<p>I didn't say committee starts on 12/1, I said that I bet it begins in earnest on 12/1. I'm not trying to argue; I just don't want anyone to say it starts 12/1 because I don't have any inside info. It's just my guess.</p>
<p>The admissions officers have read their individual files before committee. Not every committee member reads every file, that would be an impossible task. If I remember correctly, your regional admissions officer is the one who presents your file to the committee.</p>
<p>Well in any case -- what happens if they read your file but find out that you are missing a required rec?</p>
<p>blueducky--Can't answer that, just interview questions. An interview report is not a required portion of the application and they can move ahead without it. If one of your required teacher or counselor recs hasn't arrived by committee, I'd think they'd let you know and they might not consider you in the EA pool b/c your app isn't complete. But I really don't know what they'd do.</p>
<p>Thanks anyway. It finally shows up that they received it.</p>
<p>Do you read essays, AA?</p>
<p>I do read essays, just not college admissions essays.</p>
<p>Alright thanks anyway you're really kind for making this thread! :)</p>
<p>As far as I know, Yale interviews are only assigned after the Adcom have received all our materials. Correct me if I'm wrong. </p>
<p>However, my problem is I'm an international student studying in Singapore on my own and I'll be returning to my own country soon. I'll not be coming back Singapore until possibly March next year, which is well after the interview report due date. While there are some alumni here in Singapore, I think there's a lack of alumni in my hometown. Therefore, I'm wondering if it is possible to request for interview now even before the submission of my application?</p>
<p>You can't request an interview before you submit your app. I'm not sure whether you are assigned to your Alumni Schools Committee territory (your interviewing region) based on home address of school address. It may be that you will be assigned based on your home country and could interview before you go back to Singapore. There may not be an alumni interviewer in your home town, but if you were willing to travel, there might be one in your country. It's not unusual for people to drive an hour or two (or take the train or whatever) to go to an interview. And, as always, not having an interview is not a strike against your app.</p>
<p>"I think only one person has had something to eat and it was kind of awkward b/c I had to wait for her to finish chewing before she could answer."</p>
<p>I took four bites of my cheesecake and offered the alum some but only when he was talking. He graciously declined. OMG is he going to write “compulsive eater <em>DO NOT ACCEPT</em> ?
I’m 99% joking</p>
<p>"doctordestiny--I don't like it when people bring articles they've written, art, etc. to the interviews. I want to talk with the person, not spend the time reading the article. I can't tell how good an artist someone is. Interviewers don't want that stuff. They write about YOU not the stuff you bring"</p>
<p>My alumnus elsewhere said not to bring anything so I didn’t. But if I sent things by email so the next one could read it beforehand would that be alright? Say if I want to get across how much I like designing things. I have to send stuff now though </p>
<p>"During two interviews it was obvious the applicants had googled me. I thought it was weird. It's fine to google the person so you have a sense of who they are, but letting them know you did it can feel stalker-y."</p>
<p>I google myself.
TY for this thread</p>
<p>thank you for this thread i was getting sort of nervous lol.
i have an interview tomorrow after the interviewer called me on friday. not for yale though lol.</p>
<p>I am SCEA applicant and international student. Last year there was an alumni interview in my country but till now nobody called me. Is there anything that I can do.</p>
<p>safiye--Interview reports are due to Yale on December 1, so it's getting a little late to do anything. You could call or email the admissions office, but it's the local volunteer interview coordinator who would know about interviews in your country, not the admissons office. Do not worry about not having an interview.</p>
<p>I recently had my Alumni Interview at Caribou Coffee. I wore a sweater and jeans and my interviewer was very nice. We talked about "why Yale" and "what I would be remembered by in school." My "Why Yale" answer was that Yale wasn't what I expected in an Ivy League school, that my experiences just talking with students on the street showed me the type of people there and how I just wanted to get really involved in the activities. I asked alot of questions about the school and we spent a lot of time discussing books by Jane Austen and CS Lewis as well as Slavery and the Civil War. My interview really didn't feel like an interview and the hour went by very quickly, it felt like a conversation. Obviously you can't tell me too much about how good or bad this was, but what is your opinon Admissions Adict?</p>
<p>I also was wondering, my friend and I both applied Early Action. I got an interview and he didn't. We both go to the same school and live within three miles of each other. Is there any reason he didn't get an interview when I did?</p>
<p>Hey AA,
thanks so much for your consistent help!
My interview went quite well and I like my interviewer, who graduated from Yale in 2007. During the interview, we bascally talked about my experience at Yale this summer and a lot of other things about Yale. However my interviewer did not ask any questions like "What are your favorite books/movies?" and we didn't talk about any recent international issues. Just something like "Your potential majors" "Why Yale". So I wonder will my interview report be "inadequate" because there probably will be no information regarding how deep I know about the things happening in the world? And the adcoms won't know that I love reading books and have read much...(Our talk offered me no chance to discuss books/movies with him). Anyways, he said that he would write me an awesome report to the committee.
What do you think about my interview, AA?
Any comment from other CCers?
Thank you! :)</p>
<p>Is it too late to still be contacted for an interview?
Another person in my school who applied was contacted on Sunday and did his interview the same day, but I haven't been contacted yet.
For ASCs that don't get to contact all applicants in a region, is there some sort of selection process for who does get interviews? (Did I not get one because my application wasn't strong enough :[ ?)</p>
<p>I've had several posters ask, "AA, how do you think my interview went?" I won't be answering this question because I don't want everyone to ask me it. All I'll say is that different interviewers ask different types of questions and they ask what it most useful to them in writing an interview report.</p>
<p>i00--It's not too late to be contacted, but it all depends on what's going on with your regional ASC. For the answer to the rest of your question, please skim this entire thread, I think I've answered your question several times.</p>
<p>Liberty09: Did you by any chance mention Jane Austen, CS Lewis, slavery, or the Civil War in your application or supplement?</p>
<p>I just got an email today and confirmed an interview for Sunday...</p>
<p>AdmissionsAddict, I was wondering: I've been very involved in art throughout high school but opted not to include a supplement to my application because I didn't feel my work was strong enough. When I say I enjoy art, though, I'm not outstandingly creative - I mostly choose not to include anything because my best pieces were pretty much copies of reference pictures. Now, in retrospect and as Dec. 15th looms closer, I regret not including it because it could help me stand out more. Should I bring it to the interview? I'm aware that interviewers are not trained to judge artwork, but could bringing it in hopes of my interviewer mentioning it in their write-up be beneficial?</p>
<p>AA: have you ever spent 1.5 hours with an applicant and NOT LIKED them? I mean, my interview went fine in my mind but i just don't know what she would say about me. It felt like a lot of my answers i answered in my "inspired" voice where i make everything in life sound extremely heroic and stuff.</p>
<p>bluecow--I wouldn't bring the art because it just makes things uncomfortable as the interviewer has to take the time and make a good show of really examining the art. I assume that you mentioned art somewhere in your app. If not, you can figure out a way to bring it into your interview when you're asked about favorite ECs and the like.</p>
<p>You made the right call about not sending in your art to Yale. If there was any question about the innate genius of your work, then it wasn't good enough to be sent in.</p>