<p>No one from my school has heard - there's 3 of us applying ED, and one of them was a recruited rower. So surely she'll get an interview - I wouldn't start worrying just yet.</p>
<p>i haven't been called yet either. give them time, they're processing.</p>
<p>i had my interview yesterday. they contacted me about 5 days after i sent in my app.</p>
<p>I'm so paranoid that my local interviewer has tried to contact me already but that my phone line has been busy...I only have one phone line which I use to connect to the Internet and I'm on 2-4 hours a day. Argh! Must cut back on internet use now! I hope I haven't been ****ing my interviewer off or anything...</p>
<p>hmm, the word there was p - i - s - s-ing (not the other word--I don't use expletives too much to begin with). That's weird...I didn't know that gets bleeped out.</p>
<p>Ok, now I hope I didn't violate the TOS by spelling the word out (I just didn't want anyone to think I was so obnoxious). Sheesh. Sorry.</p>
<p>lol it's ok. but how do you deal with dial-up?</p>
<p>Yeah, dial-up sucks, but hey, my interviewer called today (though I wasn't here)! And, like I predicted, she had been trying to get through all of yesterday night. Gotta call her back!</p>
<p>Hmm, I feel like I want to call the admissions office and ask about what time into the apps process we should hear about our interview. I know they don't have much bearing on acceptances/rejections, they're just a way for alumni to feel involved, but I'm still curious. I guess I'll give it until there is twenty days to go and then see what's up; they probably still have a large chunk of apps to get to.</p>
<p>So. I informed my H that S should take a resume to his interview. H (a well-educated and successful man in his own right, despite the impression you may draw from his comments) replied "What does a 17-year-old kid have to put on a resume?"</p>
<p>What DOES the resume of a 17-year-old look like? Would it be acceptable to just bring a copy of the application? I know that many of you have held jobs and have pages and pages of community service, but S is involved in a sport that requires 25 hours a week, plus weekend trips year-round, leaving little time for other activities. </p>
<p>Suggestions?</p>
<p>Dizzymom</p>
<p>I don't think it's necessary to bring a resume. On mine I can barely fit it on a page because I have work experience and activities, but I don't think you should be trying hard to find stuff to put on it. I don't think you need to bring a copy of the app because they're not supposed to see grades or scores, but maybe summarize sports commitments and whatever activities in school that he does have.</p>
<p>i dont think that a resume is necessary at the interview, especially for princeton. the interviewer knows what questions to ask and your son can think of a few topics (such as that sport) to bring up in the interview. i dunno i didnt bring a resume to my interview. others mite tell u u should but personally it seems out of place. i definitely dont think you should bring a copy of the application. As long as your son knows what he wants to mention then everything is good because the interviewer has certain questions that he wants to know about u. and he will definitely hit awards/extracurricular activities so dont worry. resume just seems superfluous</p>
<p>Thanks so much, both of you!</p>
<p>I wouldn't mind at all for the interviewer to see his grades and scores -- I worry a bit that when the interviewer hears S is a recruited athlete, there may be a tendency to suspect S is in the lower ranges, which is not the case. His scores are in the same range as what I've seen discussed here and his grades are almost perfect at an academically rigorous private school. It has been a real achievement given the demands of his sport over these past years, but it has come at the cost of other activities he would very much like to have experienced.</p>
<p>I thought his essays were amazing, too -- but then, um, I'm his mom and I think everything he does is amazing :-) </p>
<p>I hope he and all of you get in so you can meet next year!</p>
<p>Dizzymom</p>
<p>Yes good luck to him (and tell him to join the cc party)</p>
<p>I had my interview yesterday morning by a relatively young alum (a woman from the class of '94). It went pretty well. She was very friendly, and we managed to talk for an hour and a half. I didn't bring a resume or anything. I think it's more impressive if you don't bring anything, because it's more natural if you don't have sheets of paper to refer to. One thing I noticed was that my interviewer talked a lot about her own experiences at Princeton. At times, I almost felt that she was the one being interviewed. I hope that's all right (I learned a lot about Princeton that I wouldn't ordinarily have known). Overall, I thought it went very well.</p>
<p>I had an interview with the dean of the woddrow wilson school and it was similar to that- her telling me a lot about her experiences. I think that shows a good interview because it's a converstion not a question answer session, and you want a conversation to show you're a person</p>
<p>I sent my application on October 30. Is it too early to start worrying about not being contacted about an interview?</p>
<p>I sent mine Oct. 13th and I haven't been contacted, so I don't think you should worry yet. Unless I should be freaking out >.<</p>
<p>hey guys, i got a letter in the mail today from my interviewer requesting we set up the appointment. oddly enough, he also saidthat my phone number was not given to him, so he had to write me.</p>
<p>anyways, i love my interviewer, even though i've never met him. he typed everything in orange and black hehe, and he has been very active in the school community in the past few years. im excited!</p>
<p>i haven't been contacted yet either, just give it time</p>