Penn interview

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<p>My D applied RD to Wharton in mid December. She was just contacted for an interview with a Penn alum. Any interview tips are appreciated.</p>

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<p>Penn is attempting to get to the point at which all applicants are interviewed (whether in person or by Skype, etc.), but probably isn’t quite there yet. In any event, you really can’t draw any conclusions from being contacted about an interview. In fact, I doubt that the Admissions Office has even gotten very far into reviewing applications at this point. That’s usually not done in earnest until all information has been collected and collated for all applicants, at some point AFTER the application deadline (which, this year, was extended until January 6th because of problems with the Common App).</p>

<p>For additional information, see these two pages:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/freshman-admission/interviews[/url]”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/freshman-admission/interviews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/interview-faq[/url]”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/interview-faq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>and specifically this under the FAQs:</p>

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<p>Well, there are not many Penn specific tips, most apply to every interview. I was already interviewed by a very friendly and impressing guy who happened to be from the small town I used to live in. Basically, just be prepared and be yourself. Your daughter should not learn stats and facts about Penn but why she wants to go there. Be specific. For instance, she should not just say ‘I want to go to Penn because of the academic opportunities’ but something that goes like ‘The science department has this program called xxx where I can do xxx and I want to do this because xxxx’.
Most important of all, she should be herself. My interviewer told me about a girl he had interviewed once and she told him that she liked to read books about business. A seventeen year old who read books required for graduate school of business? Interviewers can instantly tell if a student is saying things that are supposed to impress them (not saying, however, that some seventeen year olds may not enjoy reading business books).
The interviewer is just another human being. :slight_smile: </p>

<p>P.S. A really tricky question your d should be prepared for is: Why should Penn choose her? </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>An alumni interviewer here. I wrote up this thread before during the ED cycle. I hope it can answer some of your questions:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1575556-interview-faq-good-practices.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-pennsylvania/1575556-interview-faq-good-practices.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;