<p>I have an alumni interview scheduled in two weeks. I'm going to send the interviewer my resume but I have a question about what is on it. Somewhere in another thread, I read that the Yale alumni interviewers are not supposed to know a student's GPA or test scores and to leave them off. I have both on my resume. Will it hurt me if I leave them on there? I've used this resume for several school interviews and no one has said anything about it (other than, good for you!).</p>
<p>These are my best attributes and I'd like to include them if at all possible but I don't want it to hurt my chances (and now I'm going to worry it has hurt my chances at the other schools :-()</p>
<p>From what I understand, you’ve had your GPA on previous resumes delegated to interviewers for other schools? Not a big deal. The policy that “they shall not know…” is in place because the interview is about personal qualities, not quantitative factors. In theory, they hope that the interviewer won’t be biased by your GPA or SAT but having it on there isn’t going to be the reason you get rejected. That’s a bit ridiculous.</p>
<p>The best course of action would be to take it off your resume, and indirectly infuse information about how successful etc etc you’ve been at school into your interview.</p>
<p>It’s irrelevant whether you include them or not. However, don’t be fooled. By saying “they’re my best attributes” isn’t going to lead to much of an interview. We assume that each applicant is a top performing student. Then what? He/she is going to probe what’s behind that so-called “impressive” GPA.</p>
<p>You gotta understand, the interviewers are seeing your area’s best students year after year. Someone’s 4.0 won’t even raise an eyebrow. </p>
<p>This isn’t to diminish your work – you’re to be applauded. But I want you to know the context of what you’re entering and be prepared for much more than a discussion of how you aced most of your classes.</p>
<p>Honestly speaking, the Yale alumni interviews have absolutely no bearing on whether you get admitted or not (unless…). This is an opportunity for Yale to understand if the applicant exists and if he/she is sane. If you fail in either of those criteria (i.e you are unable to hold a normal conversation, or you’re just not the person that Yale have on paper record) your chances of being admitted diminish significantly. No matter how much an alumni member might praise you, it will overall have close to no effect on the admission decision.</p>
<p>When they were telling you how to prepare and send your resume, was there any instruction as to include/not include GPA & SAT scores? If not, the only thing you risk is losing some physical space on your resume.</p>
<p>I sent in my resume with GPA and SAT test scores. Whether the interviewer read them or not, I don’t know. I also brought a very large folder of things like transcripts, letters, SAT printouts to the interviewer, and while I’d certainly say it didn’t hurt that I had them, we never touched them anyway. The interview was like the gentleman was trying to get to know me as a person. We talked about music, why I was in the ECs I was in, etc. The question I remember most vividly is “anything interesting going on in pop culture?” He was a very friendly man, and I enjoyed the conversation a lot.</p>
<p>There is no instruction to applicants telling them not to provide SAT/ACT/GPA to their interviewers. There are instructions to interviewers not to ask about these stats and not to ask students to bring resumes to interviews.</p>
<p>I don’t even see why people send a resume to an interviewer, unless they are specifically asked to. The interview hardly has any significant bearing on the overall admissions process at all. With that said, chill out. You’ll be fine.</p>