<p>Hey, my Tufts alumni contacted me about a week ago, and I replied back with a suggestion for the time and place. However, he hasn't since responded to my message, though I sent another email. Should I call admissions to let them know? It's pushing 10 days...</p>
<p>Don’t call admissions; it isn’t very nice to hold them accountable for your interviewer’s tardiness (or more conceivably, business). Send a third email (politely inquiring if he is still willing to interview you and offering him several convenient timings.) As long as you give him a rough idea of where you stay or go to school, the location is best left to him. If he has left you his contact number, give him a phone call. Another alternative would be to try and find information about whoever’s in charge of your local TAAP, and contact them explaining your situation and asking if another interviewer might be available. After you exhausted these options and waited a while longer, then it may be appropriate to contact admissions. Sometimes interviewers might be out of town or overseas (as my interviewer for another school was) and they might be uncontactable during that period; I came close to contacting the local alumni head for that school; fortunately I didn’t; it might have ruined other people’s impressions of my interviewer.</p>
<p>After 10 days (even pushing 10 days), it is fine to take another step. Personally, I’d go back to the interviewer rather than the Admissions Office. “just checking in again… I know the deadline is March 1…”</p>
<p>I’ve interviewed for years, and it still astounds me that people are slow to respond or don’t respond at all–both applicants and interviewers. But I’m the exception, because people ARE slow to respond. Don’t panic.</p>