<p>My mom keeps getting excited every time I get an interview for a college I want to go to, and each time I try to tell her "Its just an interview! It basically doesn't count!" I've heard that a good interview can tip the scale in your favor and a bad interview can't really hurt, and a lot of candidates don't even get interviews! So am I going crazy, or is it my mom? She thinks that since I got an interview, they'd like to take a 'closer look' at me, and if they knew they were going to reject me they wouldn't give me an interview at all. What do you all think?</p>
<p>Interviews ONLY depend on the number of alumni available. Some really great students don’t get interviews, while some okay/pretty good students get lots of interviews. i know tons of people who get into ivies w/o interviews and people who don’t get into ivies who got interviews.</p>