<p>Harvard was January 24</p>
<p>^ Harvard interviewers do not end on jan 24 if that is what you were saying. I had mine on the 7th of feb. and my interviewer even told me that if we couldn’t find a good date for both of us, then early march would also work.</p>
<p>i have a question, that many people have probably already asked: how much do interviews actually count? </p>
<p>Admissionsaddict and T26E4, do you think your reports or impressions have ever affected an application? Have any bad interviews, got accepted? Have any outstanding interviews, been rejected? Can you sense an applicant’s decision by the type of people normally at Yale?</p>
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Ever? Sure. I assume that the handful that have been accepted saw my write ups as confirmation for other areas of the file.</p>
<p>Anecdotally, I know that sometimes they carry extra weight – especially if the school/teacher reports are bland and uninformative. A few years ago, two inner city guys looked great on paper except for their formulaic teacher recs. Yale suspected that it was more a reflection on the teachers’ lack of understanding what Yale was looking for in a LOR rather than a reflection of what the students could be as potential Yalies. When interviewed by alumni, both write ups were superior and it was the tipping factor for the committee, who felt positive but not absolute – before the alum write ups nudged them over.</p>
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One fellow was quite average in the overall context several years ago. He got an accept. No truly awful (i.e. ones I considered below average) was ever accepted or WL’d as far as I can remember.</p>
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Every year. And will continue to be like this. Most applicants are quite remarkable. Some are even super. Most are rejected and I know this is just how it is.</p>
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If you mean whether or not the applicant would accept Yale’s offer if admitted? No. If you mean if I could guess if the student would be admitted based on my extremely limited interaction with them? Absolutely not.</p>
<p>When is the Yale alumni interview report deadline? My inerviewer was not sure himself and preferred that I had an interview next week (week beginning Feb 22nd) rather than this week. I agreed to next week but is it too late for him to send a report?</p>
<p>I just got contacted for my interview TODAY for this coming week! When are the reports due???</p>
<p>I think schools this year all over the place are pushing it because of the huge surge in apps that most of them are getting… plus, interviews are always rushed because there’s so many people and so few interviewers.</p>
<p>If you got contacted, don’t worry about when the reports are due… that’s your interviewer’s job, and he/she will presumably get it done.</p>
<p>Interview reports are due 2/15. However, sometimes the admissions office makes a special request for a borderline student to get interviewed past the deadline. So, you could be one of those rare, borderline students who the admisssions office makes a special request about or your interviewer is totally out to lunch.</p>
<p>Well, hopefully the former was true in my case!</p>
<p>This is late but I had a great interview with an Alumni who was a past administrator of our school. I went into it being myself, really talkative and a strong personality type of person. He said that I was unique in that way, but in all of his years of interviewing, only 2 people from my area got accepted to Yale.</p>
<p>I know decisions come out in a few days, but just curious:</p>
<p>During my interview, for some reason I asked something along the lines of whether or not Yale’s prestige was really helpful for the future because the discussion came up with one of my other interviewers. He answered it kind of awkwardly and I attempted to rephrase the question. Other than that, I thought my interview went very well (although I did have trouble answering a follow-up question about whether or not it was okay for contemporary music not to be appreciated by all people, but anyway)…but will I come off as someone who only likes Yale for prestige? I mean he asked “why Yale?” earlier in the interview and I actually discussed some real reasons for wanting to go to the school.</p>
<p>haha. paranoia?</p>
<p>Hey guys!</p>
<p>Time to bump the thread 
I just got contacted by my interviewer and we’re having lunch at a restaurant on Saturday. The lunch part makes me kinda nervous since I won’t know what to order, how to tell him I don’t want him to pay for me etc… Any advice on that? (or anything involving the lunch)</p>
<p>Also, he didn’t tell me how I’d be able to recognize him. Do Yale alumni interviewer have a common look or something I can look for to be sure it’s him? :P</p>
<p>Finally, should I arrive right on time at the interview? Slightly early (but what if he’s not there yet). Slightly late (but that’s impolite…).</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Charleh,</p>
<p>I would suggest you come in slightly early; do not worry if your interviewer isn’t there yet. It’s much better to show them that you are enthusiastic about Yale and are willing to make a good impression. </p>
<p>If you are meeting for lunch, maybe you should order something light so that you’re not munching on your food while you’re trying to answer questions. But, don’t worry about them judging you on what you eat or order… honestly, be yourself! (Especially if you happen to love food or know a lot about it, it can even serve as a wonderful conversation starter).
Another suggestion, write up a list of questions you’d like to ask your interviewer…!</p>
<p>If you have his or her phone number, you can agree to meet up in front of the restaurant or at a certain location; I’m sure he can find you.</p>
<p>Best of luck!
Boola Boola!</p>
<p>First, I want to say THANK YOU to all the alumni interviewers who are helping out on this thread. I don’t know about other schools but to me now this seems very special and indicative of a friendly atmosphere on campus…</p>
<p>I have a question:
When you say interviewers see our intended major, is it just intended major (which we put down in the Yale supp) or does it include the academic interests and career interest (in the future plans section).
Or to rephrase my question, do you see the name of one major or 1~3 majors/fields of study? Do you see our career interests (journalist/physician ect.)?</p>
<p>Eiswein–Interviewers only know what you put down as your intended major and that’s the only substantive piece of info they have about you.</p>
<p>Charleh–Just arrive on time. Interviewer will not be annoyed if you’re early, but may be annoyed if you’re late. The interviewer will probably recognize YOU–the slightly nervous teenager who is looking around the room. Applicants are pretty easy to spot. Finally, you can offer to pay for your lunch, but the interviewer will likely insist he pay. Accept graciously. Don’t eat anything that will easily get stuck in your teeth!</p>
<p>If I knew a member of the ASC who lives in a different state and she/he has written a favorable letter of rec. on my behalf to admissions would that be a reason why I haven’t been contacted for a local interview even though other kids in my high school have? In other words does that letter take the place of an interview?</p>
<p>The ASC Director (the local volunteer who farms out the interviews to a corps of volunteers) won’t know about the letter of rec. All the Director will know is your contact info, your high school, and whatever you put down as your intended major.</p>
<p>Charleh: one other thing about who pays for lunch. There’s no need to insert false humility here. He or she is the senior, you the junior. He/she will offer to pay, you accept graciously – don’t make a big deal of it. It would only be awkward your going against typical social graces. Same for job interviews in the future. </p>
<p>Same when you’re in a position to interview others. Then you pay. Make sense?</p>
<p>T2- Interesting! Same goes for coffee, I presume?</p>
<p>When my kids went to interviews at places like Starbucks or B&N, they either bought their own coffee before the interviewer showed up, or declined having a drink at all. I think they would have felt slightly awkward letting the interviewer buy them a coffee. Not saying that it would have been improper for them to accept, just pointing out how they felt at the time.</p>
<p>At interviews I’ve conducted (for another school) I offer to buy a coffee for the interviewee (if they don’t have one already). I’d say my offer is accepted in about 25% of the cases. </p>
<p>In my opinion there’s no absolute right or wrong about this. It depends on what feels appropriate to you. All this is in the case of a coffee drink at a cafe. </p>
<p>If my child were invited to an interview over lunch, I would expect the interviewer to offer to pay. I would not expect that offer to be merely pro-forma, either.</p>