<p>my yale interviewer facebooked me.</p>
<p>BWAHAHAHA. Hope you didn't have anything stupid on there.</p>
<p>Base on the advice above D called ASC today and was told by the ASC that she had called too late to get an interview as ASC was leaving town and that an interview didn't matter.</p>
<p>The "blue letter" states:
"If an ASC member is available to meet with you, he/she will contact you to schedule an interview."</p>
<p>To my way of thinking this means that you should wait for the ASC to call you, or is this some way of eliminating those applicants who are too compliant and follow suggestions too closely?</p>
<p>Please, everyone, understand that the ASC interviewers are volunteers with busy work and family lives. They interview because they love Yale, but they can't reach everyone. I assume that the ASC directors who take on the task of coordinating all the interviews for their area are especially hard pressed. The number of applicants overwhelms alumni interviewers. Admissions officers know this and not having an interview is not a strike against you.</p>
<p>mardad, I assume your question is rhetorical, but if it isn't, the ASC should call/email you, although they won't call everyone because the volume of applicants is too great. The "blue letter" gives you the name of your ASC director, so if you're getting antsy you can contact that person. I absolutely understand why applicants would be hesitant to bother the ASC director, but Yale sends the information for a reason.</p>
<p>I've said this in what feels like dozens of other threads, but there is also the possibility that many applicants who believe they were not contacted by the ASC were contacted via email and they didn't check their junk mail assiduously enough. This won't be true for all applicants, but it is true for some.</p>
<p>Sorry to be defensive, but the interviewers I know have been working hard these past couple of weeks, but it just isn't possible to cover everyone.</p>
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<p>You cynic you!
What I find even more interesting is that they told you an interview didn't matter. Is that personally, or in general? And if so, then why have them at all?</p>
<p>I agree with Admissions Addict that this is a monumental task done entirely by volunteers. Because not everyone can get an interview, it can't weigh too heavily against you. I was being a little resentful because of the remark about she should have called earlier when the letter suggests that the applicant should wait to be contacted.</p>
<p>Hi I heard they are the third week of Feb. I only know because my friend who applied actually called to ask and was told that they are conducting them through towards the end of Feb. gOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>Bumped for info on page 3 regarding contacting your Alumni Schools Committee Director if you haven't been offered an interview.</p>
<p>I just got an e-mail from the ASC in my region telling me that I won't be getting an interview. :[</p>
<p>I just got called last night so they must be the third week of Feb</p>
<p>I have an interviewer coming to my home in 30 or so minutes. <em>gulp</em></p>
<p>What should I wear? What questions should I prepare for? Should I print out a quick resume?</p>
<p>Gahh! :(</p>
<p>Since it's at your house, I recommend dressing casual. No one wears business fancy clothes in their own home, unless they just got home from work, which you didn't because it's Sunday.</p>
<p>Haha, okay. </p>
<p>Should I be wiping off this hot pink nail polish? d: </p>
<p>On a more serious note, what sort of questions should I be preparing for? Are local interviews always by alumni? What sort of information do they have on the interviewee from the start? Their entire application -- or nothing at all?</p>
<p>OK. It's over.</p>
<p>And it wasn't much of what I expected. d:</p>
<p>hibiscuspink said: "And it wasn't much of what I expected."</p>
<p>How so? Was it less/more detailed, etc.? Thanks</p>
<p>The interviewer was really nice. Most of the time was spent explaining to my nooby dad that Yale really is a prestigious school, and about financial aid. It wasn't the whole "tell me about yourself" and "what good books have you read lately?" type interview I was bracing myself for. He mostly told stories about Yalies he went to school with. It was a chill conversation but I couldn't have been speaking more than 20% of the time.</p>
<p>And I left my nail polish on. :-p</p>
<p>i never got an interview what does that mean. I am in Cali</p>
<p>You could have called them; it was on that blue paper with your ELI number or whatever.
In my case, the interviewer called me. He lives in my hometown.</p>
<p>I had two Yale interviews, one on campus by a current student, and another one later on by an alumnus. Both of them were pretty similar, and both of them went pretty well.</p>
<p>The on-campus one was nice because it's interesting to interact with someone who already got in, you know? He asked me the basic questions: interests, why Yale, favorite subjects, books I've read lately, etc.</p>
<p>The alumnus interview was even better. He was such a nice guy, and he went to my high school (public school represent, yo). I gave him a copy of my resume and he went through and asked some questions from it, and he talked about himself a lot, but it was a really relaxed conversation (in his home, too, in a really ritzy area, of course). It's a shame the rest of my application isn't stronger, because he said he thought I was the perfect kind of person for Yale.</p>
<p>Anyway, you don't have to be a stellar applicant to get an interview offer, I'm really not, so don't stress.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions… I am an international applicant, still calls better than e-mail? Yale is my dream school… Thx</p>