<p>Tufts tells applicants to wait 4 weeks, then contact their local chair. Students's files are still entering the system and there are plenty of local committees who will be receiving assignments and conducting interviews up until the deadlines (Jan 25 for EDII and Feb 25 for RD).</p>
<p>As to how you'll be contacted, your interviewer should email or call you.</p>
<p>However....there are a lot of places where there are not enough interviewers to meet every request, and I wouldn't be surprised if atrophicwhisper's area in Arizona is one of them. If you really really want an interview, it's probably getting to be time to push it.</p>
<p>Commentary on "What to do if an interviewer asks you to list where else you applied." </p>
<p>Though we encourage alums to discuss your college search and application process with you, we <em>strongly</em> discourage interviewers from asking you "Where else did you apply?" But with so many alumni volunteering, it's challenging to get everyone on the same page. You are certainly welcome to tell us, but I understand when applicants are uncomfortable with that question (I didn't even like it when my friends would ask me in high school). Assuming some of you feel the same, I'm going to offer some suggestions. It's important to be truthful throughout the process, but it's also important to understand your own right to assert yourself.</p>
<p>First, it's ok not to answer any question. You should ALWAYS feel able to say that you would be uncomfortable answering that question. I know, however, that asserting yourself like that can be intimidating, so there's another path you can take. You can answer the question by simply explaining how you choose the schools to which you applied. </p>
<p>For instance: "I want a school that will prepare me for med school, but where the other pre-med students have a healthy mindset about academic competition. So I applied to schools that have great life science programs and positive collaborative spirits." Or "I love languages, and I think the idea of going to class with students that speak languages from all over the world is really exciting. So I looked for schools with significant international populations."</p>
<p>Doing that, you answer the spirit of the question without giving the interviewer more information than you own comfort level allows. If the interviewer persists, and you feel inappropriately pressured, you should call your admissions officer to tell them. Whether you answer should be about who you are and your level of trust with the interviewer, not because you felt bullied into giving up your list. Remember, the admissions process isn't always about what colleges want to hear - it's about what you want to say.</p>
<p>I had my interview at the alumni's house, and it was probably one of the more laid back interviews I've had. The alumni knew a lot about my school and where I lived (she lived in the same town), so we had some pretty detailed conversations about my school and stuff. I think the only "classic interview questions" I was asked was
-Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
that's basically it :P
The rest was basically a conversation</p>
<p>i experienced a very embarassing moment during my interview..er...well, after my interview. i was walking down the interviewer's driveway (it was at her house) and her security gate doesn't sensor people to open, only cars (from the inside) so i figured out an elaborate plan to hop her fence (I parked on the street, outside of the gate). just as I jumped, i heard something behind me..and looked to see my interviewer had followed me down the driveway in order to retrieve her mail. She asked me how I could have possibly figured out how to get over the iron fence, seeing as to how it was supposedly "burgalar proof"..and I jokingly told her it was "too easy"...and she was offended....oopssss.
the interview was only like 25 minutes long, whereas most of my others have been about 1 1/2 hours...and we had nothing in common, and I had lots of questions prepared but she didn't really know how to answer them, so I didn't want to pester her. She's kind of removed from the whole Tufts experience/scene...oh well. my questions were kind of detailed...not things you can find on websites, but I thought that's why I am supposed to ask those ones to real, live people!
I think I did as well as I could with my app. (ED II) and Tufts is obviously my first choice, so hopefully the interview doesn't count for much. She did note that I had obviously done my research, and that she thought I had many similar goals to that of the university (I kept on mentioning that I want to learn in a community of students who are educated as not only active scholars, but active citizens).</p>
<p>oh, and she DID ask me waht other schools I applied to. I answered with a carefully worded "other mid-sized peer institutions with undergraduate populations of 3,000-6,000 students with the resources of a large university but the accessibility of a liberal arts college." </p>
<p>hahaha That sucks! But it seemed to have ended ok. My interview went GREAT! I had so much in common with my interviewer I felt like I was talking to my friend we had a lot of same views about life. The conversation just flowed and all the question I answered easily.</p>
<p>I had mine yesterday I thought it was great. It EXACTLY 45 minutes on the lady appeared within 30 seconds of our scheduled time. Freeeaky. The conversation (it really was more like a laid back conversation) was good I felt I was able to give off a nice impression. Then again, maybe I'm just thinking I did well =/</p>
<p>3.7 gets it. I'm so pleased to hear you describe the experience as more of a "conversation" than an "interview." That's the tone and atmosphere we hope you encounter when you meet our alumni volunteers.</p>
<p>The deadline for interviews for EDII is January 25th?!
I still have not been contacted.. (live in Israel)
I tried emailing but the email address posted on my TAMS appears to be wrong because my message got sent back (rejected by the recipient's domain).
I guess I'll try calling tomorrow.. too late at night already.</p>
<p>mine was yesterday as well. Try as i might, I could not get an actual conversation going with my interviewer. It was like talking to a robot. They also thought for some reason that my interview was supposed to be today, and if I hadnt called ahead of time it would not have been a good situation, as i had to drive an hour and a half (one way) to get there. oh well at least its over with :-P . </p>
<p>i had my interview about 2 weeks ago, i think the conversation went fine but the only thing that i was uncomfortable with was that she asked me what other schools i applied to...</p>
<p>I'm sorry she did that, ianchen06. It's something that Tufts asks us interviewers specifically not to do. It's such an interesting question, that it can be hard to resist! Not to worry, the Tufts admissions office knows that you're applying elsewhere, and they also know how to interpret information when volunteer interviewers go off task.</p>
<p>I still haven't been contacted for an interview and I'm applying ED2... should i call now? i know i did say, "i would like to be contacted for an alumni interview if available"... i mean its not like i would hate it if i didn't get an interview, but should i be worried that maybe my parents deleted a message or i passed off an e-mail as spam or something?</p>
<p>or could it mean my stats are such garbage that they arent going to waste their time?</p>
<p>My alumni interviewer just contacted me and I scheduled my interview for Friday. I applied EDII too, but I didn't realize notifications were coming out the end of next week... I wonder if an admissions decision has already been made on my app or will be made before my interview...</p>
<p>i read somewhere that the deadline for having an interview for EDII was today? (not 100% sure about this) but i contacted my interviewer last week so we were able to have an interview yesterday.</p>
<p>it was really laid back and I felt really comfortable. Of course, this was made easier because he happened to be the dad of one of my friends from school :P. lasted about an hour. Mostly standard questions, such as why tufts, what are your interests, what's your life story, what leadership positions have you taken upon yourself, what part of you did not show up on the application, what did you talk about in your essays. then there was one question that i really was not expecting:</p>
<p>(to understand this question requires some back story. i lived in minnesota for 10 years before moving to israel. i was in an israeli school until 8th grade when I moved to the American International School. I have flown to 2-3 different countries every year with my sports/MUN teams such as Qatar, Austria, The Netherlands etc.) so basically, he asked "Imagine yourself at Tufts next year and there's this guy who lived in New Jersey his whole life, went to the same school, never really traveled etc. etc.. Being who you are and taking into account where you come from and what you've been through, how do you bridge that gap? haha needless to say I stumbled a bit..</p>
<p>But in the end he said that Tufts seemed like a place that I could thrive in and that would match my personality, so I was pretty happy :)</p>
<p>I had my interview two weeks ago, and it was really great! We had a swell conversation and talked a little more than half an hour. Yay Tufts! It was my first college interview, and not scary at all! Huzzah for Starbucks, because a vente chai latte definitely helped calm my frazzled nerves. I was kind of embarrased tough, because I hadn't been to Starbucks in a while, and was confused over the whole "tall" meaning "small." But luckily, my interviewer wasn't there yet, so no embarrasment ensued!</p>
<p>I applied RD on 12/29 and I still haven't heard anything yet...how long should I wait to contact my regional rep, if at all? I heard 20 days after the application was submitted, can anyone second that or offer a different opinion?</p>
<p>If after 4 weeks you haven't been contacted for an alumni interview (and you requested one) then call the alumni association chair of your area.</p>