<p>Why does Stanford not offer interviews? I don't mind either way, just curious...</p>
<p>Probably because they get too many applicants.</p>
<p>lol, they dont wanna bug their alumni</p>
<p>The "official" reason that former Dean of Admissions Robin Mamlet gave was that interviews tend to be misleading regarding the applicant's character. I think that's pretty awkward...in my opinion, it's much harder to fake your character in a live interview situation than on sheets of paper that you have months to prepare. But hey, the unique philosophy is what makes Stanford a cut above the rest =)</p>
<p>Yeah, an interview would be cool. My other ones have allowed me to learn so much about the school that I would never be able to find looking off websites.</p>
<p>it might be because they just don't care about a interview. i'm sure all colleges place MUCH more weight on teacher / counselor recs than interviews. i guess stanford doesn't think that an interview is worth the trouble because of how little information they would give? from what i've heard, the only time a interview will matter is if the applicant is completely condescending, or has absolutely no social skills.</p>
<p>Well, they make all this talk about personality and character being so important. I think that if they really meant that, they would have interviews. One of the reasons why the S comes after the HYP.</p>
<p>Interviews are not given that much weight even at HYP, so Stanford decided to get rid of it altogether.</p>