<p>Hi everyone;
I recently participated in an on-site interview at the Yale campus. As a little background, I feel like I am a very good communicator and am pretty gregarious and so interviews are generally positives for me; I feel I am qualified in terms of "stats" to apply to Yale EA but I was hoping to stress my zeal for learning and what I do on the personal level through the interview. In my opinion the interview went especially well; my interviewer and I got along on a personal level and for the latter part of the session we ended up just talking about his experience and some of his suggestions after we had gone over some of my passions and activites. However, ultimately this perspective is somewhat subjective and I'm looking for perhaps a more objective elucidation of this event on the general admissions process. For one,
how significany does the interview affect the admissions process as whole? IE if this interview was a home-run, how much of an impact will that have?
Also, for those of you who have had interviews in the past, what has been your experience in whether you accurately gauged your interview and also in
whether you think it had a discernable affect? Horror stories or any other anecdotes? I read a post a while back in which someone mentioned that their interview mentioned that they would basically "get in". So maybe I'm just being overly optimistic about how well the interview went for me, but based on the amiable as opposed to rote and formal atmosphere and interaction I got a distinctly positive impression.
One last question. If possible, would those who have had success or done so recommend doing both the on-site and alumni interview if possible, or would it be overkill?
Any thoughts?</p>
<p>i did both the onsite and alumnus interview, i dont know if it helped me or hurt me or neither, but i did end up getting in...</p>
<p>The on campus interview is used for public relations purposes only, its the alumni interviews that count...
However, having a good interview can't hurt. ;)</p>
<p>since an interview is optional, it can't help that much. however, it doesn't hurt to have a good word put into you.</p>
<p>a yale speaker told us that an interview generally gets to know you and what you did. i've talked to someone ppl who were interviewed and they said that they discussed politics, movies, the latest books, and in general never really talked about learning.</p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>can anyone else confirm that these interviews seem to be 'mostly public relations'? I have heard before that these and alumni intv. are fairly equal since many students can only do one of the two. Likewise I've heard that their optional status doesn't mean they are worthless, they just reward students who take initiative with an extra personal touch to their resume.
Any comments, confirmations, or answers?</p>
<p>Well, when you get an interview, you are rated on a scale of 1-9. Your interviewer also gives a report when your application is being considered by the committee. So a rave review will probably help you. I don't know how much, though.</p>