<p>Well they're not really "interviews" (officially called "alumni informal sessions" or something like that), but who else applied ED and never got one?</p>
<p>They've probably already made decisions, but it's still really bugging me how I didn't at least get a call...I live in a pretty big city in California--I thought there'd be at least one local alumni doing interviews.</p>
<p>Yes, I know their officially policy is that "not everyone might get an interview/session," but it really seems like everyone here at CC got one. Maybe they took one look at my application and said, "Not a chance!" lol....:(....and i considered myself a borderline applicant.</p>
<p>anybody who hasn’t gotten one now for ED is not going to get one. I think they set up interviews depending on how close an alumni lives near you. Many of my classmates got the same person for interview. </p>
<p>Plus, the last day for the interviews was november 30th according to my interviewer</p>
<p>I didn’t get one.
Plenty of people in my school got one, but I guess it the interviewers had limited time.
<em>shrugs</em>
I’m disappointed I didn’t get one, but what can you do?</p>
<p>it’s really depends on the interviewer. One of my friends met with the interviewer, but i only had the opportunity to speak with that same interviewer on the phone.</p>
<p>They aren’t really just “information sessions”. When I did mine (2/3 weeks ago), the interviewer asked me a whole bunch of questions, told me about him/herself, and wrote a report for my interview. And for the record in my school, virtually all people who were accepted were invited to interviews.</p>
<p>It may be different in other regions…I don’t know lol</p>
<p>Don’t worry about not getting one because of your grades. The CAAAN committee only receives contact information for you, what school/major you applied for, and ED or RD application. Grades had NO effect on whether or not you received one. Like some people have said, those with no shot or negative shots still receive interviews. Decisions have pretty much been made for Cornell University, maybe Monday as the last day. Best of luck.</p>
<p>Lemme just make it clear, I’m talking about the ALUMNI CONTACT SESSIONS, where an alumni essentially calls/meets with you, asks you questions, allows you to ask questions, and eventually writes a report on you–yeah, its pretty clear this is very interview-esque, but its not an “official interview”</p>
<p>It seems like the large majority of ppl haven’t gotten them cept for me…weird. Especially weird for me, cuz as i’ve said before, I live in a pretty well-populated suburb in a well-populated city in Southern Cali…usually ppl in my area applying to Ivy-level schools have no problem getting an alumni interview.</p>
<p>I just hope the “unofficial interview” wasn’t just for borderline applicants…and those that didn’t get one were far above the cut or far below…lol. Hey, for those ppl that didn’t get an alumni session, what were your GPA and SAT?</p>
<p>It probly doesnt matter, but maybe we can see if theres a trend here…</p>
<p>As has been mentioned many times before, there’s no correlation b/w if you get an interview (ie an information session) and your viability as an applicant. You can get accepted whether you get an interview or not. Back when I applied, I never got an interview. I went to one of the group sessions where they let you sign up to get an interview and I still never got an interview and I lived in the Bay Area where there were plenty of Cornell alums.</p>
<p>Ditto with what norcalguy said. I conduct these interviews and it is just a function of alumni availability. Application counts have doubled in the last decade, but the recruitment of alumni volunteers hasn’t followed in turn, so alums are sometimes stretched thin and unable to get to everybody. Sometimes a health/family emergency comes up, etc.</p>
<p>Not having an interview can’t hurt your application.</p>