<p>A fun blog to read by a senior in high school who has been blogging about his college application and decision processes over the months. The W&M admissions e-mail is prominent in the piece. Surprised I haven't seen it posted on CC yet. PM me for the link.</p>
<p>Great article, tribeparent - thanks for posting. Nice to see all the positive comments posted by folks who’ve read the blog, as well.</p>
<p>tribeparent, thanks for posting the blog. We just saw it yesterday and were thrilled he decided to join the the Tribe!</p>
<p>My daughter’s interview is in a couple of weeks so we’ll be heading down to Williamsburg for the day. She has done a tour and info session before so this time she just wants to walk around the campus on her own. Will there be much activity on campus at the end of June? Anything worth checking out that will help her learn more about W&M? Of course, I should ask for any interview tips I could pass along to her, but I hear it is a very positive, casual experience…not a lot of preparation needed. Just come with questions not answered on the website, etc? She’s actually really looking forward to the interview!
Thanks for any tips I can pass along to her to get the most out of the day.</p>
<p>so…the above post was supposed to be a new thread…anyone know how to move it?</p>
<p>Mom- You are correct. The interview our S took last summer was a very positive experience. Our S did prepare as to shake any nervousness he may have had. He and his uncle researched college interview questions and tried to prepare his answers accordingly. Of course ,not all the question and answers were represented and he actually got a question he did not anticipate;“If you could make your own college class , what would it be?” Our S says to share with your D that it is more like a conversation than an interview.Think about the likely questions, your answers and have some questions ready for them.W&M is great…she’ll enjoy her day.Good luck!</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-william-mary/1091677-summer-interviews.html?highlight=interview[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-william-mary/1091677-summer-interviews.html?highlight=interview</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-william-mary/964369-interview.html?highlight=interview[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-william-mary/964369-interview.html?highlight=interview</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-william-mary/494367-rising-seniors-register-summer-interview-beginning-5-1-a.html?highlight=interview[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-william-mary/494367-rising-seniors-register-summer-interview-beginning-5-1-a.html?highlight=interview</a></p>
<p>You can find additional info about the W&M interview in these past threads. As long as you’re interviewing before July 1st, the first academic summer session will be going on, so your d will have a chance to talk to students and get a feel for the campus (though not as accurate a feel, of course, as during the regular academic year). Good luck to your d!</p>
<p>Thanks all! She was down last fall on a weekday for Info session/tour so she has seen the campus on a normal school day. Good to know there will still be students there this time around as well. Thanks for the links, too - very helpful :)</p>
<p>momneedsguidance, unfortunately W&M isn’t quite as bustling with activity during the summer as it is during the academic year. However, because the summer is quieter, it could be a good time for your daughter to meet with any academic or administrative departments she has questions for. She can also walk around those parts of campus we don’t get to on the tour (Rec Center, Miller Hall/Mason School of Business, School of Ed, etc.). Also, the Virginia Shakespeare Festival takes place on campus every summer.</p>
<p>Our interviews are designed to be a conversation between the prospective student and the W&M senior. You can definitely anticipate many of the questions as they are designed to get the back story behind the information we receive from the application. Each interviewer does have a few fun creative questions they like to ask which are hard to prepare for but as long as your D is herself and conversational she’ll do well. One of our latest Admit It! blogs covered the campus interview so encourage you D to read it before her interview ([W&M</a> Blogs The Inside Scoop on Interviewing](<a href=“http://blogs.wm.edu/2011/06/01/the-inside-scoop-on-interviewing/]W&M”>http://blogs.wm.edu/2011/06/01/the-inside-scoop-on-interviewing/))</p>
<p>Great advice W&M…as always 
I have shared the blog entry with her. She’s excited to visit again!</p>
<p>Probably a bit of a longshot, but there are a lot of summer research projects underway - if she has a particular major in mind, particularly bio or chem, it might be possible to get a bit of a tour from one the student researchers on what they’re working on - I know when DD did summer research projects on-campus, they occasionally had such visitors, and she usually welcomed them as a diversion.</p>
<p>“Research” sounds great, but with many techniques and procedures requiring long run-times, it sounds a bit like the military - hours of boredom, seconds of stark terror …</p>
<p>Obviously, you’d need to find a departmental contact, and I don’t have any to share. As I said, a longshot, but might be worth a look.</p>
<p>if there are any departments (academic or administrative) your student is interested in touring/seeing/meeting with someone just let us know and we can hopefully provide a contact</p>
<p>Thank you, I will ask her!</p>