Hey guys,
I have to provide my Princeton interviewer with a resume before our session. My most recent draft of my resume is from like a year ago and it was for an internship, and I included my GPA and my SAT scores in the “Education” section. That seems kinda tacky, especially the SATs, but I don’t have a lot of extremely substantial stuff on there (no work experience and what not)… so ehh, I dunno if I should take one/both of them out or just leave them?
My first interview was with a Pomona alum. I felt lucky to get one because I found out not everyone had a chance for the interview. It lasted about an hour and it went well. Other than the commonly asked questions, I for once wasn’t sure how to answer, “What qualities do you look for in your friends?” Then we talked about bicycles 
hello ya’ll 10char
okayyyyyyyyyyyyyy
sorry I’m trying to test something my computer is messin up
During my interview I got just really frustrated and emotional and started to cry, I felt the tears coming and tried to block them but they just came anyway, I guess I was just feeling overwhelmed. I told my Brown interviewer that I had trouble at school b/c of my identity, half/korean/iranian and that sometimes people said hurtful things that I found frustrating (which is all true), and he seemed sympathetic. I said that I would make a good fit for Brown b/c these experiences have made me stronger. However, do any of you think he was just being nice to me b/c I cried and he had a bad impression of me or not? This was an alumni interview by the way, and a friend told me that it is supposed to be more informational than a straight evaluation.
It’s really hard to tell. Based on what you’re telling me, it doesn’t seem like he has a bad impression of you, but interviewers are supposed to keep impressions of you to themselves and to the admissions people. I wouldn’t worry about it though.
I had a UChicago interview today. It lasted for an hour but the conversation didn’t go the way I wanted it to be. Instead of talking about what I love (global affairs, politics, economy), it always went back to my failure at chemistry (a thing we both shared).
The interviewer definitely didn’t get a sense of my passion besides my willingness to challenge myself (through taking 2 years of chemistry and sucking at it and wanting to take it again in college).
I feel like he wasn’t interested in any of my answers because he would just say “hmm, interesting…” and other brief and terse responses. The conversation was pretty good but I got the feeling that he didn’t really like me. In the end, he said “I’m sure the admissions committee will see a lot of positive things about you… Even if you don’t end up at Chicago, I’m sure you’ll find other good schools”, which completely gave me this impression that he didn’t think I would be a good fit at Chicago. I’m sad and worried 
Well, first, the interview has really little effect on admissions at UChicago. You should really just try to talk about what you want to talk about and hope that your interviewer will be interested. I would be kind of bored if all you talked about was failing at chemistry…
Well, that wasn’t all I talked about. Besides, one of the questions he asked first was “I want to know a failure that you encountered in the past two years and how it has affected you.” I talked about my first science fair experience, which eventually stemmed into my hardships in chemistry. He had the same problem, so we were commiserating for a bit. Although, I probably did make the mistake of telling him too much about my weaknesses when he asked me this question…
Interview with Union tomorrow, I am really nervous and unfortunately I haven’t had any practice. Any tips?
Relax and try to have some fun with it.
I had my first interview yesterday, and it was with a Brown alum (actually him and his wife). I wore my dad’s suit, mainly because it looks awesome, even though I knew I’d be overdressed. It went so much better than I thought. I was nervous because I hate talking about myself but we just sat down on their couch and talked about Brown and sports and school for a while. It went really great.
The day after I cried at my Brown interview I got my period early (really sorry if this is TMI) no wonder I started falling apart. I don’t know about anyone else but I get nausea, and have alot of emotional issues (not in general, just for about a day before and a few after). I’m thinking this will be a good laugh for some people who read this, I just really hope he didn’t think I was a nutcase.
Hey, if crying worked for Hillary Clinton, it could work for you.
The interview actually went alright. My interviewer was an alum, I think she was senior at Union. Very nice and relaxed, we got to talk about Led Zeppelin and the study abroad programs.
I was really nervous and stiff though, I think that showed unfortunately and I had some trouble with eye contact. However I was able to carry on the conversation, answer each question and was able to ask some questions myself at the end. So I think overall considering the circumstances it was pretty good. Didn’t do bad, could have done a little better.
has anybody had an ON Campus interview at Hamilton College. Mine is next week…and I kind’ve don’t know what to wear or how to prepare
Is it in bad taste if I tell the interviewer that ____ university is my first choice? Even if it’s true?
ahahahah…that reminds me…i almost told my Dartmouth interviewer about how MIT was my first choice… (ooops)…tbh…it was a slip I couldn’t have avoided…and well I didn’t try to cover up 
agh… at my harvard interview 2 days ago, I accidentally said “MIT” instead of “Harvard” when I was asking a question because MIT is my top choice >.<
omg so embarrassing… though I just corrected myself and didnt make a big deal of it, and neither did he. I think I did ok in the end though
I also just had my wellesley interview yesterday. I was kind of stiff, a little nervous… the interviewer was kind of intimidating. she seemed too nice… like it was just a show (yes. that intimidates me.) but in the end, she said she thought I’d be a perfect fit for wellesley… do interviewers do that regularly? eh. kinda skeptical because I didn’t really especially enjoy the interview.
::sigh:: uchicago interview on tuesday. this seems to be my most formal one yet… it’s in my interviewer’s office at Brown (I live in RI) wish me luck… on trying to find something besides my closet-ful of ripped jeans 
also, how long do your interviews usually last? my MIT and harvard ones were 1.5 hrs each and wellesley was about 50 mins