<p>so....................................</p>
<p>one in which you left with a bad taste in your mouth or you received some form of negative feedback from the interviewer. The interviewees are often themselves good judges of how the interviews went, but obviously feedback from the interviewer helps.</p>
<p>I've been on both sides of the table -- interviewer (Columbia, my jobs) and interviewee (schools, jobs) -- for hundreds of interviews. It is very rare that an interviewer will let you know that he doesn't like you. Giving someone "negative feedback" in an interview isn't very common: not only is it pretty rude and tacky, but there's no point in doing so. If I ask someone why he wants to go to Columbia, and he says that he loves NYC and nothing more, am I going to tell him that his answer was horrible? I've interviewed people who I knew had NO chance of getting in (i.e., SAT scores well below what Columbia wants and no hooks), but I'm never going to say that their chances of getting accepted are poor. Columbia has to market itself and doesn't want word to get around that its interviewers are jerks.</p>
<p>So, what would I call a bad interview? Since you probably haven't done many interviews at 17/18, you most likely will not be able to tell if your interview went badly. Your interviewer isn't likely going to give you any cues that you would easily pick up on. Also, some of it is just who you are. If you're a shy person who doesn't say much, you're not likely to get a good evaluation out of that person. Some people get mediocre reports not because of something they did "badly," but because they don't present themselves well enough.</p>
<p>will u tell US what those sat scores were like, Columbia2002?</p>
<p>I am confused, columbia- can you please explain? How did you know their SAT scores? I thought you didn't see the part II of the application?</p>
<p>Samc-- I'd rather not be too specific, but you'd be surprised at how many applications come from people who have a very small chance. I have interviewed a kid (who wasn't a recruited athlete or with any other "hook") who had a triple-digit SAT score.</p>
<p>Suburb--I don't see any part of the app. I get a basic data profile. Near the end of the interview, I ask about scores and grades. I don't ask at the beginning because I don't want it to skew my judgment of the person. (Studies say that interviewers know whether they like the interviewee 30 seconds into an interview.)</p>
<p>What does the basic data profile consist of?</p>
<p>Information derived from Part I. Stuff like ontact info and the academic/EC interests you mark down on part I.</p>
<p>Columbia2002 - Is it true that the admissions officer for our region decides whether we get an interview or not, because this is what I read from a college book -( ad com of New College) -If the student's application is borderline and the writing is excellent (essay), we might give them the benefit of the doubt and ask the student to interview or submit an extra quarter of grades or other materials. -Then why is it that the student gets a interview "after" the student sends the application? Is it that the region admissions officer reads the app. and decides if the app. is borderline? If it is then he would give the interview to be the "deciding factor." Meaning that the applicant should be sent to the ad. com. For example, 5 people from the same school and same location applied to Columbia and only 4 got the interview but the one who didn't get the interview was accepted. Does that mean that those 4 didn't "qualify enough" for Columbia, and the interview was the "deciding factor"? Why is it that the one who didn't get the interview was accepted? I think that the one who didn't get the interview was qualified more than the others before the interview and the interview was not "very" good for the others. The regional admissions officer had to decide if the 4 can show an exceptional quality for the interview. Also, for my interview , my interviewer kept asking me what other colleges im applying to...Why? Is it because he knew that I am the person who is borderline ?</p>
<p>Interviews are given after you submit part I, not part II. For example, when I had my interview, my interviewer had my part I information in front of him (prospective majors, prospective extracirricular choices). Case in point, I was contacted for my interview before I submitted my part II, which included grades, ECs, etc.</p>
<p>I don't even know what New College is. I'm not sure why you'd assume that something in a book having nothing to do with Columbia would be applicable here. Getting a Columbia interview is solely a function of the ratio of applicants and interviewers in your area. It has nothing to do with your chances.</p>
<p>Why did your interviewer ask you what other colleges you're applying to? Perhaps because it tells something about how you picked your college list and reveals information about whether you want to go to Columbia? Perhaps he just wanted to make conversation? What do you mean "kept asking"?</p>
<p>i mean by kept asking is that he asked me when he called me and again he asked me during the interview and after the interview.</p>