had no clue what i was talking about. </p>
<p>how bad do you think I did?</p>
<p>Yup, pretty bad; you won't get in.</p>
<p>ummh.. well maybe she thought u were very smart!.. I mean if she didn't understand u, she must think u are a master of the subject..</p>
<p>My harvard interview started on a Friday in mid January. I thought that that was quite early for regular decision, considering the deadline was 2 weeks prior. Anyway, my mom took me and waited in the car for abour 1 hour and 45 min. before I came back down. They wanted me to bring her up so that they could meet her. The interviewer was a lawyer, and he told my mom all good stuff and even said that I was one of the best interviews he had ever had. He gave me a stress question about religious wars in arabic countries and how would I solve their 2000 year old war of fanaticism.</p>
<p>The following Monday, I received an email from him requesting that I call him. We talked for an additional 45 min. about Donald Trump and the Ms. USA pageant, and my public speaking engagements. He also requested that I write my 3rd Harvard essay about my experience at Harvard.</p>
<p>A week later, he contacted me again to tell him more about a scholarship I received, and to write my 4th Harvard essay about my favorite community service project and the community service project I spent the most time on.
Finally, I completed what amounted to a 10 hour interview with Harvard.</p>
<p>With all of that work, I hope i get in.</p>
<p>bexline, that's kind of ridic. I haven't heard of anybody having to write two extra essays! Although i guess it shows the interviewer is into you, that's still very out of the norm.</p>
<p>I wish I were joking, but I'm not. We thought after the phone contact that it was done. I didn't find that so out of the ordinary, but a week later and still gathering info was very unusual...not to mention the additional homework assignments.
My concern is, is it good for me or bad for me???ha ha ha</p>
<p>^ It seems that your interviewers in interested... that's always good. Mine just talked with me about my ECs and asked pretty standard stuff... I'm kindda worried...</p>
<p>That sounds very unusual to me. Are you sure this guy wasn't <em>interested</em> in you? I have never heard of anything like that happening before.
I would defer to NorthStarMom on this one.</p>
<p>I think bexline is just making stuff up...</p>
<p>I couldn't make that up. It was the most interesting interview I have had thus far. I have nothing to gain, especially on this forum, by making things up. But, I do understand the disbelief. I wouldn't believe it either if I read that story on this forum.</p>
<p>I told this story in hopes that some one else could share a similar story. It would make me feel more comfortable to know that this is a good thing.</p>
<p>Well, this is what I don't understand. After the initial face-to-face interview, the interviewer usually writes the report and sends it in to the school. I have never heard of an interviewer continuing to re-write the reports and send them in, so what is the point of all the extra calls?
Hopefully, he wrote a great report and sent it in right away. I would not want MY daughter to continue communications with this guy though.</p>
<p>O.K.
Best case senario: He though you were the best app. he had seen, and he want to help you get in as much as he is capable of. :)
Middle of the Road: He lost his notes and he needed to be reminded which one of his 10 interviews you were.
Worst case Senario: he has problems...</p>
<p>As with the similarities stuff, mine emailed me about a bunch of programs that they thought I might be interested in. But no phone calls or things like that... :(</p>
<p>Why must we assume that there is something sexual about this?? If I had detected it, I would have included it. </p>
<p>Anyway, he did include in his email that his report was due Feb. 2nd. </p>
<p>All I want is to get into Harvard. So, if the majority of you think that my interview went well, then I feel good about Harvard(at least in this area).</p>
<p>Honestly, bex, I think it's good thing and you probably stood out as an exceptional applicant. COngrats ahead of time. Anyway, good luck on the 29th!</p>
<p>My Harvard interviewer told me before the interview started that only 1-2 people from the whole of Pakistan are going to get in. He also told me that only those offered interviews get in (from Pakistan), even though that is not the official stance. In his 10-year experience, there had been no exception to that rule.</p>
<p>In any case, he started off asking me about my academics, and before I knew that was over, he fired the 'Where do you see yourself in fifteen years?". Now the careless a****** that I am, I had never thought of even thinking about the questions that I might get. On another day, I might have said something about being a social researcher straight away. That day, I said "If I could answer that quetion today, I would consider myself a failure". Needless to say, he was lost. By way of explanation, I said that at the age of 8, I didnot know myself and yet thought that I did...At that time, I would have said that I see myself in the Pakistan cricket team... at the age of 18, I have higher goals. I do not know myself propersly and admit it. I went on to say that I have several focuses, and limiting myself to any one of these at this stage in life would be unfair to myself, I could be a social researcher, a vice-president of an international bank or a teacher. </p>
<p>The rest of the interview went well. We talked about Kashmir and Pakistan and India and Muslims and Sunnis and Shias and Cricket and Basketball and MUN and politics and Student Government etc etc etc... He never once brought up Harvard, and neither did I until I brought up MUN (and the MUN Conference that we're organizing) when i mentioned HarvardMUN and WorldMUN. </p>
<p>All said, how much do you think the 'where do you see yourself in fifteen years?' blooper matter? Considering that I probably have the best AS-Level (junior year) result in the city (certainly among all those shortlisted for Harvard), am the President of my school's student council, the Secretary General for Islamabad's only MUN Conference etc etc etc etc ... ????</p>
<p>My friend's interviewer had him write an extra essay.</p>
<p>He got in. The interviewer was interested in a program he attended over the summer, and asked him to put it in writing. I don't think having an interviewer come back and asking you to write something extra is necessarily a bad thing.</p>
<p>In my eyes, my interview went very well. I even told my interviewer about my interest (or obsession) in manga and anime. She made me feel so comfortable. Even though I have heard the interview isn't that big of a factor for admissions, I feel even better about my chances thanks to it.</p>
<p>Don't be so quick to dismiss the interview. If there is something the adcoms want to see, but can't through your application, the interview is there eyes and ears. Many people have lost or gained from the interview.</p>
<p>My interview also went quite well. I'm interested in the Celtic Studies major there, which is only offered at 2 colleges in the US (that I know of anyway), UC Berkeley and Harvard. She got a PhD in Anthropology specializing in British and Celtic history, and I've been working on 2 year research project about tattoo's and the sociological and anthropological ties found in the art. We had a lot of other stuff in common, but that was defiantely what we talked about most of the time.</p>
<p>To the Pakistan applicant - don't worry. I had an even worse moment in my interview, I think... he asked me about a major EC (karate) in which I have a black belt and significant awards, and I couldn't seem to remember what the name of my style meant. :( I kept obsessing over that mishap for weeks, convincing myself that the interview went horribly. But I still got in. Don't sweat the small stuff!</p>