<p>I received an e-mail from an AOL account that asked if I was available on a certain day and time for an interview at the Harvard Club in Manhattan. It is supposedly from the "Co-Chair, Harvard Schools Committee" and included a cell-phone number under the name. Should I be suspicious? I just feel that I would have gotten an e-mail from a harvard e-mail account... Or is this how it is done??</p>
<p>-Thanks</p>
<p>yes; my email was from a personal address as well.</p>
<p>Why would you expect to get an e-mail from a Harvard account? While it's possible for alums to have Harvard e-mail accounts, I think that most are like me and use that Harvard account only to forward e-mail to their regular accounts. Probably the only ones who use Harvard as a regular e-mail account are very recent grads.</p>
<p>I think it's a valid question, because the Princeton interviewers mail from alumni.princeton.edu rather than a personal address.</p>
<p>In all likelihood, it's legitimate. As Northstarmom said, most alumni interviewers probably don't use a Harvard email address anymore.</p>
<p>OK thanks. I guess I will reply then.</p>
<p>Does harvard send interview offers to as many applicants as there are, all 20,000?</p>
<p>Re: Does harvard send interview offers to as many applicants as there are, all 20,000?</p>
<p>Interviews are likely available to anyone who wants one and lives reasonably close to a participating alumnus. These schools have extensive alumni networks so it's not all that difficult for an interview to be arranged, as long as you don't live too far from a decent size city.</p>
<p>Gadgets is correct. The exception is international applicants. Because of the lack of alum interviewers internationally, many international applicants do NOT get interviews. Most US-based applicants get interviews because a willing alum lives within a reasonable distance.</p>