Wake Interviews mentioned in NY Times

<p>For those of you wondering about the importance of interviews, the NY Times had this article recently:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/education/08yield.html?_r=2&hp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/education/08yield.html?_r=2&hp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Yes, but they talked about the webcam interviews specifically, and not the other options. So, do you think choosing the virtual interviews will look worse than the webcam/in-person interview?</p>

<p>My virtual interview was not good at all. I hate the time countdown on the top of the screen and it distracted me so much. I hope WF doesn't count it as a large fact in decision/scholarship/FA</p>

<p>Trust me, I do think they consider how the time constraint affected our responses. Everyone I know who has done a virtual interview has told me that they thought they did "horrible". So, if everyone did "horrible", then they will not expect each applicant to have written their best stuff.</p>

<p>I think it is just a way to gauge what and how we think in some very opinionated topics, and how effectively we can give a response in such a short time period...</p>

<p>I read somewhere online that only 25% - 1/3 of all applicants did an interview, so I think that at worse, it may be a null-factor. Well, as long as you didn't completely butcher and BS what you said.</p>

<p>Good to see Wake Forest get more publicity especially in a Yankee newspaper.</p>