No Interview - Harvard, Yale, Northwestern

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:No interview, means not being considered

Generally true for Yale.

Lol that’s the most ignorant thing I’ve heard recently, especially for Yale.

DP. Yeah, by those measures you could say that just applying means generally not being considered, since so few are accepted overall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With most schools you indicate that you want an interview. My DS interviews were all virtual. He’s had interviews with Penn (rejected ED), Syracuse, Harvard and Tufts.

My kid had in person for Dartmouth, Harvard, Georgetown and zoom for Penn and Princeton.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:With most schools you indicate that you want an interview. My DS interviews were all virtual. He’s had interviews with Penn (rejected ED), Syracuse, Harvard and Tufts.

My kid had in person for Dartmouth, Harvard, Georgetown and zoom for Penn and Princeton.

Georgetown requires the interview, and we alumni interviewers can do 3-4 in areas w/o many alumni. Tons here in DC and I do 1-2 for ED and usually another for RD, and maybe a transfer. Not doing your interview is a definite black mark: we are asked to report our outreach if we don’t hear within 1-2 weeks of assignment (I will email, then text, then call, and finally send one last email).

[Anonymous]

DC had a last minute zoom interview at Yale with a senior and was accepted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone have a Northwestern interview? All of the applicants I know got a note saying they didn’t have interviewers available and the students could submit additional information.

Mine had one for NU - DC is applying to the School of Communications for Theatre Arts (with a double in neuroscience in the College of Arts and Sciences) and was paired with an theatre-poli sci alum who went on to law school. Valuable as she was part of the selective National HS Institute for theatre arts last summer for rising HS seniors and there is no way to indicate that (he was well familiar with classmates who had been “Cherubs” as they are called).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone have a Northwestern interview? All of the applicants I know got a note saying they didn’t have interviewers available and the students could submit additional information.

Mine had one for NU - DC is applying to the School of Communications for Theatre Arts (with a double in neuroscience in the College of Arts and Sciences) and was paired with an theatre-poli sci alum who went on to law school. Valuable as she was part of the selective National HS Institute for theatre arts last summer for rising HS seniors and there is no way to indicate that (he was well familiar with classmates who had been “Cherubs” as they are called).

Very cool! Good luck to your DC!

[Anonymous]

It is definitely possible to get in to NU with no interview-my DC did ED1 and got in, no interview. They are done by alumni volunteers. The “Why NU” answer seems to be the most important thing to be able to answer (I’m sure true for all college interviews).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC had a last minute zoom interview at Yale with a senior and was accepted.

How last minute? Mid March?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC had a last minute zoom interview at Yale with a senior and was accepted.

The senior interviews are really important. They are really for the kids that the school wants to convince to come to New Haven because they know they will have offers elsewhere.

If your child gets a call for a Yale senior interview, that is a very very good sign.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is definitely possible to get in to NU with no interview-my DC did ED1 and got in, no interview. They are done by alumni volunteers. The “Why NU” answer seems to be the most important thing to be able to answer (I’m sure true for all college interviews).

Northwestern interviews are not evaluative

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DC had a last minute zoom interview at Yale with a senior and was accepted.

The senior interviews are really important. They are really for the kids that the school wants to convince to come to New Haven because they know they will have offers elsewhere.

If your child gets a call for a Yale senior interview, that is a very very good sign.

+100

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No interview, means not being considered

Generally true for Yale.

But FAQ regarding interview on their website has the following

Is my application disadvantaged because I was not offered an interview?

No. Interviews are not required, and many successful applicants are not interviewed

Yale AO on podcast says Yale apps are put in 3 piles:
1. Absolute yes; exceeds all metrics; maybe a likely letter (will not get interview)
2. Definite no (will not get interview)
3. On the cusp….unsure. Will get interview if interviewers are available in region.

My kid didn’t get a Yale interview either. He was not a #1….

If your kids’ friends with lower stats got interview, I’d assume your kid was not a #1?

But who knows? And lots of Yale Interviewers in DC

Yale grad here. I used to to alumni interviews in another city. When I moved to DC, they didn't need me. Had more than enough interviewers. This was years ago, not sure if they have expanded since to meet demand.

Keep in mind, alumni are volunteering their time. It makes complete sense to me not to waste anyone's time - interviewer, interviewee, the admissions officers who read the reports, the alumni schools committee who organizes it - if the applicant is already a definite yes or no. An interview is not an entitlement just because you applied.

When Yale went test optional, they said they received a huge influx of apps and a lot were not qualified. Maybe this will level out with the return to requiring tests and then more kids can get interviews.

[Anonymous]

doesn't mean a thing - only the fact that they don't have sufficient alums to do the interviews. You do know the interviews mean nothing? Even at Yale (where they *claim* they might mean something). Yes, I'm a graduate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC had a last minute zoom interview at Yale with a senior and was accepted.

A current student didn’t sway the decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC had a last minute zoom interview at Yale with a senior and was accepted.

A current student didn’t sway the decision.

No one here made any claim about why the admission decision was made.