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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Harvard interviewer here.  The local club tells interviewers to ask these questions of every interviewee.  [/quote]

So is it really a way to make sure Harvard is getting the right sort of people? You know, those whose parents and brothers and sisters went to Harvard? If not I can't image what relevance those questions have on an alumni interview. Apparently Harvard has more of a stick up its butt than I even thought possible.[/quote]

As previous responders have noted, the Admissions Office already has that info, as does the admissions office of just about every private university in this country.  This info gives an interviewer some context about the applicant. If kids are getting decent scores, but come from a non college home, that is something to highlight. If the kid seems more academic/intellectually curious  than the scores suggest, that also tells the interviewer what to highlight.

Since half of the kids present resumes anyway, they might as well be on an even footing.

Harvard also gets a lot of "what the hell" applications. Those aren't a majority of the applicant pool, but they are a significant enough percentage that the average interviewer would see one at least every other year. If the student has grades and scores that indicate that they can't handle the work, that is good to know.

It sounds as though many other universities want a sort of double blind impression of the applicant from their interviewers. I can understand that perspective, but in the end, I wonder if that really alters the results.[/quote]

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