<p>I have a SAT test on January 23.I will have to travel a long distance to be in the capital where I will take the test. I know the Princeton alum is in the same city. I would like to contact the admissions office and ask them if they can arrange the interview around the date since it will be hard for me to go there a few days later again. Last year a girl was applying from my town and she was asked to be interviewed at the end of January. Do you think if I call and talk to them about my situation they will understand or will that hurt me?:((</p>
<p>Thanks so much. Hope to hear from you soon.</p>
<p>I can’t IMAGINE it would HURT you to ask. You may or may not get a response and/or they may or may not do it, but…I think it only looks efficient to ask. I wouldn’t say “it will be hard for me to go a few days later”. I’d say “I’ll be in town and am hoping I might be able to arrange…if the time is convenient for the interview…blah blah blah”.</p>
<p>I’m curious to know why you’re taking the SAT again if you’ve already applied? </p>
<p>But yeah you should just ask the interviewer (if you have their contact info, and if you don’t, then Princeton) if you could meet later that day.</p>
<p>I have the interviewer’s contact info, I just do not know if it is appropriate to contact her or Princeton… The woman is the US ambassador in Armenia and she is awesome; I love her…I just feel uncomfortable to ask… maybe i will just call the adm office?</p>
<p>Just contact her. She’s the one doing the interview, the admissions office doesn’t really control when she’s free or know her schedule. Don’t feel uncomfortable, it’s not a big deal. Worse case scenarios she says she’s busy and you’ll have to go back to the city another time when she’ll be free.</p>
<p>I called the adm office and they told me I should wait till the interviewer herself contacts me. So, is it appropriate if I still contact her and ask her even if the adm office told me so??(((( aaaaaaahhhh, I am so confused…</p>
<p>I am far from an ambassador, but at least an adult and in the business world. I would definitely NOT be offended if someone asked me this question. It’s possible that she hasn’t contacted you because…maybe she’s in Armenia! So, she might not be available, of course. But, how could anyone have an argument with a nice note. The most she can say is “I’m not available”. Her secretary probably screens all her e-mails and sets her schedules anyway. Obviously, as a Princeton applicant you’ll be MUCH better at writing a note than I would. But, how about something like…</p>
<p>Mrs. Armenian Ambassador:</p>
<p>Please allow me to introduce myself as an applicant for Princeton University’s class of 2010. I was delighted to learn that you have been assigned to conduct my alumni interview. I will be traveling in to the capital (or in some other semi-vague yet also obvious way stating that it’s a reasonably lengthy trip for you) on January blah blah. I am sure that you keep a brutal schedule, so I wanted to mention this date, in case it would be one that would also work for you. Of course I am also available to return to the city at any time that is most convenient for you. </p>
<p>I feel so privileged to be paired with such an auspicious graduate, and I look forward to the honor of meeting you. </p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>You get the drift. “I know your time is valuable, so let me make the first move and throw this date out there”</p>
<p>thnx a looooot, but the problem IS that the adm office at PRINCETON told me I should wait till SHE contacts me. So, I guess, if I still contact her, that might not look so good, would that??? I do not know…</p>
<p>no, how would admin office no ANYTHING about th correspondence between you and your interviewer ?,so ask away, fate favors the brave, and you know what? if u dont do it, u will keep asking yourself why u didnt. so just do it :)</p>
<p>My D is a lot like you - she does NOT “break rules”. And neither do I. But it’s held her back in a lot of ways. You DO have to be the one to stick up for yourself. No one else (except your Mum) is going to do it. You don’t think “real” admissions officers are answering the phones in admissions do you? Chances are pretty good that you spoke to a kid on work study who gives whatever canned answer they’ve been told to give. “Whenever anyone calls to ask about an interview, just tell them to sit tight, we’ll contact them if/when we get someone for them”. I doubt they listed to your REAL question. Just spouted the canned answer. “Yeah, um…just wait to be contacted”. In the “real” (non college admissions) world, this is NOT a big deal. Go for it. BUT…if you do…don’t worry that it had any impact…good or bad…on the outcome. You don’t want to worry yourself later, saying “oh, no…if I just hadn’t bothered that lady I’d have probably been accepted”. So, either sit tight. Or call her. But try to stop stressing.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the responses and encouragement. I just assumed that SHE will interview since she interviewd a giurl last year. I am so much confused only because I am NOT SURE if it will be she. What if they ask smb else this year? Though I am most sure they will ask her, since I cannot think of anyone else in this country who went to PRINCETON. </p>
<p>Well, yes, I am just going to contact her. Come what may.)))</p>
The woman is the US ambassador in Armenia and she is awesome; I love her…I just feel uncomfortable to ask… maybe i will just call the adm office?</p>