<p>RD interview reports are due on March 1. I'd say that if you especially want an interview, and you haven't heard within a week or two, it will be time to email or call the local committee chair.</p>
<p>I contacted my local chair committee and was told that there is no one in india to interview me. :( has everyone one in india been denied an interview? I'm so bummed! Interviews are where I can really express myself and how much I want to go to tufts. :(</p>
<p>Hmm, so it's officially been over a month since I submitted my app so I think I'm gonna call the local chair tomorrow. I'm guessing it's his house number so when do you think is the most appropriate time to call? 5 P.M maybe?</p>
<p>A lot of people who interview prefer to be contacted by email. It's so hard to fathom other people's schedules.</p>
<p>Tufts sent me a letter informing me there weren't any alumni in my area, and then my friend from my high school had his tufts interview a week ago.</p>
<p>^^Seashore, I emailed the email address last Saturday--still no reply. The email address however was <a href="mailto:TuftsTAAP@aol.com">TuftsTAAP@aol.com</a><a href="something%20along%20those%20lines">/email</a>--seemed more like the official and general email address for Tufts alumni rather than the rep's personal email address. Is it like that for everyone?</p>
<p>TAAP means Tufts Alumni Admissions Program, so it's just the interview program, not a general alumni group. And there's no official email address like that one. Those of us involved in TAAP use personal email addresses. It sounds to me like an address that your committee chair set up on his/her own. </p>
<p>Last Saturday wasn't that long ago, but long enough that you should go ahead and call.</p>
<p>For anyone wondering, I just had my interview and it went great. She was really nice and interested in me and it was pretty casual, -no really intimidating questions. She merely asked me about my interests and gave me an opportunity to talk about my life and the things I'm involved in. So if you're really stressed about the interview, don't worry, i've had interviews at 3 other schools and this was the least stressful.</p>
<p>I just had my interview and it was great. My interviewer graduated in 2003 and was so excited for me with all the opportunities Tufts has to offer and whatnot. It was my first college interview and she told me that I didn't even sound nervous (which I most definitely was!) and that I was very well-spoken. I think it was because it was so relaxed. It was a really great experience, I must say!</p>
<p>When are interview reports due for RD applicants?
My local rep informed me on Tuesday night who should be contacting me for my interview though he still hasn't called. Sigh.</p>
<p>Ironically, this is the only school I really want an interview for! :D</p>
<p>Just wondering... what exactly is a "great" interview. I had mine and it was pleasant, but kind of... bland? </p>
<p>We just talked about why I applied to Tufts, my academic interests and why Tufts is special. It was only half an hour long. =/</p>
<p>I had mine today. It went well, I think, but it only lasted 30 minutes. When I was contacted by my alumnus to schedule the interview he said they usually last about 45 minutes.. should I take this as a bad sign that mine ran short? We covered quite a bit, but not a whole lot of small talk and kind of straight to the point.</p>
<p>Applekindgom,
Thanks for the link to interviewer questions. My D has an interview this week.</p>
<p>esgee--Interview reports are due March 1. There's generally a bit of a grace period.</p>
<p>could somebody answer my question of why Tufts sent me a letter saying that there weren't any alumni interviewers in my area, while less than a week later my friend who lives less than ten miles away met with an alumni? Is this a bad sign? I'm a legacy as well.</p>
<p>It is not a bad sign. There are plenty of areas, even some in Massachusetts, where there aren't enough interviewers to be able to meet with everyone who has requested an interview. Each committee assigns interviews in their own way--by the order in which you enter the system, by interests of the interviewers, etc. The order you get into the system is only slightly related to when you submitted your application. And by interest of the interviewer, I mean anything from "I'd like only engineers" or "I'd like only students from a particular high school." I'm not saying this happened, but it's also possible that in your area, the local committee chair figured that as a legacy, you already knew a lot about the school and someone else could benefit more from the alumni contact. It could be anything--except it's not related to your odds of admission.</p>
<p>Uhhh...So I just came back from an interview. It was about 30 minutes, and I think it went OK though we never clicked really well. However, she asked me some things like "what question do you wish you were asked?" and "anything else you want to add?", and my brain kinda froze and I said I couldn't come up with anything. Is such indecisive lack of ideas going to reflect badly on me? Rather, if you were interviewing me would you make a note of my blandness?</p>
<p>My interviewer was kind of a jerk, but I used his skepticism to my advantage by providing more elaborate answers to prove him wrong, in a way. I think he probably got the most information from me out of all my interviewers, but seemed to appreciate it the least.</p>
<p>I think it is a tricky and risky thing to try and outsmart an interviewer. I don't know what you mean exactly by proving the interviewer wrong, but if it were me, I might conclude you were a pompous little twit.</p>
<p>I agree with Modadunn. Why do you think he was "kind of a jerk"? Was he outwardly rude to you, or did he just have different opinions than you? If it's the former, I think you should have been polite anyway. And if it's the latter... I still think you should have been polite, lol, but respectfully disagreeing should have been fine too.</p>