Problem with interviewer

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>I was scheduled to fly to Harvard again in a few days for an on-campus interview, however 2 weeks ago these plans were unexpectedly cancelled due to a conflict with my school's marching band trip.</p>

<p>After speaking with a kind lady from the admissions office about this, she advised me to contact my local Harvard club for an interview. I emailed them about a week or so ago, and received a response within a couple of hours that my email had been forwarded to the manager of my region's part of the interview committee. The person who responded also said "it's also past the usual interviewing season so it's not certain it can still be arranged."</p>

<p>I have yet to received a response from anyone.</p>

<p>Some posts here indicate that there is a deadline for interviews, and that it is soon. I'm nervous I'm going to miss this. I'm also nervous that they are not interviewing me because my application is not competitive enough, although my counselor believes this is unlikely. I'm comfortable posting stats if you'd like to glance at them. If any interviewers are willing to give me a no-spin answer as to whether you/your committee selects interviewers based on stats, post here :).</p>

<p>Given my limited time (band trip coming up) and possible deadline, I'm going to re-email the lady who emailed me tonight. Please don't say that "a lack of an interview won't hurt you," I've already heard that plenty of times. If you have any other suggestions, thoughts, etc, post here, much appreciated! </p>

<p><em>end of overly verbose post</em></p>

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<p>Whether or not you are offered an interview is not an indication of your application strength. You can try emailing them again if you want, but honestly, I don’t really think it will matter</p>

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<p>Sorry you missed your interview, however you chose the band trip over the interview. </p>

<p>The alumni interviewer is not making decisions on your worthiness as an applicant, but the availability of interviewers and the deadline.</p>

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<p>Did someone copy my username?</p>

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<p>So you’ve decided to discount this? OK then, you missed the deadline, what did you think would happen?</p>

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<p>Gekko: for being a Harvard aspirant, you should look at the bulk of evidence versus rumor versus applicant nervousness and accept the fact that you seem to dismiss: </p>

<p>“a lack of an interview won’t hurt you”</p>

<p>They would have loved to interview you but obviously, didn’t have any more slots available. </p>

<p>Good luck. But relax.</p>

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<p>Why did you have to fly to Harvard for an ON-CAMPUS interview? Were there no interviewers in your area?</p>

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<p>Skype/phone?</p>