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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any college interviewer who can be fooled by a few hours of prep shouldn't be doing the job. Teaching a child to be a socially adept young adult is a long process and you can't "cram" for charisma.  [/quote]

You keep missing the whole point - I doubt you've had kids go through the college application process.

For one thing, interviewers ARE also looking for some quiet hard workers. It's absolutely wrong to think that colleges want to build classes consisting of 100% "charismatic" individuals and the game here is about fooling them into thinking that you're another "charismatic" individual.

This is because interviewers understand that "socially adept" is completely different from having the skills to succeed in college. Interviewers know that success in college is more about work ethic, smarts, and having done the hard courses in hard school that prep for the intended major. Plenty of socially awkward kids succeed in college just fine, and you probably knew these kids in your own college.

Therefore, prepping for an interview is NOT about transforming yourself into a smooth, "socially adept" and "charismatic" persona. It's about learning the whole interview protocol. For example, anticipating some of the questions you will be inevitably be asked, and thinking about possible answers ahead of time. When the interviewer inevitably asks, "what do you want to do with your life," or "what are your passions," the kid needs to have at least something to say. When the interviewer gets to the inevitable, "do you have any questions?", the kid needs to have some questions of her own ready. It's about knowing who pays for the coffee at the Starbucks you're meeting at (if the interviewer insists, let them pay). Et cetera. It would be parental malpractice to let a kid go into a an interview blind, without knowing these obvious things about how interviews work.  If you have ever gone on a job interview, you will understand this.[/quote]

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