<p>Current students-- did you go on the 'informational interview' for admissions to CMU? How is the interview for admissions? What type of questions do they ask you? What type of questions should I ask them? When does it usually take place? Do you recommend an interview?</p>
<p>I recommend an interview with ALL of your prospective universities. </p>
<p>My interview went like this:
I went to her house. She told me not to dress up. She sat me down took out the sheet and started asking me questions like:
(1) What do you want to major in?
(2) Why CMU?
(3) What do you do for fun?
(4) Whats a usual day for you?</p>
<p>etc.</p>
<p>She was incredibly friendly and I'm pretty sure that sealed the deal for my admission.</p>
<p>interview? what interview?! never even knew there was one... oh wait, that paper i got in the mail. if its anything like wellesley's, they'll probably ask you the simple questions. what are your aspirations, how will cmu help you get there, why are you interested in cmu, and what do you want to major in. be honest. they really sense when your lying, believe it or not...</p>
<p>I didn't, but I regret it. Everyone I know who got scholarship money interviewed. After a really horrible MIT interview (the guy kept asking the same questions over and over again and ignored 1/2 of what I said), I was afraid I'd screw up my application with an interview...</p>
<p>I did not have an interview but i did get a call from a current student asking if i had any questions about the college. I don't understand why the interview is optional. It really doesn't make any sense, because no college really uses it in deciding whether to admit you or not.</p>
<p>When should you do the interview by? When I checked online, they don't seem to make that big of a deal about it or how to arrange one.</p>
<p>Nevermind, I found it. For anyone that's interested, <a href="http://my.cmu.edu/site/admission/page.alum_interviews%5B/url%5D">http://my.cmu.edu/site/admission/page.alum_interviews</a></p>
<p>my friend had an interview at CMU. a tricky question, "what don't you like about CMU?". he got rejected in the end tho.. <_<</p>
<p>i interviewed with an alumni from CMU and he was great. the questions were straightforward and he wrote me a great recommendation. if done well, it can really push your app over the edge :)</p>
<p>hey Crash_Blair. Are you talking about Steven? =]</p>
<p>I had an interview before being accepted ED. I encourage the interview process because it lets you get a true feel for the university, and what you will soon embark on should you be accepted and decide to go there; moreover, an interview is the only personal contact an admissions representative has with you outside of your application. I don't remember the questions which were asked, and I wouldn't worry about trying to anticipate certain questions. Just be honest and straightforward. I advocate an interview simply because it benefits your application in the long run and also helps you gain a certain intimacy with the university that cannot be easily fulfilled by just visiting.</p>
<p>Anyone have trouble with that PDF file which lists alumni? Mine just gives zip codes, names, and the info about them, but no #s for any of them</p>
<p>how would you request for an interview?</p>
<p>alibaba,</p>
<p>go to the page: <a href="http://my.cmu.edu/site/admission/page.alum_interviews%5B/url%5D">http://my.cmu.edu/site/admission/page.alum_interviews</a> and download the alumni directory, find an alumnus in your area and then contact the office of admission by 1/1/2006 for his/her contact info. Its a must to have an interview by Feb 15.</p>
<p>allright, so i didn't yet get accepted, but i had an interview as well.. it was quite the experience</p>
<p>we met in the penn campus, in a conference room... she had no clue what she was doing, but she majored in the same thing i was planning to major in, so we talked about that.. and talked and talked and talked.. for over an hour. about nothing really. i'd say it was more of a friendly chat than an interview. towards the end, she suddnely realized that she was supposed to ask me some formal questions, which she did in the span of about 15 minutes. we would have talked more, but we got kicked out of the conference room</p>
<p>but in the end, i had a great interview, because she really enjoyed it, and that probably means she wrote me a nice recommendation</p>