<p>No, you're probably right. It's just that it seems to me like many, many applicants will have decent or better interviews, which is still a large pool.</p>
<p>Interviewers rank students on a scale of 1-9. A 5 is given to a person who is solid in the Yale pool and a 9 is given to a person who is 1 in 100 in the Yale pool. Because of the rankings distinguish between good, really good and exceptional, not all "good" interviews are created equal.</p>
<p>so how is that fair to the kids who come from unlinked schools or kids that dont get an interview</p>
<p>They usually don't go to Yale that often I guess or apply less, so that Yale decides that they need their alumni instead to distinguish the differences among the same schools. Ex, they usually only accept one or two from the same school at most, and if there's 10 applicants they try to find which ones of the 10 are the best etc..</p>
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<p>I do understand that the number of interviewing alumni is limited, and not every applicant could be interviewed. What I think is unfair is that a kid from an unlinked school isn't even put into the possible interview pool. How do they determine how one gets selected for an interview? I guess I like transparency in processes (and it's seriously lacking in some college application and financial aid procedures). Being from a rural, small high school. I also feel (and know) my kid is coming from behind. He and his friends always feel they aren't as good as kids from better high schools.</p>
<p>Like I said, there is no such thing as a linked high school in my region; everyone who applies is offered an interview. I have no idea what the deal with linking is. I could hazard a guess that certain alumni interviewers are affiliated with a particular high school that they attended or that their child attended. In my region, certain alumni interviewers only want to interview at certain schools, but most people are willing to interview anyone. I agree with the frustration of not even being in the pool and think the way things are conducted in my region sounds better than in areas where this linking occurs.</p>
<p>do alumni interviewers see our entire application? essays, test scores, etc.?<br>
or does Yale only send them name, phone number, intended major?</p>
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<p>No, but all men are.</p>
<p>Sorry, Constitution joke.</p>
<p>There was some debate about this on another interview thread, but the only information interviewers should (and do in the vast majority of cases) receive is name, hs, address, phone, email, whether you applied EA or RD, whether you interviewed on campus and what you put for your intended major.</p>
<p>This might be too personal for you but out of all the people you have interviewed, what is the usual score on the 1-9 scale? How many 8-9's or 1-2's have you had, etc.? Thanks.</p>
<p>Well I am not getting interviewed, Yale told me they do not have an interviewer linked to my school. Although I do not know what that means, I just hope it does not affect my application.....seeing that interviewers rank the applicants (1-9?). SO what would happen to me? hmm....</p>
<p>On Yale's scale, 5 is for a resonable interview with neutral results and a 9 is for 1 in 100 in the Yale pool. Instructions to interviewers note that anything below a 5 automatically raises red flags for admissions officers. I give out mainly 5s and 6s with a scattering of 4s and 7s. I think a 9 is for a once-in-an-interviewing-lifetime candidate. I doubt I've ever given more than a couple of 8s. My bet is that less experienced interviewers give out higher scores. If you interview lots of kids every year over several years, you get a sense of how competitive the applicant pool really is. If you're doing your first couple of interviews, you compare the kids to what it took to get into Yale when you were there, not realistically assessing how much tougher things are today. Because you have to back up your score with a written report, I think the admissions officers can tell where people are being too stingy or too generous.</p>
<p>why do all interviews have to be so routine, as in, we sit down and talk .... why can't an interviewer and an interviewee just take a walk outside and talk? is that possible? can i seriously ask my interviewer to do that? and, what would come across ur mind if a student asked u that?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>What if your interviewer is elderly or 9 months pregnant or whatever? Also, I like to look at the person while I listen to them. If someone wanted to go on a walk, I might think they were uncomfortable sitting down and looking me in the eye or that they wanted distractions to take the attention off of them.</p>
<p>hm, but i dont .... i just wanna walk and use my hands more freely while i talk</p>
<p>my hand language is a big part of the stuff that comes out of my mouth (dont worry, i dont make wacko gestures with my fingers ...), and i cant use it so effectively if im sitting on a chair with a table in front or w/e</p>
<p>i just like to use them, u know what im saying? i can do without it, i just would not like to do without it</p>
<p>dammit ...</p>
<p>and im pretty sure yale would not want an elderly person coming to a conclusion about a kid in school, and a preganant woman would probably take some time off and get used to her mood swings before stabbing me with her pen</p>
<p>I live is a small TX town (2 public high schools), but I know we have some Yale alums in town. I haven't had any contact about an interview, and it's possible I'm just to impatient :). However, I am the only Yale applicant from my high school, if not the only in town (there were only something like 5 applicants to Rice for crying out loud!). Is it possible to have alumni in your town who just don't give interviews, and that I won't get one, even though I'm the only applicant? PS The alums I'm aware of aren't recent grads, they're middle-aged attorneys.</p>
<p>Lala--There are plenty of older interviewers, fyi. Please don't take this as a snide remark because it's not meant that way, but you need to learn to be comfortable sitting down and talking. There are lots of situations in life where you're going to have to do it. I think asking for your interview to be on a walk would be viewed as an odd request and would recommend against asking for this.</p>
<p>MusicNut--I doubt anywhere near 1% of Yale alumni are interviewers. It is entirely possible that the Yale alums in your town do not interview.</p>
<p>I appologize if this has already been addressed, but do you suggest bringing a resumee to the interview?</p>
<p>I think it's nice to bring a resume so your interviewer can refer back to it when he/she writes your report. Do not put GPA and SAT on it as Yale doesn't want interviewers to be swayed by high or low numbers.</p>
<p>How should we dress for the interview? The types of interviews I've been to were for internships, so the dress was business. I've never had a college interview before, and I don't really know.</p>