<p>i don't think what u dress like for ur interview... i just wore my ****ty ass shews and a tshirt and khakis. the guy will just ask you what u wanna learn in college and stuff. the interview is not the main determinant of ur grade, i wudn't trip about getting my haircut or buying a new sweater or anything</p>
<p>Unless your interview is incredibly good or horribly bad, it is unlikely to have any effect on your admission. Don't sweat it.</p>
<p>wait... are you guys getting individual interviews???? mine is at a microsoft (seattle-lite haha) office complex/plant thingy. is that weird?</p>
<p>My French teacher informed me that there are Penn interviews at Phillips Andover next week, but I haven't gotten a call yet. She says she'll call and try to schedule one for me though. Oooo.</p>
<p>"who is your hero?"</p>
<p>my friend had an interview, and that was one of the questions asked. and now i'm wondering, how would i answer such a question? what do you guys think?</p>
<p>My interview got pushed back to tomorrow morning at 10 AM incase anyone is wondering. It was supposed to be at 6 PM tonight, but she couldn't make it. She sounds really nice!</p>
<p>wow chibiajiajin, thats a tough question. well to put it simply just pick a person who has inspired you or influenced you to be your hero. of course that a whole lot easier said than done, but just pick major influences. soemthing that altered your thoughts/life in a big way. like sure someone like helen keller is a great person but in the long run have they influenced you?</p>
<p>or of course you could challenege the question. i would, i just dont agree with the whole connotation of hero. its risky, but it may work. </p>
<p>hope this helped</p>
<p>"or of course you could challenege the question. i would, i just dont agree with the whole connotation of hero. its risky, but it may work."</p>
<p>haha, seifo, you read my mind. when i was talking about this topic with my friend, we were saying the same thing. i mean, really, how many people wake up every morning thinking about a hero? and if i HAD to pick a hero, i honestly couldn't settle on just one person - there are just too many people i admire! which leads to another question - can you have more than one hero?</p>
<p>of course it possible to have more than one hero. i loved superman, batman... oh wait they arent real. T_T</p>
<p>i think it has to happen. There are so many good people these days its hard to elevate only one of them to hero status. just look at all the people in the media out there. way too many to only pick one peson. maybe they still ask this question to see if they can get a odd response? </p>
<p>i hope i get asked it if i actaully get an interview. i always sorta enjoyed starting and continuing odd discussions like what is a hero.</p>
<p>lol, the oddest discussions are usually the most interesting ones.</p>
<p>another kind of question that i hate: "what obstacles have you encountered in high school and how did you overcome them?" honestly, i look at people around me, some friends even, who have had real family crises and i wonder if i really have a right to say i had a horrible "obstacle" to overcome - whatever i say, i know it could never be equal to the death of a loved one (which happened to my friend last year) </p>
<p>ahh, i've been sucked into this whirlpool of worrying about interviews!! i'm still just hoping i get contacted for one!!! >__<</p>
<p>My hero is Oprah Winfrey! Haha, just kidding! But I love her show though...</p>
<p>chibiajiajin, there is no way to compare. no way to beat it. however, you could use soemthing more personal. like me, before high school i was absurdly anti-social. i had a few friends, but going out for me was avoided at all costs. as i went through high school, i gave myself a clean swift hit to head and realized i was a f***ing moron. its 40,000 leagues under the sea of a death in the family, but it could work. </p>
<p>also, freaking out is okay... to a degree. like one of my good friends, worryign about getting into college. she no genius, but she's one of the best all around people i have ever met. good in all areas of school and life, just not like valid victorian or president of a club. anyway, if she wasnt a girl, i would have taken my ap bio book and hit her with it as she was worrying too much. you can worry, just dont let it consume you. from the tone of the posts, your at the edge of the whirlpool, not in it. dont go in it, it saves yuor hair from falling out and killing brain cells.</p>
<p>haha, thanx for your replies, seifo - they're useful: they make me think AND laugh ^_^</p>
<p>"as i went through high school, i gave myself a clean swift hit to head and realized i was a f***ing moron." <-- i'm still waiting for many people at my school to have the same revelation lol</p>
<p>"if she wasnt a girl, i would have taken my ap bio book and hit her with it as she was worrying too much." <-- it's nice to know there are still some gentlemen around (i'm assuming your a guy) who follow the "it's not right to hit girls" saying lol</p>
<p>I've done interviews [as the interviewer] this season. They've gone well. You can probably guess the specific questions that are asked. Let me just say (1) don't show up late--its not an excuse that you got stuck in traffic, missed the bus or whatever--it shows you didn't care enough to plan ahead; (2) don't show up completely casually dressed--I don't mean you should wear a suit [khakis and a nice shirt are fine] but wearing sweats just says that you couldn't care less [combine the sweats + being late--and you can imagine what the report will look like even if you say intelligent stuff].</p>
<p>thanx for the advice ~~ i'll probably start worrying about the wardrobe problem after i'm done worrying about whether i'm gonna get an interview or not lol</p>
<p>question: where did you hold your interviews? office, cafe, other??</p>
<p>For the hero question, I'd have to pick a family member who has overcome some huge obstacles. It doesn't have to be a famous person, right? </p>
<p>Also, I think it doesn't matter what you say, it's how you handle yourself. A question like this kind of takes you by surprise, and I think they want to see how you handle it. My aunt tells us the story of how they nailed the window shut at her Tufts interview (this was a long time ago) and then the interviewer asked her to open it. She knew people from the year before that had that happen, so she didn't even get up out of her chair!! </p>
<p>The guy just said, "you're too smart for your own good." But she got in. I don't think most interviewers do this though. At the interviews I've had so far, I haven't been asked anything that would put me on the spot.</p>
<p>wow...they nailed the window shut?!?!! 0_o lol</p>
<p>i don't think it has to be a famous person either. i can honestly say that i would consider one of my friends a hero (or rather, heroine, as she's a girl lol) if i had to pick a hero</p>
<p>why would they nail the window shut?!?! (haha, sorry, can't get over that...)</p>
<p>Because they want to see the poor guy or girl's reaction when they are asked to open the window and then they can't do it. Sadistic, no?</p>
<p>Do interviewers typically write reports or some sort of letter for each interviewee? How many interviewees does each interviewer get (typically--is it closer to 10 or 100)? When I called my interviewer to schedule an interview, before I could tell her my name, she seemed to know exactly who I was already, so I'm under the impression that they only have a handful but I wouldn't know in general.</p>
<p>For the hero question, I'd have to say both of my parents. They literally came to this country with no more than $3000 in their pockets approximately 20 years ago. $3000 sounded like a good amount for that time, but then again they had to buy their first apartment in the ghetto parts of Philadelphia and work their way up (my mother worked as a waitress in a crappy restaurant and my dad was a press machine operator at a dry cleaning store). Eventually, they were able to save enough money to buy their own dry cleaning store, their own house (the one we live in now, which is in the suburbs), and begin a family. They are undoubtedly the most hardworking people I know. They work from 7 am to 6 pm each day, 6 days per week. They take 7 days off each year--Christmas, Christmas Eve, Thanksgiving, New Years Eve, New Years Day, July 4th, and Labor Day. </p>
<p>If that isn't the American dream, I don't know what is. Where else in the world can you find the very next generation from immigrant parents become the CEO of a multi-billion dollar corporation?</p>
<p>It's completely inspirational to me. I'm here sitting in front of my computer when I should be working my a** off. There are millions of people (especially like my parents) who haven't had a break in their lives. The least I can do is work the hardest I can and try to provide my children with the same opportunities that my parents have given me (even half of the opportunities would be quite the accomplishment).</p>
<p>It's a shame to see so many people fail to realize the opportunity they have in front of them..</p>
<p>krabble... i agree... and i think what you said was impressive</p>