Reply to Alumni Interviews - Lack of Consistency and Quality

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Alumni Interviews - Lack of Consistency and Quality "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

Judgy much? How does functioning at a Starbucks tie in with functioning in an intellectual setting? Ever heard of an absent-minded professor? [/quote]

Yes, admissions committees of selective colleges do make judgments. They have 20 applicants for each spot. They don't admit kids with low grades or kids who can't turn in their applications on time.

By the same token,  they don't need to admit kids who can't make and keep an appointment, a skill that their professors will require. They don't admit kids whose parents call up and scream at the interviewer or who get friends who are graduates of the university to call and try to influence the interviewer. They do admit plenty of kids who are socially awkward.

These are private institutions who set their own admissions criteria. It's oddly ironic that there are objections to this from a Big 3 parent. The Big 3 use much more subjective admissions criteria, like whether Dad is a mover and shaker, and they interview the whole family. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics