No Interview - Harvard, Yale, Northwestern

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC didn't do interviews for Dartmouth, Penn, or Pomona last cycle and was admitted to all three in RD. For most schools, interviews are unlikely to move the needle on admissions and are heavily reliant on alumni availability.

Interesting. very different schools. Did they apply to all T120 and WASP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC didn't do interviews for Dartmouth, Penn, or Pomona last cycle and was admitted to all three in RD. For most schools, interviews are unlikely to move the needle on admissions and are heavily reliant on alumni availability.

Interesting. very different schools. Did they apply to all T120 and WASP?

No. DC applied to 12 schools, mostly reaches and mostly small schools except for a safety public university and Penn. Penn is obviously a great school, but it was kind of a last-minute choice. I don't remember DC's rationale, but DC liked Swat and was probably interested in Philly. And I don't remember whether one schedules interviews at Penn or Penn assigns them after you apply. In any event, DC picked Pomona, which has been a good fit so far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC didn't do interviews for Dartmouth, Penn, or Pomona last cycle and was admitted to all three in RD. For most schools, interviews are unlikely to move the needle on admissions and are heavily reliant on alumni availability.

Interesting. very different schools. Did they apply to all T120 and WASP?

No. DC applied to 12 schools, mostly reaches and mostly small schools except for a safety public university and Penn. Penn is obviously a great school, but it was kind of a last-minute choice. I don't remember DC's rationale, but DC liked Swat and was probably interested in Philly. And I don't remember whether one schedules interviews at Penn or Penn assigns them after you apply. In any event, DC picked Pomona, which has been a good fit so far.

Pomona rocks! My DC there too and would pick it again over any Ivy any day. The DMV crowd doesn’t get why you’d go someplace with no “name recognition” ha ha.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d love to know how this turned out if the OP is still around. My senior is stressing about no Yale or Tufts interview yet.

Hi,
Not Yale or Tufts, but my kid didn't get an interview at Stanford (friends/ classmates did) and they got in. Also got a likely letter.

Keep the faith!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC didn't do interviews for Dartmouth, Penn, or Pomona last cycle and was admitted to all three in RD. For most schools, interviews are unlikely to move the needle on admissions and are heavily reliant on alumni availability.

Interesting. very different schools. Did they apply to all T120 and WASP?

No. DC applied to 12 schools, mostly reaches and mostly small schools except for a safety public university and Penn. Penn is obviously a great school, but it was kind of a last-minute choice. I don't remember DC's rationale, but DC liked Swat and was probably interested in Philly. And I don't remember whether one schedules interviews at Penn or Penn assigns them after you apply. In any event, DC picked Pomona, which has been a good fit so far.

Pomona rocks! My DC there too and would pick it again over any Ivy any day. The DMV crowd doesn’t get why you’d go someplace with no “name recognition” ha ha.

Why?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No interview, means not being considered

Generally true for Yale.

And for Harvard. And for Duke.

I think Harvard interviews everyone. My son didn't get yale or Duke. So Harvard must be interviewing everyone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d love to know how this turned out if the OP is still around. My senior is stressing about no Yale or Tufts interview yet.

Hi,
Not Yale or Tufts, but my kid didn't get an interview at Stanford (friends/ classmates did) and they got in. Also got a likely letter.

Keep the faith!

Yale does not interview if they have enough info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d love to know how this turned out if the OP is still around. My senior is stressing about no Yale or Tufts interview yet.

Hi,
Not Yale or Tufts, but my kid didn't get an interview at Stanford (friends/ classmates did) and they got in. Also got a likely letter.

Keep the faith!

Yale does not interview if they have enough info.

But 90% of accepted students get interviewd so that means you are only the 10% that they have enough info for?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To my knowledge, Harvard only gives interviews to a subset of applicants - after deciding to reject the majority without an interview. Basically if you make it past the first cut based on SATs, GPA, and ECs, then you'll get an interview as the final filter.

My understanding is that Harvard's interviewers are told to deliberately try to throw the interviewee off and see if they hold their composure under pressure. They have a stronger emphasis on social skills and leadership ability than more "bookish" peers like Princeton or MIT. So for them, the interview is actually a really important part of the application.

When I was in high school, I actually tanked my first Harvard interview but because my profile was otherwise extremely strong, Harvard gave me a second interview, which apparently I did better on since I was ultimately accepted.

None of this is true. Interview guidance is very generic. Signed, Harvard alumni interviewer

+1

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Interviewers are told they are ambassadors for Harvard, in a positive sense. We are absolutely NOT instructed to throw interviewees off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No interview, means not being considered

Generally true for Yale.

And for Harvard. And for Duke.

I think Harvard interviews everyone. My son didn't get yale or Duke. So Harvard must be interviewing everyone

Daughter also did not get interviews from Harvard, Duke, Yale. Maybe we overshot

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d love to know how this turned out if the OP is still around. My senior is stressing about no Yale or Tufts interview yet.

Hi,
Not Yale or Tufts, but my kid didn't get an interview at Stanford (friends/ classmates did) and they got in. Also got a likely letter.

Keep the faith!

Yale does not interview if they have enough info.

But 90% of accepted students get interviewd so that means you are only the 10% that they have enough info for?

DD was interviewed and rejected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d love to know how this turned out if the OP is still around. My senior is stressing about no Yale or Tufts interview yet.

Hi,
Not Yale or Tufts, but my kid didn't get an interview at Stanford (friends/ classmates did) and they got in. Also got a likely letter.

Keep the faith!

You bumped a thread from two years ago. Why?

[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.

My kid in at NU ED. No interview. Also didn't submit the short video - I think that's new this year? and he/we didn't know about it until after submitting the app.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

My kid in at NU ED. No interview. Also didn't submit the short video - I think that's new this year? and he/we didn't know about it until after submitting the app.

Likewise for my NU 2030 student. The video is definitely new.