<p>I am so thrilled-I got an e-mail asking me to have an interview THIS SATURDAY. I'm also exteremely nervous. What do I wear, a business suit (I'm a female)? What kind of questions should I expect? Are there specific personality traits they are looking for? ANY AND ALL help would be GREATLY appreciated...as if I weren't stressed enough that my SAT II scores are in tomorrow....</p>
<p>the guy who interviewed me was really chill. I mean he was wearing jeans, I was wearing sort of nice clothes, but not business attire. don't wear business attire. just take whatever you wear normally...and then go a step up. Like, I normally wear jeans, and to the interview i work khakis. Except questions about what you want to study, about why you want to study it, and they are looking for really open outgoing people, who aren't afraid to speak their opinion, or aren't afraid to go outside norms a bit.</p>
<p>Opalstar, where do you live?</p>
<p>south jersey</p>
<p>basically everything INSNY.... said. </p>
<ol>
<li>Do you feel ur limiting urself by doing ED</li>
<li>What is your career goal/prospective major</li>
<li>Favorite book past yr in school - why</li>
<li>What are you involved in at school- why did u pick the things u do (expand FULLY on ALL questions...WHY? a) they dont have ur resume, they know NOTHING about u, b) the more INSIGHT they see...rather than just statfacts u throw @ them...the MORE they will LOVE you..)</li>
<li>What was ur favorite course in HS..somehow, this question came to involve my least favorite- so he asked me how i over came my struggles in that class</li>
<li>The infamous WHy COLUMBIA</li>
<li>(i told him i liked piano/took Latin) - he asked me what made me pick latin/what im playing for Piano</li>
<li>the other infamous what can u contribute to the student body</li>
<li>hehehe FUN: I give u amillion dollars to spend within 2 yrs, what do u do</li>
<li>MORE FUN: free weekend in NYC assuming $$ is not an issue, what would u do</li>
<li>There are so many resources available @ Columbia, how do u plan on making use of them?</li>
<li>anything else you'd like to tell me about urself</li>
</ol>
<p>o yes, prepare a set of questions u'd like to ask him : a) it lengthens time b) its truly helpful c) it makes u appear prepared</p>
<p>umm, id say seriously have a grasp of what ur gonna say for the big questions like why columbia and #1 above</p>
<p>dont STRESS :-) go in with the mindset that you DESERVE to be @ Columbia, all you gotta do is BE URSELF (bring out ur insightful self) and appear to them intelligent, confident, and proactive</p>
<p>there's some other questions, i'll post again when i can remember.</p>
<p>best of luck!</p>
<p>You go to it :)</p>