<p>Would rejecting an interview w/ a duke alumni actually lower your chances of getting it?</p>
<p>getting it or getting in? lol</p>
<p>Rejecting an interview gives the admission officer the impression that you’re not really interested…</p>
<p>well after the deadline i changed my mind and emailed the dude but it was too late, lol…</p>
<p>that was my problem. it said i had to have my application in on like december 13 to be eligible for an interview, but at that point i simply wasnt ready to submit it. i did submit 3 LoRs like it said you could do instead, though</p>
<p>and i did visit the campus too. but i rejected the interview b/c i thought 100% that i would go to my state school. but we did the FAFSA and the cost was 1/2 of what we thought (im a twin)…</p>
<p>so would that fact that i emailed the dude asking for an interview (after rejecting it) even though i was late maybe correct the impression that im not interested? i know i would look kinda irresponsible though</p>
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<p>Nope. I’m sure he already submitted his evaluation telling admissions that you declined the interview at that point. Once he submits it, it’s uneditable. Sorry to tell you that, but it’s the truth. Declining an interview definitely suggests you aren’t interested at all and is certainly a negative. Honestly, even if you were uninterested you should have taken the opportunity to get interview experience…It never hurts.</p>
<p>aight, thanks for all your answers. that was pretty stupid of me</p>
<p>w/e, man. I rejected both of my interviews for Princeton and Brown because they were both during my school’s exam weeks. My letter of denial was…dunno if it was great or not, really.</p>
<p>Oh wait, i remember now! i politely refused an interview. he asked if i wasn’t interested in pursuing Duke and I said i was still interested, but i was most likely going to a state school due to financial issues. he said “Thanks and good luck. Please contact the admissions office if you decide you are not really interested in being considered.”</p>
<p>sry, my post made it seem like i just flat out said no to the interviewer dude</p>
<p>and i didnt contact them so</p>
<p>It still sends the same signals to your interviewer. Even if you’re focused on state schools for financial reasons, you should have still attended the interview to show that you want to pursue Duke as far as possible. I know for a fact that turning down interviews is seen as a detriment at other schools; nothing suggests that Duke would regard it any differently.</p>
<p>My best friend rejected his interview last year. Stats were at the lower 25th percentile (1980 SAT, 3.7 GPA, but pretty good SATIIs)…</p>
<p>He is now a freshman at Duke. His essays were out of this world, though. Don’t worry; I don’t think the interviews count for much.</p>
<p>When I got an email from my interviewer, he said “If you are still interested in having an interview.” It was like he had had people say they weren’t interested anymore, or he didn’t expect me to take the interview. idk how often people turn down interviews, but it seems like he had a lot of experience with people turning down interviews… you might not be as bad off as you think, but turning down an interview is never a god thing. What do you have to lose by interviewing? It’s always good to hear another opinion on the school, and it looks good to interview. It demonstrates interest. Not interviewing demonstrates that you aren’t interested.</p>
<p>Regardless of whether or not you interview, you will only get in if they think you can succeed at Duke and in the years after graduation. <— those are ultimately the people they, and other top schools, want.</p>