<p>If the interview report needs to be filed by the 29th for ED, when is the latest the alumni will contact an applicant? I haven't been contacted and I live in NYS so I would imagine there are alumni in the area. I understand the interview isn't necessary and that it isn't even an interview but I still thought it was weird. No one else I know applied ED to Cornell so I really have no basis for comparison.</p>
<p>We live only an hour from Cornell & my daughter hasn’t been contacted either. She did have a letter of recommendation from an active local alumni , I don’t know if that has any bearing on it.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about interview for ED. Even for RD it is only informational, except for schools like Hotel. They have such a short time frame for ED that I am sure it’s hard to arrange an interview for everyone. Interviewers are all volunteers, and this is a very busy time for most people. </p>
<p>Don’t get too stressed. Focus on getting your other applications ready, don’t wait until last minute.</p>
<p>The report needs to be filed by the 30th of November, and my interview is on the 29th. (It’s kind of late, I know.)</p>
<p>they are NOT interviews - they are information meetings. sorry if no one has contacted you but it has NO bearing on your application</p>
<p>however - do checkc your spam box and make sure you haven’t overlooked the alum’s e-mail!</p>
<p>I received an email from a Cornell alum on the 24th. He basically introduced himself and said “let me know if you have any questions regarding the process, about Cornell, transitioning from high school to CU, post-Cornell, etc.” He did not mention a one-on-one informational meeting like those I have read about. I’m confused - should I just email this guy back with some questions or am I the one who is supposed to initiate a personal interview?</p>
<p>Okay, these rumors about informational sessions have got to stop. They ARE interviews, but they are also a source of information for the student applying. I just had my interview yesterday, I was contacted on Thursday and we set it up when I got a chance to call my interviewer back on Friday. He said it was really a way to transfer your enthusiasm about what you have on paper to the school. The things you write down aren’t excited about the subject, you are. The interviews are conducted so that Cornell can get a feel of that. When we sat down, I was asked to tell him “A little bit about myself”. He was a great guy and I wasn’t nervous talking to him at all. We talked about Cornell for about ten minutes out of the ~45ish, the rest was about me or something relating to me. </p>
<p>I feel like the interviews have something to do with the applicant status, whether they’re on the fence, definitely in, or definitely out. I can’t be sure of anything, but I think they won’t contact you if they definitely want you or definitely don’t want you. Again, that’s just my hopeful thoughts on it, it could just be something that they do randomly. </p>
<p>As for McNulty, he initiated the interview, so I’m not sure. You could always ask if they want to do a one on one, but my interviewer said reports are due back tomorrow for ED applicants.</p>
<p>^We’ve said this before and we’ll say it again…</p>
<p>Whether or not you have an information session (it’s not an interview!) has no bearing on your status of getting accepted or not. The admissions office provides all names to the alumnus who oversees the committees of volunteer alumni in the area. Just names, contact information and what school you applied to. Nothing else. The alumnus who makes the assignments for contacting you is not a mind reader who can figure out by looking at your name whether you’re going to get in or not.</p>