<p>I just had my interview tonight and I'm hoping it went well although there are some things that I'm not too sure about...The conversation went pretty smoothly for the first part and I'm hoping they'll forgive my slight rant on the first question out of nervousness ^^;;</p>
<p>The thing is though, I had two interviewers simultaneously, and it lasted for about one hour and ten minutes and at the end, one of them informed me that I would be getting a letter of what they're sending to Harvard.</p>
<p>Is that a common practice? I hadn't heard of it. I wonder then, what that means.</p>
<p>Oh, wait, sorry, they mentioned that I would be reading what they're sending to Harvard more near the beginning of the interview than the end of the interview. Clarification ^^</p>
<p>"The thing is though, I had two interviewers simultaneously, and it lasted for about one hour and ten minutes and at the end, one of them informed me that I would be getting a letter of what they're sending to Harvard.</p>
<p>Is that a common practice? I hadn't heard of it. I wonder then, what that means."</p>
<p>It's not a common practice. What it means is that is the procedure that your local alum devised for doing interviews.</p>
<p>I'm really happy that's not the case in my area. IMO it's inappropriate for students to see their interview reports. The reports need to be frank and honest, and it's difficult to do that if one is sending the reports to the students.</p>
<p>Virtually all students who apply to Harvard are outstanding. To provide adcoms with valuable info, alumni interviewers need to use very stringent standards when they rate students. That way, the adcoms can make the fine distinctions that help determine what outstanding students get rejections and which outstanding students get acceptances.</p>
<p>I also am concerned that sending students report info helps them figure out how best to artifically present themselves to interviewers by telling interviewers only what the students think the interviewers want to hear.</p>
<p>In this sue-happy world, they also are opening themselves to lawsuits.</p>
<p>Northstarmom, thank you very much for replying to my post. I've read many of the boards where you have helped out other students, and your help is certainly very much appreciated.</p>
<p>Yes, I thought it wasn't very common - as I've said, I'd never heard of such a thing being done and it doesn't exactly make SENSE to me why they would, but I suppose then that it may/may not be a negative or positive thing, necessarily. I was just worried because I had never heard of such a practice, especially not from a Harvard interviewer.</p>
<p>"IMO it's inappropriate for students to see their interview reports. The reports need to be frank and honest, and it's difficult to do that if one is sending the reports to the students."</p>
<p>^ Yes, I thought it was iffy too, a bit.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for replying :)</p>
<p>Have any other students had interviewers tell them what they told me?</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm glad, despite my dying curiousity, that they aren't doign that here...I would rather not know all things considered. The only think I want to see is the evaluation my english teacher did (he's a bit, um, unpredictable)...He did say he would get me oen, but forgot, and I don't want to bug him...</p>
<p>Sorry, ramble...That's cool that you had two interviewers though, they are bound to notice different things.</p>
<p>"That's cool that you had two interviewers though, they are bound to notice different things."</p>
<p>It seems as if I look at it now, most people were able to connect more with their interviewer. The general impression I get from the boards posted here on CC is that generally, everyone only had ONE interviewer. </p>
<p>I doubt that having two was a real advantage.</p>