<p>So I had a Cornell interview a few days ago. The Cornell alumni, who was an alumnus, said that the interview was NOT an evaluation but a chance for the student to know about Cornell University and vice-versa. In my opinion, I thought I had an above average/good interview overall, but I realize that the interview may actually be worth very little on the college application since alumni may make subjective judgements of different individuals. </p>
<p>My questions are:</p>
<p>How much of an impact would the interview have on the college application (for Cornell)?</p>
<p>Are interviews given to everyone who applies to Cornell provided that there are alumni who live near the individual? Or are they given to applicants that initially have strong applications such as high SAT scores, etc...?</p>
<p>if you had searches this topic you would see that the alums who interview say it does not have a big impact but that the alum report is looked at by the adcoms.</p>
<p>From what i have seen, the “interview” is pretty important. If you have received an interview you’re probably on the fence of acceptance. They wouldn’t waste such resources on people definitely getting in, or definitely not. I know they say that it’s just an “information session,” but realistically those words are to calm the interviewee and maybe see more into the true person. </p>
<p>I had my interview in november, it couldn’t have gone better, and i got in. I know that (based on statistics) I was a fence candidate. A few others in my school applied ED, and none got interviews, but they were definitely not fence kids, nor prime cuts.</p>
<p>If it makes you feel better, i know a lot of Cornell applicants, since i went to the summer program. Only the fence kids seem to get interviews, but, i have seen a few prime kids get them too… kinda kills my idea, but maybe in the holistic analysis, they weren’t really that prime.</p>
<p>um, no. alums do not ony meet with “fence” candidates - and I make that clear with the kids that I meet so that if they do not get accepted its because of the meeting with me.
The goal of CAAAN (Cornell’s alum network) isto meet as many students as possible…and to represent Cornell.</p>
<p>How much would the alumni report impact the college application for Cornell? Is it valued very little?
I’m not sure if it is a serious misconception to believe that the essays and interviews are worth little, but nevertheless have a small impact on college admission decisions.</p>
<p>The essays mean a lot for Cornell, but the interview is mostly for you to learn more about Cornell from an alum. The alum will write a brief–think less than a paragraph–write-up about the interview (one of CC’s resident Cornell alums, CayugaRed2005, has written about the process before; use that “Search” function!), but it won’t be a significant factor in the big picture. Getting an interview is based solely on your proximity to an interviewer, not the strength of your application. I considered myself a “on the fence” applicant, didn’t get an interview, and still got in, so there you go.</p>