Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 21:11     Subject: Colleges that Interview - Which Count
Anonymous wrote:Be careful, OP. There are Ivy grads on here who do the alumni interviews to feed their egos and keep living their glory days who will insist that their interviews "count" when the rest of us know that they're just being indulged and they don't.


Do these people have kids also applying for college ? Seems like a conflict of interest. They could tank someone to get rid of competition for their own kid.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 21:08     Subject: Colleges that Interview - Which Count
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I interview for a HYP where everyone gets an interview. It would be good to have a legit source say the “interviews don’t count.” In the interview report form, we have to rate the candidate and write up comments. If the rating/comments are negative, I can’t imagine that would be dismissed as easily as some of you seem to think.


You are dreaming.


That’s your opinion. Not a fact. Too bad you can’t tell the difference.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 21:01     Subject: Colleges that Interview - Which Count
Anonymous wrote:I interview for a HYP where everyone gets an interview. It would be good to have a legit source say the “interviews don’t count.” In the interview report form, we have to rate the candidate and write up comments. If the rating/comments are negative, I can’t imagine that would be dismissed as easily as some of you seem to think.


You are dreaming.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 20:46     Subject: Colleges that Interview - Which Count
This sums up the importance -- or lack thereof -- of the alumni interviews very well. It's all about the ego of the interviewer.

https://www.ivycoach.com/the-ivy-coach-blog/college-interviews/importance-college-interviews/
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 20:41     Subject: Colleges that Interview - Which Count
Anonymous wrote:Penn used to be evaluative. No longer.


They don’t even interview any longer, same goes for Columbia and Cornell.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 20:40     Subject: Colleges that Interview - Which Count
Nothing worse than an Ivy alumni interviewer. Just let it go man. Your college days are over. No one cares. Move on with your life and stop living in the past.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 20:37     Subject: Colleges that Interview - Which Count
I interview for a HYP where everyone gets an interview. It would be good to have a legit source say the “interviews don’t count.” In the interview report form, we have to rate the candidate and write up comments. If the rating/comments are negative, I can’t imagine that would be dismissed as easily as some of you seem to think.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 20:29     Subject: Colleges that Interview - Which Count
Penn used to be evaluative. No longer.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 20:04     Subject: Colleges that Interview - Which Count
Dartmouth and Yale are evaluative (eg, count). Dartmouth tries to interview all applicants while Yale does not.

I’ve heard Cornell’s are not evaluative but I don’t track that to know if it’s changed or varies by school.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 19:07     Subject: Colleges that Interview - Which Count
Anonymous wrote:Be careful, OP. There are Ivy grads on here who do the alumni interviews to feed their egos and keep living their glory days who will insist that their interviews "count" when the rest of us know that they're just being indulged and they don't.


You can easily look this up in each college's common data set. Some count and some don't. I doubt any Ivy interviewers would claim they county when they do not.

I have interviewed for my Ivy and we were given a lot of instructions on what info to gather. And no it didn't feed my ego at all.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 19:06     Subject: Colleges that Interview - Which Count
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My son’s Harvard admissions file specifically mentioned that they wanted to see if his AI matched up with his teacher recs.


What does AI stand for?


Alumni interviewer
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 18:50     Subject: Colleges that Interview - Which Count
Anonymous wrote:My son’s Harvard admissions file specifically mentioned that they wanted to see if his AI matched up with his teacher recs.


What does AI stand for?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 18:30     Subject: Re:Colleges that Interview - Which Count
Anonymous wrote:I felt that one Stanford interviewer at the NOVA location this year was doing it for an ego trip. No smile. All business. Stopwatch to time your response.


Interview in DC actually.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 18:25     Subject: Re:Colleges that Interview - Which Count
I felt that one Stanford interviewer at the NOVA location this year was doing it for an ego trip. No smile. All business. Stopwatch to time your response.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2026 18:13     Subject: Colleges that Interview - Which Count
My son’s Harvard admissions file specifically mentioned that they wanted to see if his AI matched up with his teacher recs.