REA/ED Interviews - Have these been scheduled yet?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People, these interviews do not matter.

Does not getting one signal something? I am fairly sure that DC's application is strong enough that it would not have been automatically rejected. But, no interview yet..Not clear what to make of this!

At least for Stanford, my understanding is that interviews are matched based on availability of alumni in the applicant’s geographic area to accommodate an interview.

If you’re not from California or a prominent metro area outside California, the matching process is probably hit-or-miss.

Having said that, the interview process - at least for my kid - was less of a structured interview and more of a casual coffee to discuss interests, areas of interest that set his curiosity ablaze, goals down the road, etc.

Apologies, I neglected to directly answer your primary question.

No, I don’t think the lack of an interview signals anything negative about an applicant’s file / prospects. I really think it’s just a matter of insufficient nearby alumni matches to schedule an interview.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My friends kid got accepted to Yale RD with no interview. Was deferred from Princeton SCEA (Princeton legacy kid and sibling attends too) but ultimately admitted RD and decided to go to Princeton.

New to this college talk! What does SCEA mean?

Single Choice Early Action. Harvard, Yale & Princeton allow applicants to apply by November 1 SCEA. This means that they can only apply to one of these schools by the Nov 1 as well as any other public schools. They cannot apply early action or ED to any private schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friends kid got accepted to Yale RD with no interview. Was deferred from Princeton SCEA (Princeton legacy kid and sibling attends too) but ultimately admitted RD and decided to go to Princeton.

New to this college talk! What does SCEA mean?

Single Choice Early Action. Harvard, Yale & Princeton allow applicants to apply by November 1 SCEA. This means that they can only apply to one of these schools by the Nov 1 as well as any other public schools. They cannot apply early action or ED to any private schools.

Also Princeton has REA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People, these interviews do not matter.

Does not getting one signal something? I am fairly sure that DC's application is strong enough that it would not have been automatically rejected. But, no interview yet..Not clear what to make of this!

At least for Stanford, my understanding is that interviews are matched based on availability of alumni in the applicant’s geographic area to accommodate an interview.

If you’re not from California or a prominent metro area outside California, the matching process is probably hit-or-miss.

Having said that, the interview process - at least for my kid - was less of a structured interview and more of a casual coffee to discuss interests, areas of interest that set his curiosity ablaze, goals down the road, etc.

Apologies, I neglected to directly answer your primary question.

No, I don’t think the lack of an interview signals anything negative about an applicant’s file / prospects. I really think it’s just a matter of insufficient nearby alumni matches to schedule an interview.

Does anyone know if interviews are still being scheduled for Yale REA? I gather that Yale got off to a late start this year.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Yale is still scheduling interviews for EA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Yale is still scheduling interviews for EA.

Good to hear. Should students be expecting to hear in the coming week?

[Anonymous]

Kid got a Yale interview invitation yesterday, so they're still coming out.

I'm also confused about how they can be evaluative but not required. I'm guessing they're just for kids on the bubble-- neither clearly in or clearly out ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kid got a Yale interview invitation yesterday, so they're still coming out.

I'm also confused about how they can be evaluative but not required. I'm guessing they're just for kids on the bubble-- neither clearly in or clearly out ?

DC area?

On your question: yes, very unclear. Yale AO guidance seems vague. They emphasize that this is for “additional info required” cases only, but some say otherwise. That said: very likely for kids who are not clearly out, unless you are a legacy they are simply trying to mollify (we took a good look at your DC!). So congrats on the interview and good luck w the interview.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Yale is still scheduling interviews for EA.

Good to hear. Should students be expecting to hear in the coming week?

It continues to depend on when the Admissions Office sends them out. I just got another applicant added to my list today, so I just sent the email out. So it's not too late, but remind your kids to keep checking their inboxes -- the window to accomplish the interview is still tight. I think that the window for the AO to send them out to an interviewer is tomorrow, so that means it could still take another couple of days, but I've also gotten "red hot can you take one more on pretty please" notes even past the official end date. I'm presuming it means that the kid has made the it past the first pass and is not a hyper-obvious accept/reject.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Yale is still scheduling interviews for EA.

Good to hear. Should students be expecting to hear in the coming week?

It continues to depend on when the Admissions Office sends them out. I just got another applicant added to my list today, so I just sent the email out. So it's not too late, but remind your kids to keep checking their inboxes -- the window to accomplish the interview is still tight. I think that the window for the AO to send them out to an interviewer is tomorrow, so that means it could still take another couple of days, but I've also gotten "red hot can you take one more on pretty please" notes even past the official end date. I'm presuming it means that the kid has made the it past the first pass and is not a hyper-obvious accept/reject.

I will add more thing in, that I noticed that since they started this new system, I have had more candidates I interview get in (not all of them, but more than one in the cycle) than I used to. So I think they really are looking for something or to get a human impression of the candidate. It's an audition, so to speak, so have your kid make sure to put their best personality foot forward. So many kids look alike on paper -- I see the alumni complaining about "this kid was so great, and they didn't let them in, they didn't listen to meeeeeeeee", but when you do so many over time, you realize how many qualified, stellar kids are out there and there is a kind of sameness, just at a really high level. I don't envy the final deciders having to make the call.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And here we go, the yearly stress on interviews which no one knows if they truly matter or not. So sad what this process does to our kids.

Our kids are just fine. One coffee or Zoom meeting with someone won’t kill them. If nothing else, this is an opportunity to connect with someone in a professional situation and practice their conversation skills.

I was referring to the second guessing that happens over getting or not getting an interview.

+1000. Esp if the whole thing is just a project to stroke vain alumni.

Spare me the handwringing. Would you really prefer a system where all admissions hinged on a single set of exams? You want your kids spending four years going to cram schools? It’s an interview. They get one or they don’t. It’s not damaging anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Yale is still scheduling interviews for EA.

Good to hear. Should students be expecting to hear in the coming week?

It continues to depend on when the Admissions Office sends them out. I just got another applicant added to my list today, so I just sent the email out. So it's not too late, but remind your kids to keep checking their inboxes -- the window to accomplish the interview is still tight. I think that the window for the AO to send them out to an interviewer is tomorrow, so that means it could still take another couple of days, but I've also gotten "red hot can you take one more on pretty please" notes even past the official end date. I'm presuming it means that the kid has made the it past the first pass and is not a hyper-obvious accept/reject.

Whoa. Thanks for the update. DC had assumed that these were done, DC did not get an interview and has given up (unlikely that they were in the hyper obvious accept category). still hoping for a miracle of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Yale is still scheduling interviews for EA.

Good to hear. Should students be expecting to hear in the coming week?

It continues to depend on when the Admissions Office sends them out. I just got another applicant added to my list today, so I just sent the email out. So it's not too late, but remind your kids to keep checking their inboxes -- the window to accomplish the interview is still tight. I think that the window for the AO to send them out to an interviewer is tomorrow, so that means it could still take another couple of days, but I've also gotten "red hot can you take one more on pretty please" notes even past the official end date. I'm presuming it means that the kid has made the it past the first pass and is not a hyper-obvious accept/reject.

Interesting that some requests to interviewers go out so late. I wonder if those are cases where the initial interviewer flaked, or where something late in the review process bumped the kid out of the auto-reject pile and into the maybe pile (?). Perhaps both...

[Anonymous]

It must take a while to get through the 7000 files too, no. Maybe that explains the delay too?

[Anonymous]

At this stage, for all those who turned in competitive applications, there is hope. If you got an interview, great: your file is still alive! If you didn't, great: maybe you are a hyper-obvious accept or had a clear file that didn't need any further clarification!