<p>Hello, I'm having some hesitations about interview</p>
<p>First of all only way to reach to my interviewer is a terrible 7-10 hour of bus ride and nice guys at mit offered me to waive it.And believe me sleeping in bus is a terrible idea, anything can happen to you.Also It's not possible to go by airplane.</p>
<p>But I'm pretty sure if I get the interview it will be very good for my application.Problem is even I manage to get there and manage to stay awake for few more hours, I'm not sure I can speak freely.</p>
<p>I have a pre-existing speech disorder(speech impediment), even I speak in native language I'm having hard time to communicate with my peers if I'm excited.And I'm pretty sure under the stress of interview and extra effort of speaking English will trigger my speech disorder and I will be lucky if could talk at all.</p>
<p>I used self-taught diction and accent tapes and books for a few months but they doesn't seem to helping.</p>
<p>I don't wanna go there to show my expertise and knowledge and return with just showing how bad I'm at speaking</p>
<p>If I explain this to my interviewer is it possible to make an interview in native language,
I can still take toefl speaking to show my english speaking skills aren't so terrible under not stressful conditions.</p>
<p>Ofcourse if I got admitted I'm will get few real speech lessons and fix this small problem.</p>
<p>I would try to get an interview in your native language, and then explain your speech problem in the additional info part of the application, or ask your interviewer to explain it.</p>
<p>If your interviewer is 7-10 hours away, I’d waive it. They are serious when they say that a waived interview won’t hurt your chances - it’s not like you could’ve had an interview and then turned them down.</p>
<p>I know that Mikalye gets this question a lot and usually responds that interviews are <em>ALWAYS</em> conducted in English, because they need to know that you can communicate effectively in the language in which you will have to communicate at MIT. I don’t think they’d make an exception in your case.</p>
<p>For both of these reasons, I’d waive the interview.</p>
<p>I know it won’t hurt my chances but I’m pretty sure it will increase if I take it,
There is lots of thing I’m not able to show at forms so interview is like a gift for me</p>
<p>As k4r3n2 observed, this isn’t really an option. One of the things that the interview tests is that the candidate is able to communicate in spoken English (a useful requirement considering that the overwhelming bulk of the classes are taught in spoken English). EC’s are instructed never to carry out the interview in any other language. </p>
<p>That being said, a 10 hour bus ride across the Turkish countryside does sound like no fun at all. Though Dex is right, an interview is usually helpful if it is able to show off stuff that you cannot express in any other way. You have the option of a waiver. Whether you take it is entirely up to you. You may wish to discuss this with the educational council in the admissions office on campus. You can e-mail them at <a href=“mailto:interview@mit.edu”>interview@mit.edu</a>.</p>
<p>even though I didn’t like to waive my precious interview but I don’t have too much choices</p>
<p>by the way ~10hours of bus ride to go there isn’t real problem, another ~10hours of bust ride at coming back from there is what I really afraid of :)</p>