<p>So for everyone applying RD... have you gotten your interview yet?</p>
<p>Nope, not yet…</p>
<p>I had an interview in mid-December, but I requested all the way back in October or something (when the alumni hometown interviews opened up). It was fun!</p>
<p>Do you have to request? Don’t they just contact youbafter apps are in?</p>
<p>Nope, their interviews are limited, so they can’t guarantee interviews for the people who requested them, let alone all applicants.</p>
<p>Don’t sweat it. Both my sons were accepted to Hopkins and neither had an interview. Interviews are informational only (for the applicant).</p>
<p>Interviews are definitely not required - I didn’t request one when I applied - but as a now-alumni interviewer, I would say that if you have the opportunity to meet with an alum, you should take advantage of it, especially if you haven’t had a chance to visit Hopkins and talk to real students. See my post in [this</a> thread](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/1034126-if-youre-true-blue-hopkins-blue-jay-help-me-out-here.html]this”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/1034126-if-youre-true-blue-hopkins-blue-jay-help-me-out-here.html) for what I think the point of the interview is (in short, it’s mostly informative, very slightly evaluative and very low-key and conversational).</p>
<p>I’d love to have the chance to interview, as I’ve yet to visit JHU or talk to a student or alumni. I requested one in the days before the new year. How long does it usually take for them to process requests?</p>
<p>I guess I’m not getting an interview from JHU :(. I hope I can still get in.</p>
<p>If you do not get an interview, it will have absolutely no effect on your admission decision.</p>
<p>I interviewed at the school when I visited last April, and found it to be an excellent resource. I got to both hear a student’s current experience at Hopkins, and also a very personalized introduction to the school according to what I’m interested in studying and participating in outside of class.</p>
<p>i actually have a story to tell regarding the hopkins interview.</p>
<p>i requested an interview in around december i believe and got an email notification roughly a month to two months later that i had been “matched” by the committee with an interviewer.
of course, i got excited.</p>
<p>the interviewer was supposed to contact me.
she did not, however, and, as instructed, i emailed the committee back informing them of that.</p>
<p>turns out she could not make the interview for some unexplained reason, and they had apparently been “actively searching” to find me another alum. they could not (see the trend here?) and simply told me that i would not be having one, but not to worry because, and i quote, “Though we understand that you may be disappointed, please know that interviews are not required nor do they play a significant role in the admissions process. In fact, only a small percentage of our applicants receive an interview, either on-campus or with an off-campus representative. For this reason, your inability to have an interview will not negatively impact your admission file.”</p>
<p>they are probably being honest in that not having an interview will not hurt you, but i have a problem with that.
when a pool of applicants exist and some are given ‘slight advantages’, it would inherently benefit those applicants and naturally, in turn, hurt the others on some level.
essentially, an advantage for one applicant is a disadvantage for another.</p>
<p>In December I looked on the site for interview application and all the slots for the Feb. ones actually at JHU were full. I requested to be matched with a nearby alum interviewer. Luckily there was one about 25 minutes away. I was matched very quickly- I think like a week? We met within a couple weeks of contacting each other. </p>
<p>I agree with what was previously said- it’s pretty informal and I asked as many questions about the school and his experience as he did about myself :)</p>
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<p>We are being completely honest. When less 10% of our applicant pool can obtain an interview, it means that the Admissions Committee does not see value in considering interviews as part of the review process. We even state this on our interview site where we say that interviews are “more informative than evaluative.” More significantly, interviews are not conducted by the members of the admissions committee. They are conducted by student or alumni representatives who volunteer their time to have a conversation about Hopkins with an interested student. For Hopkins there is no slight advantage given to a student who has done an interview and one if not considered “more interested” because they had the chance for an interview.</p>