<p>...to set up an interview. Should I follow through? It's far too late for the interview to have any kind of impact on my application; clearly, the interviewer has just been unable/forgotten to do the interview earlier (before the 2/15 deadline). His office is quite far, and I can put the time spent on such an endeavor to much better use.</p>
<p>Then again, I don't want to send a negative message to Yale in case it somehow gets through that I turned him down.</p>
<p>Advice?</p>
<p>It could be worthless, but it also could be the admissions committee asking the interviewer to do the interviewer because you are borderline.</p>
<p>Up to you. If you feel there is nothing new then don't go.</p>
<p>I think that your interviewer wouldn't be contacting you if the interview no longer mattered. Yale may have granted an extension (a rare one, but still). I say go for it, it's definitely worth the try! You won't regret this.</p>
<p>Yeah, you're definitely going to want to go to this.</p>
<p>I didn't get an interview yet, for the record.</p>
<p>I say go for it.</p>
<p>The competitor in me says:</p>
<p>No. It might be a good idea to confirm your appointment and then just not show up. The Adcom looks highly upon this because it shows your confidence.</p>
<p>Consider the implications if you choose not to follow through. Rejecting an invitation to interview? What does that say about your commitment to Yale?</p>
<p>of course you should go.</p>
<p>I think you should do it too. I just had mine yesterday.</p>
<p>Do the interview.</p>
<p>you should interview</p>
<p>must go ahead with the interview</p>
<p>It could be a trick. I've heard some real horror stories about people thinking they were meeting their "interviewer" and they were abducted. Just make sure you aren't being lured into anything.</p>
<p>^ If they offer to buy you a drink, it's probably a sex offender. Just run out as fast as you can and get away.</p>
<p>Back in the 60's I think there was a serial abductor called the Scourge of Harvard. He would lure kids to fake interviews by sending e-mails, and then abduct you and lock you away till admissions were waaay over. That way his son could get in because so many people didn't respond.</p>
<p>^ There was e-mail in the 60's??</p>
<p>^ You're killing the mood, chief.</p>
<p>I had the interview at Feb 15. I think time dose not matter~~~May be a greater Chance. If Yale is your first choice. Go for it</p>
<p>tennisfan, if you are being contacted for an interview two weeks before decisions are sent out, it is practically guaranteed to have an impact on your application. (Whether the impact is positive or negative, and if positive whether it's positive enough, are two entirely separate questions.) </p>
<p>No one is interviewing you now just to check off an item on a bureaucratic list. If you are being asked to interview this late in the game, it's because the Admissions Committee thinks it will get relevant information from an interview.</p>
<p>^ good point! Mal77: you've been caught!!</p>
<p>go to the interview!! and fast!!!!! if you were my kid i 'll make you go!</p>
<p>Tennis: While what JHS says might be true, it also may be somewhat innocuous as well. I say this so that you won't pressure yourself unduly. About a week ago, my area coordinator sent a blanket email out to all area interviewers reminding them that even if they've not yet submitted their writeups, to please do so as it still might be useful to the committee. It might just be "loose ends" being tidied -- or it might be something more meaningful. Don't presume either and just be yourself. Good luck to you.</p>