<p>can anyone who has done a skype interviews with hades school or a tier 2 school give me a run down on what their like i am doing one this week.</p>
<p>can I ask what school you are interviewing with on skype?
i thought most did them with alums</p>
<p>im doing all my interviews via skype with exeter andover and choate</p>
<p>Visit the campus if you are serious about your application. Skype or interview with alum is never the same.</p>
<p>I think all top tier schools should be like St. Andrews (DE), requiring all applicants for on-campus interviews, in stead of providing other types of interviews that most of time misleading the applicant with the impression that they have the same chance.</p>
<p>@FayMom: I think Thacher in California takes a similar approach…</p>
<p>@ sevendad, I think requiring everyone on campus may not seem “politically correct”. But in reality it is more honest and fair to the applicants.</p>
<p>@FayMom: For schools within a day’s drive, I am all for in-person visits…even if it means a parent (which I am) taking a day here and there off of work. The flight to Cali was, regretfully, a bridge too far for us at this point…</p>
<p>Also, I just noticed that on the SAS site…that they recommend a visit/interview first (a propos the “shadowing” thread, they also say that in-class visits are sometimes arrange-able). I wonder if, upon meeting a candidate, they have advised the student or parents NOT to apply for reasons of fit…</p>
<p>i dont live in new england, doing visits is only really available for people who live within the drive.</p>
<p>i didnt even know you could do a skype interview! the concept of it seems pretty cool, but IMO i think having a real life conversation feels more comfortable :P</p>
<p>good luck with all your applications everyone!</p>
<p>Many many students from China and Korea fly over for interviews. If you are dead serious and want to increase your chances, you would fly over. The next best thing is to meet the admission officers while he/she is in your area, that is also face-to-face with someone who matters.</p>
<p>I’m sorry Faymom but your statements are false. I simply cannot visit and my parents aren’t really on board with the whole boarding school process. It’s not as easy as it sounds. St Paul’s is a 13 hour drive from where I live; my parents don’t have time to drive 13 hours for an interview. I’m serious and if I had a car, I’d drive over by myself but that’s just not the case.</p>
<p>good luck @swissbrit
i hope all goes well! im also applying to st. pauls :)</p>
<p>I agree with Fay Mom. Most of the top schools don’t admit anyone from Skype interviews, it is very hard to accept a person like this over families who fly and drive long distances and are able to spend a few hours on campus. </p>
<p>Swissbrit, I think they assume that if your parents can’t drive you that far for a visit to a potential school, they probably aren’t very serious about sending you, or wouldn’t be able to drive you to and from school for the various breaks. And I guess that they would be correct in assuming that, since you said your parents aren’t on board with this. I think that will be your biggest hurdle in admissions.</p>
<p>My parents have told me that if I get in, then I can go. And saying that no kids get in from Skype Inteviews is a false statement. Many kids who have had Skype interviews have been admitted.</p>
<p>“Most of the top schools don’t admit anyone from Skype interviews”</p>
<p>do you have any proof to back this up? it seems like a pretty lofty claim…</p>
<p>@swissbrit. Those are your reasons, they are valid. But remember there are many many competitive applicants out there whose parents are “on board” and willing to taking time off for their children. If you are on the school side, who would look more attractive to you? Family support is very important, I would suggest both parents go if possible.</p>
<p>Sorry to disappoint you, but that is my observation over the years。I am talking about the odds and chances, not absolute. There are always exceptions of course, just like Exeter once admitted a student who applied in June (what happened to the waiting list?). I know a student from this forum who got in a top school without going to campus, he is from an under-represented country if my memory serves right. </p>
<p>Come back in March and let us know what happens, I will be happy if I am wrong.</p>
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<p>Wow. Parents who are willing to take time off to visit schools? You are, of course, referring to parents who are also able to take time off to visit schools. For some parents, it’s a choice between visiting schools and paying the mortgage. Not everyone has the luxury of a job they can walk away from for a few days without consequences.</p>
<p>And, yes, it’s probably true that the best interviews are in person interviews on the campus, but I would imagine that AOs factor in economic and geographic factors when they evaluate a student’s interview. Having to do a remote interview is a handicap over which the student has no control. I’d expect the AOs to take that into consideration. If they didn’t, there’d be no economic or geographic diversity in these schools.</p>
<p>Guys, with skype you still talk face-to-face to someone. Granted it’s not the same as an in-person interview but you can still convey your personality well. A skype interview is not an end all. If you try hard (not visibly) to engage in conversation then the interview will go better. It’s not like it’s a phone interview where they can’t even see you. Skype is like an in-person but in different places.</p>
<p>Question: Is there just the SLIGHTEST chance for an international applicant to get into a boarding school with a Skype interview or in person alumni interview who is applying for full FA? With excellent essays/recommendations/grades/EC’s, however. And an SSAT score around the 90’s(not saying the score specifically).</p>
<p>Some of you may say, ‘Ha, there’s no chance at all,’. I don’t believe so however.
What do you think, just the SLIGHTEST chance, possibly? It must be risky, eh?</p>
<p>@AngEverlasting</p>
<p>I guess it depends on what school. Most of the top schools will say that they don’t have a quota, but I would say that they usually only select a few students from Asia, out of the many (MANY!) who apply.</p>
<p>I heard that they prefer the international private school students over local public school students here in China.</p>