<p>I have a phone interview with The Lawrenceville School tomorrow night...</p>
<p>What types of questions do they ask?
Is there anything I can say that would help my chances?</p>
<p>Please Help!</p>
<p>Some generic questions which they might ask are:
[Note: Could apply to any school]
[Second Note: They probably won’t ask all of them but will probably ask at least one of these]
[Third Note: Be honest but try to present yourself in a desirable/confident manner]</p>
<p>What do you think you can contribute to their school?
Why is a Lawrenceville opportunity so important to you?
What is your greatest weakness?
What is your best quality?
How would your friends describe you?
What do you want to do when you grow up? How does this help humanity?
Lawrenceville wants leaders, do you feel that you are a leader and if so in which ways?</p>
<p>be sure you read their ENTIRE website. Find something interesting to say --such as, “I see that the drama dept is putting on_____, that is such a great play!” or I love the fact that the dining hall is buying locally and organic foods. So you need to find something that appeals to you to share–which shows you are really paying attention. The rest is just like a regular interview–“what do you see yourself doing in 5 years?” is a typically (and annoying) question.
Also, seriously, dress up as much as you do for important events–is can really help psych yourself. Also, listen carefully for the end of the sentance before you start your answer.
GOOD LUCK! let us know how it goes.</p>
<p>taken off of andover’s website:</p>
<p>"For many of you prospective students, the thought of interviewing might make your palms sweat with nervousness. Youve probably had people tell you, just be yourself! And thats absolutely trueplease be yourself! While most of our applicants have really good grades and high standardized test scores, the interview is one of two opportunities (the other being the application essaymore on that in a later entry) for us to get to know you as a real personnot just how you perform in class or on the SSAT.</p>
<p>When I interview a student, I try to make him/her as comfortable as possible, so that I can really get to know who he/she really is. I will ask you a bunch of questions, some yes-or-no questions but mostly things that you can only talk about in a few sentences. I wont ask you about your SSAT scores or your grades in schoolI actually dont want to know about that until I read your application. What I will ask are things like, What is your favorite subject and what do you like about it? How and when did you become interested in boarding school? Which extracurricular activities do you enjoy the most and why? And, of course, you should expect me to ask you, Why are you interested in attending Phillips Academy next year?</p>
<p>The interview is also a great opportunity for you to ask me questions. Yes, its a two-way street! Now while I am happy to answer just about any question you might have about the school, I hope that before your interview, you will have taken the time to browse through our website and/or read our admission brochures so that you can get the basics down for yourself. How many students do you have? is a simple question thats simply answered, but I would much rather answer questions that arent easily answered by our website or catalog. All of the admission counselors at Andover have had experience as house counselors or complementary house counselors in various dorms on campus, as academic advisors, and as coaches of sports teams or advisors to student clubs. Some of us are Andover alumni. For instance, I am the house counselor in the largest ninth-grade girls dorm on campusask me about what dorm life is really like! Mrs. Joel, an associate dean of admission, is also one of our five residential deansask her about Abbot Cluster events. My colleague Mr. Carr, also an associate dean of admission, is the head coach for boys soccer and lacrosseask him about sports at Andover. Mr. Abe, who is new to our office this year, also teaches an English classask him which book hes teaching and why. Ask us about our personal experiences with the schoolyoure bound to learn something new! Andover alumni. For instance, I am the house counselor in the largest ninth-grade girls dorm on campusask me about what dorm life is really like! Mrs. Joel, an associate dean of admission, is also one of our five residential deansask her about Abbot Cluster events. My colleague Mr. Carr, also an associate dean of admission, is the head coach for boys soccer and lacrosseask him about sports at Andover. Mr. Abe, who is new to our office this year, also teaches an English classask him which book hes teaching and why. Ask us about our personal experiences with the schoolyoure bound to learn something new!"</p>
<p>…wow. that was long. O_O</p>
<p>Actually at one of my schools that asked me about my scores. It was by far my best interview. </p>
<p>My interview were all decent. I bombed my Andover and SPS interviews though!</p>
<p>I had 2 phone interviews this year and what I did was search the schools on petersons review and highlighted important info that I wanted to disscuss and ask questions on. Petersons is great because it gives indepth info on each aspect of the school. Just make sure your personality shines through and write a list of questions to ask beforehand. Also have a copy of your resume and application for references. Good luck!!</p>
<p>thanks for all of the great info!</p>
<p>Good luck jroc92; Lawrenceville is a great school (and beautiful campus). I’m surprised that it doesn’t get more attention here on CC!</p>
<p>Favorite book </p>
<p>Talk SPECIFICALLY about Lawrenceville </p>
<p>Have a question ready to ask…many interviews end with “do you have any questions”…again ask something that specifically pertains to the school…</p>
<p>What can you contribute to the community </p>
<p>Community service, events, athletics, etc.</p>
<p>Describe yourself in one or two words</p>
<p>How do your friends describe you</p>
<p>WHY do you want to attend (again be specific, not just boarding school in general)</p>
<p>MOST OF ALL…be yourself…answer sincerely (but it never hurts to reherse some of your responses/questions before)!!</p>
<p>Good luck jroc…it is lucky for you that it is over the phone, so i bet it will be easier than actually meeting the interviewer. I pitched in to help for some last minute questions they might ask:</p>
<ol>
<li> why do you want to come to this school?</li>
<li> sibling? What do you like/dislike about your siblings</li>
<li> friend? What do you like about your friends, miss them?</li>
<li> what are you going to miss from your school?</li>
<li> what are you enjoy at this school?</li>
<li> pets?</li>
<li> chores?</li>
<li> 3 wishes What do you want from the wishes?</li>
<li> favorite subject, why?</li>
<li>explain your normal day at school</li>
<li>extracurricular activities you partake : music, math team, newspaper club, yearbook</li>
<li>what interests and hobbies do you have?</li>
<li>describe summer camp activities that you do</li>
<li>how did you find out about the school</li>
<li>what do you look for from this school to select the school</li>
<li>tell us about your family, what do parents do? </li>
<li>where are you from, born, race, religion.</li>
<li>what do you think about the current school. Likes and dislikes</li>
<li>how are you ranked in the school, class? Math, reading, etc?</li>
<li>what sport do you play?</li>
<li>what extracurricular do you want to participate in new school?</li>
<li>what books have you read? Which one do you like and why? How did you find out about the book to read it? What moral have you learned from the books you read?</li>
<li>what are you studying right now in each subject?</li>
<li>Favorite author?</li>
<li>what do you like about boy scout? What do you do? What merit badge? Rank? Leadership role? Current merit badge you work on?</li>
<li>what grades do you get?</li>
<li>what special qualities do you enjoy your teacher? Class size?</li>
<li>How is your school similar and different from this school? What do you think you can improve this school?</li>
<li>what special thing you enjoy about this school? </li>
<li>How are you going to benefit the community?</li>
<li>what do you think about the tour guide? What do you remember about the tour? What were you impressed about the tour?</li>
<li>If I give you a mirror and you look inside, what traits about yourself would you like to keep and which one would you like to improve?</li>
<li>what other schools are you applying for?</li>
<li>how long do you spend on your homework?</li>
<li>how long do you go outside? What games do you play? What do you enjoy about the games?</li>
<li>do you go to church? How often?</li>
<li>How do you get up in the morning?</li>
<li>What do you know about equilibrium (balance)? (Specific one from Groton
caught me off my guard
)</li>
<li><p>what subject will you enjoy at this school?</p></li>
<li><p>What spectacular experience do you remember in which you learned something important? Why is it special? </p></li>
<li><p>Special person, like a teacher, friend, family member that you value? What qualities?</p></li>
<li><p>Special word or motto you like? </p></li>
<li><p>Books, magazines you read? What interesting thing have you read about?</p></li>
<li><p>What do you do in your spare time?</p></li>
<li><p>More about yourself?</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Yah those are good questions. Make sure you don’t sound too rehearsed. Make the interview more like a conversation and less like an interegation.</p>
<p>I’m interested to see how your interview went. I hope it went really well!</p>
<p>The interview went great! I interviewed with the assistant dean of admissions and I could tell that she was intrigued and interested in my answers. She was also very laid back with many of her questions and most of them stemed from my answers in some way. Thanks for all of the help!</p>
<p>Congrats!!!</p>
<p>the title is self explanatory…Congrats on your phone interview!!
:)</p>