<p>Not accepted to Tufts.
Accepted to Brandeis, Maryland Honors, UC Berkeley, Davis, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz</p>
<p>UC Santa Barbara gogo</p>
<p>So beautiful</p>
<p>Hello all! Does anyone know if its possible to set up a Skype interview with an alumni, I recently received an e-mail from an alumni offering an interview but she lives a few hours away and I don’t know if I’ll be able to make it. Will it look really bad if I’m not able to make the interview at all, I’d love to do the interview but there’s an issue involving my parents…</p>
<p>If you’re comfortable, your parents are comfortable, and the alumni is comfortable - this should be fine. We don’t recommend it, but there are times when circumstances make it the best option (and it sounds like that’s case for you). It can’t hurt to ask your interviewer for a Skype or phone interview</p>
<p>Thanks for answering my question! I’ve talked to the alumni and she has agreed to do the Skype interview, I think it’ll be a great experience to learn more about Tufts.</p>
<p>Wonderful!</p>
<p>DanAdmiss@Tufts, since you are here answering interview questions, let me ask you one more. My son applied regular decision to Tufts but was told that he wouldn’t have an interview because there is no active alumni network in our area. We live in Sonoma County, an hour and a half from San Francisco. My son emailed his assigned admissions officer and the admissions office to say that he can drive and would be willing to drive into San Francisco for an interview. He never received an answer to either email. I know that interviews are not required, but he really wanted to make himself available if at all possible. Do you think he should try again?</p>
<p>I don’t know when DanAdmiss will be back, bopambo, so I thought I’d answer your question from the point of the interviewer.</p>
<p>First, I’m really sorry that your son hasn’t gotten responses to his emails. My own communications with Tufts are routinely answered very quickly, so I wonder what hole his emails have fallen into.</p>
<p>Interview reports are due on March 1, so if he wants to make another attempt, it should be immediately. I’d also suggest that he say something about what he’d hoped to get across in the interview. That way, if it still doesn’t work out, he’s at least made some contribution to his file.</p>
<p>I know you’ve heard this before, but let me repeat–Tufts accepts a LOT of students who have not had interviews. So if it doesn’t work out, please tell him not to worry. And good luck to him!</p>
<p>Seashore, thank you so much for taking the time to answer, it was very kind. I’m sure you’re right about the interview not being the deal breaker, but since you mentioned it, the email situation has me flummoxed. </p>
<p>My son has tried on three different occasions over the last six months to communicate by email with the Tufts admissions officer for our area, but has gotten no response. We visited the campus in August and everyone was extremely helpful, and the admissions office itself was responsive answering the questions that my son had originally addressed to our regional admissions fellow, without result. The office may have forwarded the interview question to the non-communicative guy.</p>
<p>In fact, I’m getting a little hot under the collar thinking about it. Tufts is not well served by an admissions representative who doesn’t answer emails!</p>
<p>Oh my, I wish that I could take that one back. I have no idea what may be at play here, Tufts is deservedly a very popular school that is no doubt inundated with communications and applications. My son is very philosophical and relaxed, so I need to chill. Sorry.</p>
<p>Whoa! I don’t think you have to take it back–I really liked your word “flummoxed.” I looked up the admissions officers responsible for areas around San Francisco, and as far as I know, they are warm, responsive guys. I’m flummoxed too!</p>
<p>But I agree with you that this is your son’s issue, and if he is philosophical and relaxed, more power to him.</p>
<p>Seashore, we may both be flummoxed, but I’m the irascible one. Thanks.</p>
<p>Just to return to topic, I had my Tufts interview yesterday at a local Noodles and Co.
It lasted about an hour (a little more than 59 minutes) and started with the basic “tell me about yourself”, “why tufts” and then continued from there. I think we shared a common interest so that helped carry on the conversation.</p>
<p>He mentioned a few times about sticking to the interview manual and definitely went by the book, commenting that he was discouraged from inquiring the other schools I applied to. I naturally said I would decline to delve further in to that matter.</p>
<p>Overall it was a very positive experience, it definitely kept Tufts high on my list. And hopefully that’s the last interview I have so stress has gone way down.</p>
<p>I was going to suggest you e-mail me, and I could look into it further, but I’m assuming from the similarities of the usernames your interview issue has been resolved. If that assumption is incorrect, then get in touch over e-mail and I’ll see what I can do (disclaimer: what I can do in this situation might be ‘nothing’, but I’ll at least get you an answer).</p>
<p>Hi DanAdmiss. No mrbopalop1 got an interview but my son has not, it IS an amazing similarity in usernames. </p>
<p>When I originally posted I was hoping there was still a chance that something could be arranged, since my son did make the effort to let the school know that he could travel to an interview. Now that I know that interview write-ups are due March 1st, it’s really too late. I was venting my frustration at the lack of response from our admissions associate, but I’m not speaking for my son, who would probably kill me if he knew I was making a fuss. He’ll get into Tufts, or not, on the merits of his application. I think he just wanted to share his enthusiasm with someone who’d been there.</p>
<p>Sorry I interrupted that conversation and caused a little confusion! :)</p>
<p>mrbopalop1, I’m sorry that I went on so long. I’m glad you had a good interview and I wish the best of luck getting into a great school!</p>
<p>The interview is not important. I got in with no interview.</p>
<p>Hi, I would like to ask you a question about my scheduled Skype interview with Tufts Alumni. Since I am an international student and I do not have a cell phone, I asked if it was possible for him to do an Skype interview. He said it is fine and gave me his skype account. However, we supposed to have a talk at 12: 15, but I have been waiting for him for twenty minutes. I emailed him last night to make sure that the interview is still scheduled at 12: 15. Since there was no reply from him, I emailed him again just now. What should I do now? Does it mean that my interview has been canceled?</p>
<p>Tufts always answers my emails within a dayr so. This is why I love Tufts so much. I never get this type of kindness from the other colleges I’ve emailed. </p>