I did an interview at the Collegiate Fellows Weekend at Mercer and it was pretty informal. They asked about majors, extracurriculars, what you’d become involved in on campus, favorite subject, and for questions. For my honors college interview at Albion, they asked a lot of the same stuff and the guy ended up talking more than I did!
When they tell you it’s 25 years from now and they ask you what you will do tomorrow, you tell 'em you forget.
I am taking my son up to visit 4 schools this Mon and Tues. These will be his first college visits and I think I am more nervous then he is. Anyone have any advice, ideas, guidelines that you want to share it would be greatly appreciated. Not sure of what they will ask him or what he should ask in return? We are visiting Geneseo, RIT, Syracuse, & Oswego. Thanks for reading.
I am new to this and reading over the posted replies but not sure what the EC is? I am sure it is an abbrev for something silly, but it is early and I have not had coffee yet so can anyone please tell me?? Thanks!
Extra-curricular Activity, welcome! 
A few off-the-topic questions for everyone. Your suggestion or advice will be appreciated.
- My child took all 4 required high school math classes (honors geometry, honors algebra ¾, AP pre-calc, AP calculus BC) with AP calculus BC taken in sophomore year. He is not planning to take more math until college.
Mistake? Will colleges look at this as negative?
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<li> He also took SAT tests in sophomore year. He is not planning to retake them.
SAT I (verbal 800, math 760, writing 700), SAT II MATH 1 (760), SAT II MATH 2 (730), SAT II US HIST (750).
Mistake? Should he retake to improve scores?
He is considering top colleges like Ivies.</li>
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naw i mean he can’t take any more math at high school, maybe do ap stat next year or take a higher math class at local community college or find some way to use his math skill volunteering… colleges wont look at this as a negative as long as he got good grades (which i’m assuming he did) in those classes
no, he is fine if he already has BC…but that was completely off topic, ask it somewhere else. This is the thread for interviews not course scheduling.
What if there was a college interview report section- like the College visits one- so people could read about other people’s interviews at specific colleges? just a thought.
anyone out here who can give me an idea of wat the ga khan university(karachi,pakistan) is like and wat do they ask?pls rply immediately
sorry i meant aga khan not ga khan
I am interviewing for the first time tomorrrow.
It will be an on-campus interview and I would like to know what they do with the parents!! Do they come into the interview with me, or stay outside??
You can introduce your parents, but I would send them off to have a cup of coffee or something. Don’t have them hang around /participate inthe interview.
About the resume: They will hold onto it in most cases, but they would rather hear you talk about your experiences. If they wanted a list, they can look at your application, this is the time to find out about you personally.
About parents: We tend to introduce ourselves to the parents, then take just the student back for the interview. We will get the parents after the interview and see if they have questions. This is not their time to “vouch” for their kid, but just to ask questions. And they can ask the same questions, it is not a big deal. And we never remark about the parents when doing the evaluation.
Is it true that if I turn in the Common Application quicker I get an interview earlier?
I’m wondering the same thing…
Sometimes. For example, Columbia has two parts of its application, and the sooner you turn in the first part, the more likely you are to get an interview. But, generally speaking, the sooner you show the college you’re interested (by sending them an application), the more likely you are to get an interview. But remember, rushing your application to do that does NOT make sense. Make sure everything is immaculate before you send it off.
This is the part that confuses me. For regular applicants (non-EA, non-ED), when the college receives an application, do they wait to receive all of the regular applications and then begin accepting/declining or do they accept, decline, as they receive applications?
If you’re speaking about non-rolling admissions, I’d imagine that they probably start the initial reads as soon as the RD ones start coming in. Probably they start to separate them into likely yes, unknown, and likely no. As everything else comes in (recs, interviews, etc.) a better picture develops. The Ivies (and many others) have an official date for early and RD notification
As far as interviews go, my alma mater’s alumni network conducts many of them. Our local coordinator gets the student’s contact info as soon as the admissions office tells us the file has been received complete. Then we contact the student to set up interviews. I recall getting one RD applicant’s name last September! He got his stuff in EARLY
Has anyone interviewed ON CAMPUS at Barnard? I have one in about a week at Barnard and don’t know what to expect.