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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been an HYP alumni interviewer for over 20 years.  Most interviews dont make a huge difference, because they just echo the rest of the application.

The school continues to have interviews, though , because the interviewer can spot a kid who can't function, is arrogant, can't keep an appointment, or has PITA parents who try to interject themselves into the process. Admissions committees don't trust high schools to flag these sorts of kids for fear of lawsuits. Every admissions officer seems to  have a horror story about a disastrous student who might have gotten in but for an interviewer who raised a concern.[/quote]

I rest my case.  all these problem children best to avoid you like the plague.[/quote]

If you live in a town with an alum ni interviewer nearby, you can't decline an interview.[/quote]

Based on what I am reading here, there appears to be little upside and a potentially disastrous downside.  Everyone has to make their best judgments.  You appear ready to ding a kid just for missing the interview so I feel pretty confident in my sense that the alumni interview presents a problem.

Read this thread.  Some of these interviewers seem to see it as their responsibility to flag a "disastrous" admit after a short causal conversation.  I would argue that the interview process might be the disastrous part of that scenario. [/quote]

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