Anonymous
10/04/2018 09:15
Subject: Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
Another former Ivy alum interviewer here. The content of the interviewer's report may not affect admissions, but the fact of the student's showing up for one and showing genuine interest in that university can matter.
Anonymous
10/04/2018 08:56
Subject: Re:Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
Most colleges don’t do interviews anymore. So no.
Your kids’ top private should have a strong college guidance office which will have opinions that will be specific to your child - so why are you crowd sourcing this?
Your kids’ top private should have a strong college guidance office which will have opinions that will be specific to your child - so why are you crowd sourcing this?
Anonymous
10/04/2018 08:34
Subject: Re:Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
We arranged several interviews through the school's admissions offices, which they scheduled with local . We were trying to show demonstrated interest to SLAC's that would probably only accept 1-2 kids from my DC's high school.
Anonymous
10/03/2018 22:43
Subject: Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP here. I am not taking about alum interviews. I know they are a waste. I am talking admission personnel interviews.
It would have been helpful to note that in your initial post.
Schools ask alum to interview to make them feel important/connected and hopefully donate more money back to them. Most people know that, so bashing OP is not needed.
Anonymous
10/03/2018 21:49
Subject: Re:Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It depends who is doing them. I don't think alumni interviews at competitive schools make a difference at all. But on campus interviews with the admissions officers at SLACs can make a difference. The schools where DCs applied where it seemed to be important include Wake Forest, Trinity, Hamilton, etc.
My child has also done interviews at his high school with admission staff from colleges he couldn't get to prior to applying. Those opportunities are not as available at big, public high schools but at his small school, it is done.
The was done at my daughter's "high big, public" school. Not a private interview mind you, but an in person presentation and meeting (with just those kids who expressed an interest in a given school). I don't think these are useful, because your child is missing class to hear a canned talk.
My son did 3 1:1 interviews just prior to or after the group presentations at his high school. The admissions staff will do that at smaller public or private schools.
Anonymous
10/03/2018 21:42
Subject: Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
Anonymous wrote:OP here. I am not taking about alum interviews. I know they are a waste. I am talking admission personnel interviews.
It would have been helpful to note that in your initial post.
Anonymous
10/03/2018 21:23
Subject: Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
OP here. I am not taking about alum interviews. I know they are a waste. I am talking admission personnel interviews.
Anonymous
10/03/2018 19:46
Subject: Re:Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It depends who is doing them. I don't think alumni interviews at competitive schools make a difference at all. But on campus interviews with the admissions officers at SLACs can make a difference. The schools where DCs applied where it seemed to be important include Wake Forest, Trinity, Hamilton, etc.
My child has also done interviews at his high school with admission staff from colleges he couldn't get to prior to applying. Those opportunities are not as available at big, public high schools but at his small school, it is done.
The was done at my daughter's "high big, public" school. Not a private interview mind you, but an in person presentation and meeting (with just those kids who expressed an interest in a given school). I don't think these are useful, because your child is missing class to hear a canned talk.
Anonymous
10/03/2018 16:55
Subject: Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
It depends on the school.
Ivy alumni interviews are a waste of time
SLAC interviews with admissions staff are essential
Ivy alumni interviews are a waste of time
SLAC interviews with admissions staff are essential
Anonymous
10/03/2018 16:51
Subject: Re:Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
Anonymous wrote:It depends who is doing them. I don't think alumni interviews at competitive schools make a difference at all. But on campus interviews with the admissions officers at SLACs can make a difference. The schools where DCs applied where it seemed to be important include Wake Forest, Trinity, Hamilton, etc.
My child has also done interviews at his high school with admission staff from colleges he couldn't get to prior to applying. Those opportunities are not as available at big, public high schools but at his small school, it is done.
Anonymous
10/03/2018 16:48
Subject: Re:Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
Yes, it helped DS a lot - I am sure of it. He has a great, warm and funny personality and it definitely make up for the C and handful of B’s he got in high school.
Anonymous
10/03/2018 16:31
Subject: Re:Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
It depends who is doing them. I don't think alumni interviews at competitive schools make a difference at all. But on campus interviews with the admissions officers at SLACs can make a difference. The schools where DCs applied where it seemed to be important include Wake Forest, Trinity, Hamilton, etc.
Anonymous
10/03/2018 16:28
Subject: Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We had 2 different consultants (former head of admissions at Ivy and Ivy lite) and they both said the same thing.Anonymous wrote:Interviews won't help you getting in but it can hurt you.
Frustrating - not sure what to do given the information above in comparison to this sort of information on SLAC website:
4.While interviews are not required, they will be used in the evaluation of an application for those students who have the opportunity to interview. If you have the chance to interview, we highly recommend you take it. It is unlikely to hurt your chances.
The quoted language on the SLAC website is there to signal that, for example, if you cannot afford to travel to campus to interview, it won't be held against you.
What the PP meant is that a good to great interview won't secure you a spot, but a bad or negative interview can hurt an applicant's chances.
Anonymous
10/03/2018 16:20
Subject: Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
Anonymous wrote:We had 2 different consultants (former head of admissions at Ivy and Ivy lite) and they both said the same thing.Anonymous wrote:Interviews won't help you getting in but it can hurt you.
Frustrating - not sure what to do given the information above in comparison to this sort of information on SLAC website:
4.While interviews are not required, they will be used in the evaluation of an application for those students who have the opportunity to interview. If you have the chance to interview, we highly recommend you take it. It is unlikely to hurt your chances.
Anonymous
10/03/2018 14:46
Subject: Do you feel like the interview truly helped your child's admissions?
We had 2 different consultants (former head of admissions at Ivy and Ivy lite) and they both said the same thing.Anonymous wrote:Interviews won't help you getting in but it can hurt you.