<p>xjayz:</p>
<p>You said that they begin reviewing cases this coming Thursday. I am a SCEA applicant, and I have not been contacted for an interview yet. Is there someone I could/should contact about this, or just keep waiting for someone to contact me?</p>
<p>I haven't gotten an interview either, but it seems like they read my application already(I got an email from an admissions officer). I keep on hearing conflicting information about whether interviewers read applications, what is it really?</p>
<p>If you have questions about your application (something not received, no interview yet, etc.) ... call the Admissions Office and ask. Don't rely on the advice of strangers on this board! You are responsible for your own application, so politely follow up on it if you have any concerns.</p>
<p>logicus- an admissions officer contacted you!? I'm jealous! Was it about something good?</p>
<p>it was about sending in additional stuff.</p>
<p>relax. you will get contacted by an interviewer, and i am sure that everyones app will be read. as long as youve got all the stuff in on time, just prepare for the interview, work on other apps, and go on with life.</p>
<p>yah.. thanks</p>
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do they constantly check to see if new SAT scores are in, even if the applicantions have already been read? or should you email them in case you took the sats in november, just to make sure they know there will be new scores soon?
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<p>They will get it when the College Board sends them. Harvard (nor any other college, rather) has control over when the College Board sends scores.</p>
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Do the admissions officers consider factors that may have prevented certain students from achieving/participating in extracurricular activities or competitions?</p>
<p>For example, moving from a non-English speaking country and having to catch up in English, and thus could not participate in many ECs or classes since there was a language barrier in the first 2 years of the student's high school life? Also, how about divorce PLUS those international experiences? Do I have to write a whole essay about it to let them know what I had "something to overcome /mentally/" or do they like... not care...? lol
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<p>They consider everything. That's why is no cut and dry rule of getting into Harvard!</p>
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I haven't gotten an interview either, but it seems like they read my application already(I got an email from an admissions officer). I keep on hearing conflicting information about whether interviewers read applications, what is it really?
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<p>As Byerly and NSM have stated over and over again, they do not get any information about their interviewees.</p>
<p>Just curious, xjayz do you work with the admissions office? You provide a lot of useful information =)</p>
<p>Many interviewers DO get information about candidates - SAT scores, transcripts, activity sheets, counsellor letter, etc.</p>
<p>Actually, I think that because Byerly is on Long Islsand, with a super overabundance of high stat applicants, his local schools committee and volunteer interviewers does get some extra info about applicants from the admissions office.</p>
<p>My schools committee -- which covers a radius of at least 200 miles -- only gets the name, school, e-mail, proposed major, possibly a proposed EC or 2 (such as "football"), race, phone number, address, and whether their parents went to Harvard undegrad. My committee doesn't see essays, transcripts, etc. unless the students bring those to the interview.</p>
<p>Northstarmom or Xjayz (since you seem like you know would be the ones to know)...Should we have an interview yet, or should we have at least heard from our interviewer? I'm in a place where there might not be that many applicants and I haven't been contacted yet. Should I call and just make sure that I will get an interview? Or should I just wait and hope?</p>
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Actually, I think that because Byerly is on Long Islsand, with a super overabundance of high stat applicants, his local schools committee and volunteer interviewers does get some extra info about applicants from the admissions office.</p>
<p>My schools committee -- which covers a radius of at least 200 miles -- only gets the name, school, e-mail, proposed major, possibly a proposed EC or 2 (such as "football"), race, phone number, address, and whether their parents went to Harvard undegrad. My committee doesn't see essays, transcripts, etc. unless the students bring those to the interview.
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<p>I think Byerly lives around the Cambridge/Boston area. I am from New York City, where, as NSM states, there is a super abundance of high stat applicants, and my interviewer did not know anything about me (or this is what he said) except for my name and which school I came from. In fact, the interview started off with his asking me for my top 3 SAT II scores, my highest composite SAT I score and AP test scores. He also asked me what I did outside of the classroom and wrote it all down.</p>
<p>It seems so strange to me that your interviewer would start off asking your top SAT II scores. The admissions office already knows your scores and grades ect. The purpose of the interview is not for the interviewer to reiterate that which the admission office already knows. The purpose of the interview is for the interviewr to get a sense of who you are, your personality, how you preesent youreslf, what your interest is in the school ect. The purpose is to add the human element to your application.</p>
<p>Context. The interviewer isn't collecting stats for admissions, just wants to know what he's dealing with.</p>
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It seems so strange to me that your interviewer would start off asking your top SAT II scores. The admissions office already knows your scores and grades ect. The purpose of the interview is not for the interviewer to reiterate that which the admission office already knows. The purpose of the interview is for the interviewr to get a sense of who you are, your personality, how you preesent youreslf, what your interest is in the school ect. The purpose is to add the human element to your application.
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<p>The interviewer has to evaluate you academically as well. It would be hard to give an academic rating without some quantitative evidence.</p>
<p>My interviewer asked me to send him a copy of my resume and personal statement.</p>
<p>Hi,
So since admissions officers are given students files to read that are from particular regions, (ie. admissions officers may be in charge of reading los anglelos, michigan, and hawaii), how will that work with boarding school students. For example, if a student lives in Vermont, but goes to school in Connecticut, will they group the student in the Vermont region since that is where they live, or will they group them in CT since that is where they attend school?</p>
<p>Boarding school students will be read as if they have resided in the state in which the boarding school is located. This is because the purpose of regional reps is to not only break the applicants down to a manageable size, but also the regional rep has familarity with all the high schools in their region. If for example an applicant is from Wyoming and attends a boarding school in Connecticut for example, the regional rep for Wyoming cannot put the academic record of the Connecticut boarding school in context because he or she would not be familiar with that school..</p>
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So since admissions officers are given students files to read that are from particular regions, (ie. admissions officers may be in charge of reading los anglelos, michigan, and hawaii), how will that work with boarding school students. For example, if a student lives in Vermont, but goes to school in Connecticut, will they group the student in the Vermont region since that is where they live, or will they group them in CT since that is where they attend school?
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<p>Collegebound5 is correct. For example, if a student lived in New York City but went to Phillips Academy, they will be in the group where Andover is in along with other Massachusetts area schools.</p>