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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, parent of current Harvard student here.

Contrary to what people have said, not everyone gets an interview. Usually Harvard liked to interview kids they admit. Yale only interviews kids they have questions about — they admire kids without interviewing them.

DC has reviewed admissions file and the interview was the deciding factor. The AOs had a question and if the interviewer addressed that in their answers, DC would move on to Committee. All of DC’s friends have seen their admissions file and have said the interview was extremely important.

Harvard alumni interviewers love to ask about favorite books. I’m not sure why but everyone got that question. Some had long interviews and some had 30 minute ones. Length says nothing about admissions possibility.

DC’s interview write-up (these are quite lengthy!) spoke about DC’s personality that came across during the interview. Really that was the same as what teachers/counselor had described. I guess they just wanted an alum to verify that before sending to committee.

DC’s big leadership was a self-initiated community service project, but DC also had excellent stats. No research. Interdisciplinary interests.

Good luck!

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The interview is not a deciding factor, and in larger metro areas, they aim to interview everyone. [/quote]

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