Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 11:28     Subject: When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Particularly interested when Yale, Harvard, Duke and MIT start interviewing


Is it mandatory? Pros and cons?


By this time last year, my DC already had interview requests from Harvard, Yale, MIT and Princeton. MIT sends the requests out very quickly. Submitted app on the deadline or day before.


DC got Duke interview later in January though. I think 3rd week.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 11:24     Subject: When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Particularly interested when Yale, Harvard, Duke and MIT start interviewing


Is it mandatory? Pros and cons?


By this time last year, my DC already had interview requests from Harvard, Yale, MIT and Princeton. MIT sends the requests out very quickly. Submitted app on the deadline or day before.


I think they are late this year. ^ Same with my 2024–Penn, Dartmouth, Princeton, Duke, Harvard.

I know Penn isn’t interviewing anymore. But my 2026- hasn’t heard from any yet. Submitted late Dec/Jan2.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 11:22     Subject: When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Particularly interested when Yale, Harvard, Duke and MIT start interviewing


Is it mandatory? Pros and cons?


By this time last year, my DC already had interview requests from Harvard, Yale, MIT and Princeton. MIT sends the requests out very quickly. Submitted app on the deadline or day before.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 11:18     Subject: When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
Anonymous wrote:Particularly interested when Yale, Harvard, Duke and MIT start interviewing


Is it mandatory? Pros and cons?
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 11:13     Subject: When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
Anonymous wrote:Logged in to Harvard application portal and see an interviewer assigned. It says the person will contract to schedule the interview. Are others seeing it as well?


My DC doesn't see anything about an interview on their Harvard app portal.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 11:11     Subject: When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
Logged in to Harvard application portal and see an interviewer assigned. It says the person will contract to schedule the interview. Are others seeing it as well?
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 08:54     Subject: When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
Any Yale interview requests yet in the DMV for RD?
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2026 20:38     Subject: When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
Anonymous wrote:No word on Princeton here (submitted 12/30)


Alums got an email asking for our availability early this week so I’d assume you will hear soon.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2026 20:28     Subject: Re:When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
mit?
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2026 15:06     Subject: When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
Anonymous wrote:I believe last year Yale interviewed a portion (9000ish). So I think that’s the only school, of the ones being discussed here, where the interview invite is a potential data point about the application. But there are always stories of people who get in without an interview at Yale.

Is there any place to get stats on how many folks Princeton, mit or Harvard interview?


Harvard tries to interview every applicant .
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2026 14:53     Subject: When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
Anonymous wrote:I believe last year Yale interviewed a portion (9000ish). So I think that’s the only school, of the ones being discussed here, where the interview invite is a potential data point about the application. But there are always stories of people who get in without an interview at Yale.

Is there any place to get stats on how many folks Princeton, mit or Harvard interview?


I know for NoVA, Princeton tries to interview all applicants and has been successful in recent years. It comes down to availability of interviewers.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2026 10:58     Subject: When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
I believe last year Yale interviewed a portion (9000ish). So I think that’s the only school, of the ones being discussed here, where the interview invite is a potential data point about the application. But there are always stories of people who get in without an interview at Yale.

Is there any place to get stats on how many folks Princeton, mit or Harvard interview?
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2026 10:34     Subject: When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Harvard, Princeton, MIT interviews received for NoVA Public DC.


When did you DC submit their applications?


2 days before deadline for all.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2026 09:14     Subject: When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I alumni interview for Duke and I did not get my assignments yet. Last year, my first ones came in on Jan 18th, but it can also be later than that.


Last year, DC received Duke interview email on 1/23. Did not submit video. Did the interview and was accepted.


Didn’t even know about the Duke video. Oh well ….
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2026 09:06     Subject: When do interview requests get sent out for RD?
Anyone’s kid accepted to Harvard, Yale or Stanford without an interview? What geographic area?