<p>My son will be interviewing on campus (we are from CT) and I just wondered what he should expect. Anyone willing to share their experience?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I had a very positive experience interviewing at UD. The interviewer was a graduate student working in admissions and was very friendly and ensured that there was nothing to be nervous about. They asked me a lot about my senior year course schedule and why I was taking certain classes, which can lead to questions about your interests concerning electives or AP/honors class levels. They also looked at my resume briefly and again asked about EC and how I was able to balance a busy schedule and school work. They also asked me what I liked about UD and if they think I would be a good student there. One challenging question that took me off guard a bit was talking about my strengths and weaknesses so I would just having something prepared for that. Also I would have some questions prepared that he can ask the interviewer about the school. Overall they were pretty relaxed and to me it felt like I was just having a conversation with a friend. Hope this helped some. Good Luck!</p>
<p>I interviewed over the summer with a current student working in the admissions office. It was wonderful! It felt much more like a conversation between two friends than a stressful interview. If your son can carry on a conversation easily he will do fine.</p>
<p>As I am sure you are aware an interview is not required as part of the admission process. The question does then become of what benefit would it be to an applicant to schedule an interview. I am sure you would/will get various opinions about this varying from very useful to not useful at all (I have heard both of these responses from many-usually based upon whether they were accepted or not). From my perspective the interview is probably most useful to the applicant to gain a perspective if they would “fit in” at UD, depending on what their interests/major are and what type of college they are looking for (i.e. large/medium/small school, suburban/city environment, types of activities/athletic opportunities available, and many other things). I suspect the UD interviewer would also be looking at the same issues from the colleges perspective. I would recommend that if UD is your top choice (or at least one of your top choices) that you should inform them of such and come prepared to support your position. IMO the bottom line here is that the usefulness of the interview as a factor in the acceptance/rejection realm (from the admission dept’s. decision perspective) is somewhat debatable but I think most would feel that it certainly would not hurt ones chances. And you might even find that UD is not the right school for you. You certainly would like to know this before you have to make a decision to attend or not if accepted. Best of luck to your son at the interview. Make sure you tour the campus and Main Street of Newark while you are there.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your feedback. I shared your experiences with my S and it put his mind at ease. His interview sounded very similiar to what you describe, bes133 & kerrymd. :)</p>