<p>will my Yale interviewer ask for my resume? I'm quite worried about that, because i'm one year out of school and I don't really feel or remember as much about most of the activities anymore. If asked, am I allowed to send in a trimmed down version that includes only those things that I was really passionate about?</p>
<p>My D's asked her to email him one prior to her interview next week:<br>
name, address, phone, email
NO GPA or test scores (interviewer should see YOU, not a number)
YES awards, EC's, summer jobs/classes.<br>
My D's is organized in reverse chronological order but you could probably group by activity, </p>
<p>Gap year info</p>
<p>Awards
NHS and so on</p>
<p>Activities
Varsity Basketball 10, 11, 12
Orchestra 9, 10, 11, 12 and so on.</p>
<p>One page max, bulleted.</p>
<p>hmmm, do I have to send the exact same one to my interviewer as I did to to Yale? To be honest, there are some things I wouldn't know how to talk about.</p>
<p>Do all interviewers ask for the resume?</p>
<p>I never ask for resumes. It's up to the individual interviewer. Don't sweat it.</p>
<p>Different interviewers ask for different things. Yale's official guidelines for interviewers state that interviewers should NOT ask applicants to bring anything. I still ask for a resume (without GPA and test scores) because I've had enough painful interviews where the applicant has nothing to say that if I didn't have the resume to raise more topics, the interview would be over in 5 minutes.</p>
<p>You can give the interviewer whatever resume you want. They won't be able to compare it with whatever is in your file.</p>
<p>I applied around a month ago and no one has contacted me for an interview yet, is this normal?</p>
<p>It all depends on how things are handled in your area--it differs from state to state and in larger states it can vary by region. If you don't hear anything in another week, I'd call Yale and ask for the name of the Alumni Schools Committee Director for your region. That's the person who arranges interviews. Call that person and request an interview. Don't wait too long, interview reports are due on 12/1.</p>
<p>For other folks reading this post who sent their apps in in the past couple of days, I'd wait until 11/20 to make this call.</p>
<p>AA, I assume they are doing EA interviews first? My daughter has sent in all her RD apps 3 weeks ago, including Yale, and hasn't heard, we are in CA with lots of alumni, but I am assuming the EA students have priority?</p>
<p>OP, my D was contacted by email to set up the interview. She responded to set up the time and date, and offered to send a resume. He replied that he would very much like to have one ahead of time (likely for AA's reasons...emergency talking points!!). She took her "brag sheet" and edited off the GPA and test scores, and made it reflect current classes/activities. Put things on the resume that you'd like to talk about, and that show your interests/aptitudes best. I would think the immediate questions for you would be how you've spent the last year.</p>
<p>If my D's interviewer had said "no thanks" on the reply, she would have gone empty handed. </p>
<p>More free advice: I don't know if others do this, but any time I'm meeting someone for the first time, for business purposes, I google them. Sure enough, the interviewer's professional resume popped up. I printed it for my D, and she was able to find some connections with the interviewer (she did a summer program at a college he attended), which will make the whole conversation a lot easier.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>In my region EA applicants get priority.</p>
<p>riverrrunner--I've been a little freaked out when applicants have obviously googled me. It's good background info to have, but actively showing that you googled someone might make them uncomfortable, especially if the person is an older interviewer.</p>
<p>Great point, AA! I was careful NOT to dig deeper than the information he had chosen to make public on his business website.</p>
<p>rr: I share the same name as a Taiwanese pop star/movie star. I'd love to be mistaken for him! LOL</p>
<p>if an application was sent in for SCEA around october 18 should an interview contact have already been made (in an area with lots of Yale alumni)</p>
<p>elephant--It all depends on the local volunteer who organizes interviews in your area. I'd wait a week then call Yale and ask for the name and contact info for the Alumni Schools Committee director for your area.</p>
<p>People who have just applied and are reading this: Wait until Nov. 20 to make this call. It takes a while for things to get processed.</p>
<p>I applied October 1st and haven't been informed or anything of an interviewer, so I guess I'll contact them soon.</p>
<p>heh, yep, even if you google the interviewer, NEVER say that to their face. it's just creepy.</p>
<p>hmm, won't the interviewer send the interview's resume back to the admissions office, and won't they compare it then? in any case, if the interviewer's report is too focused on certain activities and doesn't mention some others, would it look weird to the admissions office? would they think i didn't do them out of real passion, or even think they're misrepresented on the application?!</p>
<p>but it's good to know I can talk about the things I want!</p>
<p>I'm sure they won't think it's weird at all. I assume that interviewers would most likely seek to talk about certain things first and foremost and they might wish to highlight some certain attributes or experiences that you mentioned in the interview process.</p>
<p>Anyways, I believe I will call in one or two weeks if I do not get an e-mail from Yale regarding an interview. I live in San Francisco so I'm sure there must be a lot of alumni around. I'd love to do an interview too but I heard that they aren't mandatory, perhaps I should e-mail or call.</p>
<p>The only thing that alumni interviewers submit is an evaluation form sent via Yale's alumni interviewer website.</p>
<p>Quixotic--Not sure when you applied, but if it was in the past couple of days, wait a couple weeks before you call admissions. Yale has to enter each applicant in their system then alert the local alumni interview coordinator about the applicants in his/her area. That can take a while, especially when there is a massive influx of applications.</p>