<p>I'm a 2014 applicant in the Denver area. I go to a relatively small school, and as far as I'm aware, only two people at my school applied to Princeton, including myself. My friend (the other applicant) was contacted for an interview last week and met with the interviewer on Monday. He was a graduate of our high school, and he told her that he only interviews applicants from our school. So, I haven't been contacted for an interview yet, and I was wondering what people thought of my chances of receiving one. When are reports due, and when do you usually hear from interviewers by? Are there really that many applicants in my area that I couldn't be offered an interview (I'm just confused because of what my friend's interviewer said about only interviewing applicants from my school)?</p>
<p>Just wanted to see what anyone had to say on the matter. Any similar experiences?</p>
<p>We live in a major metro area where there must be a gazillion Princeton alums. My son has not been offered an interview yet, and I believe his application was in on 12/18. He is waiting patiently for another few days before contacting his regional rep.</p>
<p>I’m waiting about two more weeks before contacting. I submitted my app 12/17 and I also live in a major metro area with a high concentration fo alums and haven’t been contacted yet</p>
<p>I already have had my interview, but my two friends that also applied haven’t had interview’s yet. My interviewer said that Princeton runs pretty late on interviews, so I would not get worried. I would contact them by March 1st if you haven’t gotten one yet though.</p>
<p>@insomniac159: Instead of ‘that many applicants in my area that [you] couldn’t be offered an interview’, it could very well be that your interviewer had a limited amount of free time in which to schedule interviews and ended up having to disappoint you, while your friend got ‘lucky’. Personally, I am given to the view that if you are not offered an interview, it will not affect your chances, so relax. </p>
<p>@momof3sons: The same logic behind why there must be a gazillion alums in your area can be applied to applicants as well. I live in Singapore, which is by almost any measure, one of the most competitive places from which to apply to college and although we have lots of alums here, there just aren’t enough to keep up with the number of applicants.</p>
<p>It’s hard, but I just don’t think there is anything one CAN do. One thing is to CHECK YOUR SPAM. My daughter had AT LEAST one interview request go there (fortunately found it in time), AND one school ID/PIN/PASSWORD (DIDN’T find that in time, but the school knew it was a problem for a lot of people and reissued it).</p>
<p>My daughter applied to nearly all her schools in late Oct/early Nov. She got one interview about a day after hitting the first part of her application. But all the rest weren’t until January, and 3 of those were this week alone. We also live in a big metro area and sort of expected she’d be interviewed at most of her school. We were particularly concerned when our local Harvard Club director said to contact him if we hadn’t heard within 30 days. So she did, but still no answer. </p>
<p>Suddenly they’re flooding in, including Harvard. So, while she was one that COULD have eased their pain and been interviewed long ago - I’m GUESSING that some requests went to spam. I assumed that meant “too bad, so sad”. BUT…again GUESSING that the completed application, deadline passed, etc…triggers another “search” function - “These people still not interviewed…try one more time”. So, LONG after giving up, she has only one more school left to contact her. If it’s supposed to happen, it will happen.</p>
<p>Thanks for that info. I definitely check my Junk folder quite often for that very reason, so I’m fairly certain that I haven’t missed it. I suppose I will just wait, and if I’m not offerred one, then oh well.</p>
<p>@srrinath: I don’t think I included this in my first post, but my friend mentioned that her interviewer said she was his only applicant thus far. But you are still correct in that he might not have enough time to interview more than one student. Thank you for your insight, though.</p>
<p>Well, thankfully, I’ve already had interviews for Yale, Hopkins, and Chicago (all went very well). The rest of my schools, besides Princeton, don’t really do interviews. So this school is really the only one that I have left. And I know that it doesn’t count for much in admissions, but speaking to an alumnus just helps me to get a better sense for the school. So it may not matter if I get an interview or not, but I would definitely love to have one. :)</p>
I definitely check my Junk folder quite often for that very reason, so I’m fairly certain that I haven’t missed it. I suppose I will just wait, and if I’m not offerred one, then oh well.</p>