Second Interview?!?

<p>Does anyone know about 2nd interviews with Columbia Univ.?</p>

<p>carlos - post the question in the Columbia forum.</p>

<p>Hi there, I am a current Harvard student. I had a second interview, and I think my stats were about average. I probably got the second interview because my first interview was quite bizarre-- the interviewer mostly asked questions about interviews I'd had previously (how old they were, where I met them, what they asked). So if you get a second interview, it's possible that they just couldn't get enough information from the first interview, not that you're a borderline applicant.</p>

<p>suburbian - That's nice of you to share your experience with the current applicants. For reference, was your second interview w/ an alum or was it an on-campus?</p>

<p>suburbian, my Princeton interview was much like the one you described. My interviewer was a recent graduate who kept asking me if the admissions process was tough, how many essays I've written, etc. I was really disappointed and wish that I could've had another chance with someone else.</p>

<p>smoda61, do you think that having an alum or on-campus interview makes a difference? I'd just assumed that location determines the type of interview you're offered.</p>

<p>Countryangel - I have no basis for speculating whether a second alum or on-campus interview is any different. I am guessing that it's main purposes are the same, which is to gather additional information for the admissions committee to make their decisions.</p>

<p>All the feedback I got from my daughter about her experience was similar to everyone else's who had the on-campus interview. It was very comfortable and positive w/o bizarre debates. Again like everyone else, she felt very good about how she presented herself and I am very curious how things will turn out in four weeks.</p>

<p>One funny thing was, as we arrived at admissions we ran into one of my daughter's good friends/peers who was also there for a second interview. Neither of them had previously wanted to mention to the other about their second interview out of concern for the other's feelings. I guess in the process it shows that it is really hard to tell how many of these second interviews are given.</p>

<p>That's funny about running into your daughter's friend there! Come to think of it, I only told a few friends about my second interview, and I remember having no problem with it because I knew that they hadn't applied to Harvard. Several people in my school applied, and for all I know, they all could've had second interviews too! (It would be unlikely, but you get my point...)</p>

<p>Anyway...less than a month to go before we find out if that second interview helped. :/</p>

<p>Like you, D did tell a few friends, but all of them were ones that were not applying to Harvard.</p>

<p>I had a second interview a couple years back when I was applying - it was with the regional director of alumni interviews, and he told me that the first interview has provided the adcom with insufficient info and a second interview was necessary. I then asked a teacher at my high school, and he told me that I'm either a borderline case or that there was simply insufficient info. No way of truly knowing, either way, good luck!!</p>

<p>Thanks for the info, Tony! I'm pretty sure I'm borderline, but you're right, there's no way of truly knowing.</p>

<p>is it possible for an international student to have a second interview?</p>

<p>Logically, I do not see why it could not happen but I don't think that I have read of any on the CC threads. When I went through CC threads from the past years, I only found 6 members who referenced a second interview; four in spring '06 (FlipstaG, ChittyChittybangbang, applegirl and ultimatemath), none in '07, and two in '08 (AY8888 and Dukefanswimmer89). When I was looking for prior members, I did not notice where these applicants were from. This thread is by far the longest dealing with this issue.</p>

<p>You can consider looking at the old threads yourself. Good luck!</p>

<p>smoda61-- My second interview was off-campus, but I believe my second interviewer was more directly affiliated with the admissions office than was my first alumni interviewer. Sorry I cannot be of more help! </p>

<p>Good luck, everyone. Harvard is a great place. :-)</p>

<p>Suburbian - thanks for getting back.</p>

<p>And Tonyt - thanks for passing on your experience as well</p>

<p>Suburbian, that is absolutely true of me too.</p>

<p>physicsistic - I just found more notes from two weeks ago ( I had scribbled comments on the back of various pieces of paper). Apparently, my '05 notes slipped into other papers. In '05 I came across three members; Mea, Zahra, and Shostakovich. The other thing that I am noticing is that my notes state that Mea indicated "asia" under location. Interpreting that, I might conclude that Mea is an international that got a second interview. BTW she is attending Princeton though.</p>

<p>This link was just posted on another thread but I thought that I'd give you guys:</p>

<p><a href="http://images.581z.com/client_id_712/attachments/2008_IVer_form_PDF_version-Final.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://images.581z.com/client_id_712/attachments/2008_IVer_form_PDF_version-Final.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Gives you something to think about!</p>

<p>My interviewer didn't really ask a lot about academics- score wise. That form looks like it has a lot about objective traits?</p>

<p>Thanks for posting the link, smoda...it was really interesting to read through!!</p>

<p>I was amazed this the form was available online and that the other member had a link to it. But it is interesting to sit back and think about the interview(s) and try to speculate how the interviewer might answer the various questions about you.</p>