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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think it's that common -- most alum interviewers take it seriously -- but I also don't think it matters.

Maybe they got sick or had a crisis. I wouldn't follow up anymore. [b]Anecdotally I think there may be an advantage to refusing the alumni interview.[/b] [/quote]

This is interesting. Why would you think that?[/quote]

I did a ton of alumni interviews for my school and just noticed that a couple kids who straight out declined the alumni interview were waitlisted or accepted while excellent students for whom I wrote glowing reports were denied. I think it’s a fairly unusual move to decline the interview (not a scheduling conflict, just a straight out “I’m not interested in an interview” or “I decline” ) and maybe it speaks to other aspects of their personality or profile. There is a form where we report that we offered the interview and how they responded in these cases. Maybe it gives the applicant a little mystery 😀

I think there are also occasions when an interview helps, but I bet that most don’t matter one way or the other.[/quote]

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