<p>So, I thought the standard Ivy League policy was just to sit tight and an interviewer will contact you. No one has yet contacted me, despite living in the same Area Code as Princeton (that really doesn't mean I'm close, but you get the idea). So my friend saunters into a wasted period of Go/Po due to the snow day, and claims that he just had his Princeton Interview. That the guy who he met with had the courtesy to conduct the interview at the guidance office at my High School. </p>
<p>Well, now I'm worried. Despite me sending in my Princeton app not 2 weeks before the deadline (as I did with all my other schools) and having a last name near the end of the alphabet, as opposed to his which was near the beginning, I fear that Princeton has overlooked my application, and my hopes of getting into my first choice university are ruined. </p>
<p>Would anyone like to share some light on this topic?</p>
<p>My interviewer told me he got a list of people to contact, and he arranged all of his interviews himself. Since you live so close to Princeton, there are probably several interviewers, and your friend might have been assigned to a more industrious alumni.</p>
<p>Regardless, PU seems to have little influence over scheduling interviews. Chill out.</p>
<p>I was contacted by email at the beginning of last week, and will have my interview on Friday. Out of the two other RD applicants at my school, one had his interview last week, and the other hasn't been contacted yet, as far as I know. I wouldn't worry about it -- I'm pretty sure they'll contact you within the next week or so.</p>
<p>I haven't been contacted either, but my friend who applied ED was contacted very late in the "interview period" and ended up getting his interview after all. I think that your area of the alphabet might have something to do with it, maybe. I know that I got my Harvard interview after all of my other friends who are applying. I wouldn't worry about it yet.</p>
<p>Don't worry about it--last year, I didn't get my interview until early March. Granted, that was late, but you shouldn't start worrying until late February at very least.</p>
<p>you want to contact the interveiw coordinator if you havent had your interveiw yet. i applied ED, and i didnt get any notice about my interveiw, and it was late November, so I contacted the interveiw coordinator for the region I live in, and it turned out that i wasnt even on the list. this happened to my brother also. the next day, my interviewer emailed me. it turned out that i got in my interveiw the day before the deadline. so, long story short, its really disorganized (unfortunately) and you need to contact somebody if you feel something isnt right--you may not be on the list.</p>
<p>As I understand it, alumni interview undergrad applicants in the cities in which an alumni network is present. Unlike a lot of schools that make the student contact an alum for an interview, Princeton's process is that an alum contacts the student for an interview. So ... we're trying to figure out what to do if the student hasn't been contacted for an interview.</p>
<p>The deadline for the interviews to be submitted to the AO is March 4.</p>
<p>If you haven't yet been contacted, e-mail the Admission Office and let them know. The Schools Committee is extremely committed to interviewing the highest possible % of applicants -- they topped 94% for the ED round -- and they may assign you to someone else if your original interviewer is not getting the job done.</p>
<p>Unless the time crunch is just too tight, your folder won't go to committee until your interview report has been received, so don't worry that an interview late in the game won't be considered.</p>
<p>(This is on the Application Instruction page)</p>
<p>Frequently Asked Questions
Interviews</p>
<p>If you have the opportunity, we encourage you to accept an invitation to meet with a member of one of our Princeton Alumni Schools Committees. We have volunteers in many areas in North America and throughout the world. If there are sufficient volunteers in your area, you will be contacted by an interviewer after you submit your application.</p>
<p>An interview is not required for admission to Princeton and you will not be at a disadvantage if you happen to live in an area where our volunteers are not available. We do not conduct on-campus interviews, but we invite you to visit Princeton, if possible, to learn more about the University.</p>
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If there are sufficient volunteers in your area, you will be contacted by an interviewer after you submit your application.
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what if many of my friends in my school got interview and I didn't? that means I am covered by the alumni region, would it be a disadvantage for me if i don't get one?</p>