Setting up interview before applying?

Applying to College
1

Is it normal to meet your interviewer/set up an appointment before you even apply to the school?

I was sent an email two days ago rom a school I am considering asking me to apply for an interview, and I did it thinking I would hear back from them in a month or so, but I got my reply today. I haven’t even started my application to this school yet.

Is this common practice, and should I schedule my interview for sometime early next year (after I submit my application) or do it ASAP?

Thank you in advance.

2

Yes, that’s normal. My kids had interviews at several schools that we were visiting but to which they had not yet applied. Most of the interviews were during the spring of their junior year or the summer between their junior and senior years.

3

Yes, it’s fine.

4

It’s totally normal but make sure you submit sometime after (like a week or two) just because it shows how committed you are!