[bAbO]

hello =)

i just received an email from an alumni who wants to have an interview.
and i replied that i would like to meet but i really don't know what to talk about.

if anyone has already had an interview with an alumni, share your experience and what you guys discussed. i just need ideas of what to say because i don't really know what to expect and what's going to happen at the interview.

im freaking out.. someone help me!!

[delightful123]

haha i love college interviews xP

anyways. don't worry!!! the alumni will probably ask you things like why do you wanna go to the school, what makes you stand out, etc. and ask you some questions about your curriculum. it'll be fine =] just BE YOURSELF.. let your personality shine... he/she wants to know who you are ;] hehe* good lucK!

[The_Jin]

The alumni might also ask you questions that pertain to how you think. There are no right or wrong answers, but it looks for your thought process and how well you can integrate those thoughts into real-life situations. An example would be a question like, "If you were in this and that situation, what would you do?"

Maybe... this is more so in Medical School interviews, but I'm not entirely sure about alumni...

[AiLing]

I had my Harvard alumni interview last week - it was not bad at all, I wasn't even that nervous, and it went really well. I know some schools have interviewers that ask some wacky questions, but my interviewer asked pretty straightforward questions: intellectual interests, extracurriculars, what you want to study and why, etc.

Just be yourself and talk as if you were in a normal conversation. For example, when I was talking about how I do Model UN, I talked about how my parents are Taiwanese and that I was on Security Council for the last MUN conference, and the topic was the Taiwan-China situation. Then we talked about that for a little while - he asked me if I were an advisor to George W. Bush, how would I advise him on the subject? So it's basically just a dialogue back and forth.

Good luck! =)

[bAbO]

ahk thanks for the input!

i'll keep all that in mind when i have my interview.
hopefully things will go smoothly^^

thanks again~