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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alimni interviews are just vehicles to feed the egos of alums[/quote]

This. My friend who does them said they never select he people he recommends.

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I have been doing interviews for a highly-rejective Ivy around 10 years now...I am in the camp of doing the interview to help my own kids when they have to go through the college process so they understand the questions asked and what the college asks the interviewer to write about.

When I started doing the interviews, none of my interviewees were accepted, but now probably 20% of the kids I interview each year get accepted (it's still only 2 kids max).  Perhaps they assign more realistic candidates to more experienced interviewers, or maybe my write-ups have gotten better.  I don't know.[/quote]

Lol talk about ego.  “Maybe my write-ups have gotten better?”

If you really think you have anything to do with admissions then the process is even more arbitrary than I thought.  Ridiculous. [/quote]

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