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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Best not to participate.[/quote]

I have interviewed for my HPY for about 28 years. The local admissions
Rep responsible  for the area knows most of the long term Alumni
Interviewers. Admissions often calls with follow up questions and kids regularly get admitted.

I am not a recent grad but I am the parent of a recent grad so I am relatively up to date. I don’t think skipping an interview or opting out is an option. Those kids are automatic rejects, at least at my HPY. If the alumni interview seems off base admissions will follow up or offer another interview. [/quote]

What qualifications do you possess to identify, evaluate and assess a 17/18 year old in approximately 30 min? Do you have a Psych degree or background in behavior assessment. Perhaps admissions strategies for assessing talent, ambition or potential.

Im going to be you have none of these and therefore are entirely unqualified to determine the fate of someone who spent years with teachers and a school that already provides a full picture.

This is an outdated practice and should go away. You arent qualified to assess these candidates.[/quote]

Wow!  You are excitable. I don’t have to have any qualifications. It’s the system. I set up a meeting, go to annual training and fill out the interview grid. I respond to follow up inquiries. I respond to the local alumni coordinator that sends recommendations to the school. The school makes a decision. When kids opt out you forward the email to the powers that be so they stop sending emails about why you have not completed the interview. What happens then is that the school moves onto the thousands of applicants that fully participate in the process. I don’t think the schools run after kids that choose not to participate in the process when they are in such great demand. [/quote]

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