<p>My daughter will be visiting Wesleyan the week after next. The admissions department has scheduled her for an information session, tour, and interview. Any idea what the interview process is like? The college says its "evaluative". Is there any way to be more prepared than to ask questions? How does their process work? This will be the week of her first interviews but she's not even sure until the visits if these schools are what she really wants. Is there anything in particular that is helpful to have on-hand for the interview? Transcript? Art supplement-type stuff? </p>
<p>Anything not to miss at the school and/or the area? Thanks for any help. Her interests are in theater, music theater, writing, art, history....</p>
<p>The interview at Wesleyan is very informal and casual, especially compared to at other schools. The interviewer will be a senior at Wesleyan, and thus young and not full of administrative jargon. The interview IS evaluative, but whether fortunately or unfortunately, is not weighted that heavily. Instead, it's just one of many factors that help the admissions committee to see the "whole person" instead of just a GPA, SAT scores, and list of accomplishments.</p>
<p>Don't stress. Dress nicely, but you don't have to go crazy - a skirt and non-T-shirt shirt is fine. The interview will probably be conversational. If there's anything you want to bring along to show the interviewer, there's no reason not to... but if you have supplemental material you want to be weighted in the admissions process, it's probably better to send it separately and allow the committee to see it.</p>
<p>If she has any specific academic interests, she might want to talk to professors specifically in that department, or maybe just sit in on a class. It might be too late, but I highly recommend staying overnight with a student just to get the "feel" of the school if possible, because that's the best way to see if you'd actually find yourself being happy there.</p>
<p>Thanks; very helpful! They offered an overnight but it would have negatively impacted our abilit to visit several NE schools in a short time. The one's she likes we'll probably visit again—at least the ones that like her well enough to extend an offer of admission—come decision time.</p>
<p>My S found the interview to be incredibly comfortable and welcoming. It was more like a chat between two students, one somewhat older, than a capital "I" interview.</p>
<p>He wore corduroys and a Gaelic Football jersey his sister had brought back from Ireland. Other students ran the gamut from button down shirts to T-shirts. I got the sense that eclecticism is valued.</p>
<p>He ended up going to his ED school, but his sister went there (was a transfer so did an alumni interview near her first college) and absolutley loved it.</p>