Alumni Interviews - Lack of Consistency and Quality

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've been an HYP alumni interviewer for over 20 years. Most interviews dont make a huge difference, because they just echo the rest of the application.

The school continues to have interviews, though , because the interviewer can spot a kid who can't function, is arrogant, can't keep an appointment, or has PITA parents who try to interject themselves into the process. Admissions committees don't trust high schools to flag these sorts of kids for fear of lawsuits. Every admissions officer seems to have a horror story about a disastrous student who might have gotten in but for an interviewer who raised a concern.

I rest my case. all these problem children best to avoid you like the plague.

If you live in a town with an alum ni interviewer nearby, you can't decline an interview.

I just started interviewing for my alma mater. The interview is considered voluntary. We are trained to make this explicit.

I agree that there is inconsistency. I found myself leaving my last interview glad that I was the kid’s interviewer and not some jerk who may have made sport of the kid in the name of “protecting the brand.”

Did you attend an Ivy?

I attending what I have seen referred to on this board as HYPS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been an HYP alumni interviewer for over 20 years. Most interviews dont make a huge difference, because they just echo the rest of the application.

The school continues to have interviews, though , because the interviewer can spot a kid who can't function, is arrogant, can't keep an appointment, or has PITA parents who try to interject themselves into the process. Admissions committees don't trust high schools to flag these sorts of kids for fear of lawsuits. Every admissions officer seems to have a horror story about a disastrous student who might have gotten in but for an interviewer who raised a concern.

I rest my case. all these problem children best to avoid you like the plague.

If you live in a town with an alum ni interviewer nearby, you can't decline an interview.

I just started interviewing for my alma mater. The interview is considered voluntary. We are trained to make this explicit.

I agree that there is inconsistency. I found myself leaving my last interview glad that I was the kid’s interviewer and not some jerk who may have made sport of the kid in the name of “protecting the brand.”

Did you attend an Ivy?

I attending what I have seen referred to on this board as HYPS.

So you went to Stanford a long time ago before it was STANFORD. As you probably know east coast is more formal...but keep telling kids to follow your lead.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been an HYP alumni interviewer for over 20 years. Most interviews dont make a huge difference, because they just echo the rest of the application.

The school continues to have interviews, though , because the interviewer can spot a kid who can't function, is arrogant, can't keep an appointment, or has PITA parents who try to interject themselves into the process. Admissions committees don't trust high schools to flag these sorts of kids for fear of lawsuits. Every admissions officer seems to have a horror story about a disastrous student who might have gotten in but for an interviewer who raised a concern.

I rest my case. all these problem children best to avoid you like the plague.

If you live in a town with an alum ni interviewer nearby, you can't decline an interview.

I just started interviewing for my alma mater. The interview is considered voluntary. We are trained to make this explicit.

I agree that there is inconsistency. I found myself leaving my last interview glad that I was the kid’s interviewer and not some jerk who may have made sport of the kid in the name of “protecting the brand.”

Did you attend an Ivy?

I attending what I have seen referred to on this board as HYPS.

So you went to Stanford a long time ago before it was STANFORD. As you probably know east coast is more formal...but keep telling kids to follow your lead.

Uggg. You come across as such an arrogant bore. Hopefully these kids will not be deterred if they get an interviewer like you and will realize for every ivy jackass there is also an A-plus personality attending.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The parents attacking the interview process should really evaluate if the Ivy League is appropriate for their student. It seems they might be better off at a large state school where their kids won’t repeatedly be subject to peer, professor and club reviews. At my HPY school almost every activity, academic organization or club had a trail or interview by the organizations membership... Mostly “unqualified students” and sometimes faculty.... It’s very difficult to change tradition so be sure that you have your eyes wide open about the environment. As to Mr 3 years it is arrogant and shows a lack of curiosity of learning which is pretty much against the mission. Why not give the spot to someone who wants to absorb as much as possible and create something great. 3 years can go to trade school.

Be serious. For every Brett Kavanaugh conducting an interview there is a young Christine Blassy Ford being interviewed. The possibilities for a terrible interview mismatch rare not that remote. The ivy league is not some paragon of i virtue. It is difficult to change traditions including that crappy traditions. Get real.

Your entitlement is showing. It’s their school and system. My kids had crappy and great interviewers but I never thought entitled to trash the whole system. Wow! Anyway you are suppose to do it in a public place with people around so that is not really an issue. (Library, Starbucks ... a place a kid would normally go). But really just tell your kid not to apply and you will have protected them from “unqualified” interviewers. At graduation you can laugh at the suckers going Ivy that interviewed.

Yeah. Makes total sense. Let’s never question the establishment. That’s led to great things. Thank you Mr. Republican.

Oh, there's plenty of questioning the value of interviews on this thread, including from multiple alum interviewers. The simple reality is that how much you want to rail against the system, you aren't going to change it. It is what it is.

The interviews do have value, possibly their greatest value, in helping to filter out the potentially disturbed candidates from your regular students. Beyond that they are largely irrelevant. They probably had greater impact 30 years ago when admissions rates were more like 1/3 to 1/4 of applicants admitted, but in today's world of sub 10% admissions rates, not so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The parents attacking the interview process should really evaluate if the Ivy League is appropriate for their student. It seems they might be better off at a large state school where their kids won’t repeatedly be subject to peer, professor and club reviews. At my HPY school almost every activity, academic organization or club had a trail or interview by the organizations membership... Mostly “unqualified students” and sometimes faculty.... It’s very difficult to change tradition so be sure that you have your eyes wide open about the environment. As to Mr 3 years it is arrogant and shows a lack of curiosity of learning which is pretty much against the mission. Why not give the spot to someone who wants to absorb as much as possible and create something great. 3 years can go to trade school.

Be serious. For every Brett Kavanaugh conducting an interview there is a young Christine Blassy Ford being interviewed. The possibilities for a terrible interview mismatch rare not that remote. The ivy league is not some paragon of i virtue. It is difficult to change traditions including that crappy traditions. Get real.

Your entitlement is showing. It’s their school and system. My kids had crappy and great interviewers but I never thought entitled to trash the whole system. Wow! Anyway you are suppose to do it in a public place with people around so that is not really an issue. (Library, Starbucks ... a place a kid would normally go). But really just tell your kid not to apply and you will have protected them from “unqualified” interviewers. At graduation you can laugh at the suckers going Ivy that interviewed.

Yeah. Makes total sense. Let’s never question the establishment. That’s led to great things. Thank you Mr. Republican.

Oh, there's plenty of questioning the value of interviews on this thread, including from multiple alum interviewers. The simple reality is that how much you want to rail against the system, you aren't going to change it. It is what it is.

The interviews do have value, possibly their greatest value, in helping to filter out the potentially disturbed candidates from your regular students. Beyond that they are largely irrelevant. They probably had greater impact 30 years ago when admissions rates were more like 1/3 to 1/4 of applicants admitted, but in today's world of sub 10% admissions rates, not so much.

Really? My DC, unlike me, went off to college with some self-defense skills and knowing where and when to direct a well placed kick to the you know where. That is progress. Sorry boys. Things do change, allbeit slowly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been an HYP alumni interviewer for over 20 years. Most interviews dont make a huge difference, because they just echo the rest of the application.

The school continues to have interviews, though , because the interviewer can spot a kid who can't function, is arrogant, can't keep an appointment, or has PITA parents who try to interject themselves into the process. Admissions committees don't trust high schools to flag these sorts of kids for fear of lawsuits. Every admissions officer seems to have a horror story about a disastrous student who might have gotten in but for an interviewer who raised a concern.

I rest my case. all these problem children best to avoid you like the plague.

If you live in a town with an alum ni interviewer nearby, you can't decline an interview.

I just started interviewing for my alma mater. The interview is considered voluntary. We are trained to make this explicit.

I agree that there is inconsistency. I found myself leaving my last interview glad that I was the kid’s interviewer and not some jerk who may have made sport of the kid in the name of “protecting the brand.”

Did you attend an Ivy?

I attending what I have seen referred to on this board as HYPS.

So you went to Stanford a long time ago before it was STANFORD. As you probably know east coast is more formal...but keep telling kids to follow your lead.

Uggg. You come across as such an arrogant bore. Hopefully these kids will not be deterred if they get an interviewer like you and will realize for every ivy jackass there is also an A-plus personality attending.

Ok. You win I accept fully that you think I suck but you are actually dangerous. Encouraging people to take action that may be harmful to their kids. Not sure what makes me so bad since you are advising about Ivys and did not attend but I fully accept your criticism. I do feel bad for the children you may harm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been an HYP alumni interviewer for over 20 years. Most interviews dont make a huge difference, because they just echo the rest of the application.

The school continues to have interviews, though , because the interviewer can spot a kid who can't function, is arrogant, can't keep an appointment, or has PITA parents who try to interject themselves into the process. Admissions committees don't trust high schools to flag these sorts of kids for fear of lawsuits. Every admissions officer seems to have a horror story about a disastrous student who might have gotten in but for an interviewer who raised a concern.

I rest my case. all these problem children best to avoid you like the plague.

If you live in a town with an alum ni interviewer nearby, you can't decline an interview.

I just started interviewing for my alma mater. The interview is considered voluntary. We are trained to make this explicit.

I agree that there is inconsistency. I found myself leaving my last interview glad that I was the kid’s interviewer and not some jerk who may have made sport of the kid in the name of “protecting the brand.”

Did you attend an Ivy?

I attending what I have seen referred to on this board as HYPS.

So you went to Stanford a long time ago before it was STANFORD. As you probably know east coast is more formal...but keep telling kids to follow your lead.

Uggg. You come across as such an arrogant bore. Hopefully these kids will not be deterred if they get an interviewer like you and will realize for every ivy jackass there is also an A-plus personality attending.

Ok. You win I accept fully that you think I suck but you are actually dangerous. Encouraging people to take action that may be harmful to their kids. Not sure what makes me so bad since you are advising about Ivys and did not attend but I fully accept your criticism. I do feel bad for the children you may harm.

Funny - I would write the identical post about you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The parents attacking the interview process should really evaluate if the Ivy League is appropriate for their student. It seems they might be better off at a large state school where their kids won’t repeatedly be subject to peer, professor and club reviews. At my HPY school almost every activity, academic organization or club had a trail or interview by the organizations membership... Mostly “unqualified students” and sometimes faculty.... It’s very difficult to change tradition so be sure that you have your eyes wide open about the environment. As to Mr 3 years it is arrogant and shows a lack of curiosity of learning which is pretty much against the mission. Why not give the spot to someone who wants to absorb as much as possible and create something great. 3 years can go to trade school.

Be serious. For every Brett Kavanaugh conducting an interview there is a young Christine Blassy Ford being interviewed. The possibilities for a terrible interview mismatch rare not that remote. The ivy league is not some paragon of i virtue. It is difficult to change traditions including that crappy traditions. Get real.

Your entitlement is showing. It’s their school and system. My kids had crappy and great interviewers but I never thought entitled to trash the whole system. Wow! Anyway you are suppose to do it in a public place with people around so that is not really an issue. (Library, Starbucks ... a place a kid would normally go). But really just tell your kid not to apply and you will have protected them from “unqualified” interviewers. At graduation you can laugh at the suckers going Ivy that interviewed.

Yeah. Makes total sense. Let’s never question the establishment. That’s led to great things. Thank you Mr. Republican.

You are really irrational. Not a Republican and not a man. But please continue in your full on rage against alumni. You do realize that without interviews it might be significantly harder for Big 3 kids to get in... no APs, no awards and unless they do travel low level sports except maybe crew, Ice Hockey and squash. It seems like your anger is misplaced. I am sorry senior year has not gone as planned. It’s very tough.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been an HYP alumni interviewer for over 20 years. Most interviews dont make a huge difference, because they just echo the rest of the application.

The school continues to have interviews, though , because the interviewer can spot a kid who can't function, is arrogant, can't keep an appointment, or has PITA parents who try to interject themselves into the process. Admissions committees don't trust high schools to flag these sorts of kids for fear of lawsuits. Every admissions officer seems to have a horror story about a disastrous student who might have gotten in but for an interviewer who raised a concern.

I rest my case. all these problem children best to avoid you like the plague.

If you live in a town with an alum ni interviewer nearby, you can't decline an interview.

I just started interviewing for my alma mater. The interview is considered voluntary. We are trained to make this explicit.

I agree that there is inconsistency. I found myself leaving my last interview glad that I was the kid’s interviewer and not some jerk who may have made sport of the kid in the name of “protecting the brand.”

Did you attend an Ivy?

I attending what I have seen referred to on this board as HYPS.

So you went to Stanford a long time ago before it was STANFORD. As you probably know east coast is more formal...but keep telling kids to follow your lead.

Uggg. You come across as such an arrogant bore. Hopefully these kids will not be deterred if they get an interviewer like you and will realize for every ivy jackass there is also an A-plus personality attending.

Ok. You win I accept fully that you think I suck but you are actually dangerous. Encouraging people to take action that may be harmful to their kids. Not sure what makes me so bad since you are advising about Ivys and did not attend but I fully accept your criticism. I do feel bad for the children you may harm.

Funny - I would write the identical post about you.

But it would be stupid. Kids are applying to schools with 5% admit rates and you believe they can pick and choose what part of the process they want to complete without consequences. All I have said is go through the steps. That is not radical, arrogant or harmful. You are espousing that it’s like a restaurant where you can order whatever you like... does that seem at all likely to anyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been an HYP alumni interviewer for over 20 years. Most interviews dont make a huge difference, because they just echo the rest of the application.

The school continues to have interviews, though , because the interviewer can spot a kid who can't function, is arrogant, can't keep an appointment, or has PITA parents who try to interject themselves into the process. Admissions committees don't trust high schools to flag these sorts of kids for fear of lawsuits. Every admissions officer seems to have a horror story about a disastrous student who might have gotten in but for an interviewer who raised a concern.

I rest my case. all these problem children best to avoid you like the plague.

If you live in a town with an alum ni interviewer nearby, you can't decline an interview.

I just started interviewing for my alma mater. The interview is considered voluntary. We are trained to make this explicit.

I agree that there is inconsistency. I found myself leaving my last interview glad that I was the kid’s interviewer and not some jerk who may have made sport of the kid in the name of “protecting the brand.”

Did you attend an Ivy?

I attending what I have seen referred to on this board as HYPS.

So you went to Stanford a long time ago before it was STANFORD. As you probably know east coast is more formal...but keep telling kids to follow your lead.

Uggg. You come across as such an arrogant bore. Hopefully these kids will not be deterred if they get an interviewer like you and will realize for every ivy jackass there is also an A-plus personality attending.

Ok. You win I accept fully that you think I suck but you are actually dangerous. Encouraging people to take action that may be harmful to their kids. Not sure what makes me so bad since you are advising about Ivys and did not attend but I fully accept your criticism. I do feel bad for the children you may harm.

Funny - I would write the identical post about you.

But it would be stupid. Kids are applying to schools with 5% admit rates and you believe they can pick and choose what part of the process they want to complete without consequences. All I have said is go through the steps. That is not radical, arrogant or harmful. You are espousing that it’s like a restaurant where you can order whatever you like... does that seem at all likely to anyone.

Also I am and my parents and kids are HPY grads unlike you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been an HYP alumni interviewer for over 20 years. Most interviews dont make a huge difference, because they just echo the rest of the application.

The school continues to have interviews, though , because the interviewer can spot a kid who can't function, is arrogant, can't keep an appointment, or has PITA parents who try to interject themselves into the process. Admissions committees don't trust high schools to flag these sorts of kids for fear of lawsuits. Every admissions officer seems to have a horror story about a disastrous student who might have gotten in but for an interviewer who raised a concern.

I rest my case. all these problem children best to avoid you like the plague.

If you live in a town with an alum ni interviewer nearby, you can't decline an interview.

I just started interviewing for my alma mater. The interview is considered voluntary. We are trained to make this explicit.

I agree that there is inconsistency. I found myself leaving my last interview glad that I was the kid’s interviewer and not some jerk who may have made sport of the kid in the name of “protecting the brand.”

Did you attend an Ivy?

I attending what I have seen referred to on this board as HYPS.

So you went to Stanford a long time ago before it was STANFORD. As you probably know east coast is more formal...but keep telling kids to follow your lead.

Uggg. You come across as such an arrogant bore. Hopefully these kids will not be deterred if they get an interviewer like you and will realize for every ivy jackass there is also an A-plus personality attending.

Ok. You win I accept fully that you think I suck but you are actually dangerous. Encouraging people to take action that may be harmful to their kids. Not sure what makes me so bad since you are advising about Ivys and did not attend but I fully accept your criticism. I do feel bad for the children you may harm.

Funny - I would write the identical post about you.

But it would be stupid. Kids are applying to schools with 5% admit rates and you believe they can pick and choose what part of the process they want to complete without consequences. All I have said is go through the steps. That is not radical, arrogant or harmful. You are espousing that it’s like a restaurant where you can order whatever you like... does that seem at all likely to anyone.

Hogwash. There is only one menu item where we differ on its role and value - the alumni interview. That is it. The rest of your statement is nonsense.

[Anonymous]

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I just started interviewing for my alma mater. The interview is considered voluntary. We are trained to make this explicit.

I agree that there is inconsistency. I found myself leaving my last interview glad that I was the kid’s interviewer and not some jerk who may have made sport of the kid in the name of “protecting the brand.”


Did you attend an Ivy?

I attending what I have seen referred to on this board as HYPS.

So you went to Stanford a long time ago before it was STANFORD. As you probably know east coast is more formal...but keep telling kids to follow your lead.

I don’t even know what this means. Nor do you know when I went to “HYPS.” Lol. If you are an interviewer, you are only reinforcing OPs concerns.

FWIW, OP, I was not interviewed when I applied to multiple HYPS and it didn’t affect my admission negatively.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The parents attacking the interview process should really evaluate if the Ivy League is appropriate for their student. It seems they might be better off at a large state school where their kids won’t repeatedly be subject to peer, professor and club reviews. At my HPY school almost every activity, academic organization or club had a trail or interview by the organizations membership... Mostly “unqualified students” and sometimes faculty.... It’s very difficult to change tradition so be sure that you have your eyes wide open about the environment. As to Mr 3 years it is arrogant and shows a lack of curiosity of learning which is pretty much against the mission. Why not give the spot to someone who wants to absorb as much as possible and create something great. 3 years can go to trade school.

Be serious. For every Brett Kavanaugh conducting an interview there is a young Christine Blassy Ford being interviewed. The possibilities for a terrible interview mismatch rare not that remote. The ivy league is not some paragon of i virtue. It is difficult to change traditions including that crappy traditions. Get real.

Your entitlement is showing. It’s their school and system. My kids had crappy and great interviewers but I never thought entitled to trash the whole system. Wow! Anyway you are suppose to do it in a public place with people around so that is not really an issue. (Library, Starbucks ... a place a kid would normally go). But really just tell your kid not to apply and you will have protected them from “unqualified” interviewers. At graduation you can laugh at the suckers going Ivy that interviewed.

Yeah. Makes total sense. Let’s never question the establishment. That’s led to great things. Thank you Mr. Republican.

Oh, there's plenty of questioning the value of interviews on this thread, including from multiple alum interviewers. The simple reality is that how much you want to rail against the system, you aren't going to change it. It is what it is.

The interviews do have value, possibly their greatest value, in helping to filter out the potentially disturbed candidates from your regular students. Beyond that they are largely irrelevant. They probably had greater impact 30 years ago when admissions rates were more like 1/3 to 1/4 of applicants admitted, but in today's world of sub 10% admissions rates, not so much.

Really? My DC, unlike me, went off to college with some self-defense skills and knowing where and when to direct a well placed kick to the you know where. That is progress. Sorry boys. Things do change, allbeit slowly.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. What does having self-defense skills and knowing where to kick have to do with alum interviews? Are you suggesting your daughter would be justified in licking an interviewer she didn't like in the balls in fear that he'd (or she?) would write a bad evaluation?

I imagine most people on here are female, not male but perhaps I'm wrong. But your posts are suggesting you have other issues and are angry about something and it has little to do with alum interviews.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been an HYP alumni interviewer for over 20 years. Most interviews dont make a huge difference, because they just echo the rest of the application.

The school continues to have interviews, though , because the interviewer can spot a kid who can't function, is arrogant, can't keep an appointment, or has PITA parents who try to interject themselves into the process. Admissions committees don't trust high schools to flag these sorts of kids for fear of lawsuits. Every admissions officer seems to have a horror story about a disastrous student who might have gotten in but for an interviewer who raised a concern.

I rest my case. all these problem children best to avoid you like the plague.

If you live in a town with an alum ni interviewer nearby, you can't decline an interview.

I just started interviewing for my alma mater. The interview is considered voluntary. We are trained to make this explicit.

I agree that there is inconsistency. I found myself leaving my last interview glad that I was the kid’s interviewer and not some jerk who may have made sport of the kid in the name of “protecting the brand.”

Did you attend an Ivy?

I attending what I have seen referred to on this board as HYPS.

So you went to Stanford a long time ago before it was STANFORD. As you probably know east coast is more formal...but keep telling kids to follow your lead.

Uggg. You come across as such an arrogant bore. Hopefully these kids will not be deterred if they get an interviewer like you and will realize for every ivy jackass there is also an A-plus personality attending.

Ok. You win I accept fully that you think I suck but you are actually dangerous. Encouraging people to take action that may be harmful to their kids. Not sure what makes me so bad since you are advising about Ivys and did not attend but I fully accept your criticism. I do feel bad for the children you may harm.

Funny - I would write the identical post about you.

But it would be stupid. Kids are applying to schools with 5% admit rates and you believe they can pick and choose what part of the process they want to complete without consequences. All I have said is go through the steps. That is not radical, arrogant or harmful. You are espousing that it’s like a restaurant where you can order whatever you like... does that seem at all likely to anyone.

Also I am and my parents and kids are HPY grads unlike you.

I doubt it. But I do think we have an unhinged and bitter person (or kid?) with a vendetta posting on here. Of all the topics to be screeching and rather aggressive about it has to be alum interviews?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've been an HYP alumni interviewer for over 20 years. Most interviews dont make a huge difference, because they just echo the rest of the application.

The school continues to have interviews, though , because the interviewer can spot a kid who can't function, is arrogant, can't keep an appointment, or has PITA parents who try to interject themselves into the process. Admissions committees don't trust high schools to flag these sorts of kids for fear of lawsuits. Every admissions officer seems to have a horror story about a disastrous student who might have gotten in but for an interviewer who raised a concern.

I rest my case. all these problem children best to avoid you like the plague.

If you live in a town with an alum ni interviewer nearby, you can't decline an interview.

I just started interviewing for my alma mater. The interview is considered voluntary. We are trained to make this explicit.

I agree that there is inconsistency. I found myself leaving my last interview glad that I was the kid’s interviewer and not some jerk who may have made sport of the kid in the name of “protecting the brand.”

Did you attend an Ivy?

I attending what I have seen referred to on this board as HYPS.

So you went to Stanford a long time ago before it was STANFORD. As you probably know east coast is more formal...but keep telling kids to follow your lead.

Uggg. You come across as such an arrogant bore. Hopefully these kids will not be deterred if they get an interviewer like you and will realize for every ivy jackass there is also an A-plus personality attending.

Ok. You win I accept fully that you think I suck but you are actually dangerous. Encouraging people to take action that may be harmful to their kids. Not sure what makes me so bad since you are advising about Ivys and did not attend but I fully accept your criticism. I do feel bad for the children you may harm.

Funny - I would write the identical post about you.

But it would be stupid. Kids are applying to schools with 5% admit rates and you believe they can pick and choose what part of the process they want to complete without consequences. All I have said is go through the steps. That is not radical, arrogant or harmful. You are espousing that it’s like a restaurant where you can order whatever you like... does that seem at all likely to anyone.

Also I am and my parents and kids are HPY grads unlike you.

I doubt it. But I do think we have an unhinged and bitter person (or kid?) with a vendetta posting on here. Of all the topics to be screeching and rather aggressive about it has to be alum interviews?

DP. I'm guessing it's a disgruntled kid.