Alumni interview

[LaurieM]

My ds has an appointment for an alumni interview, should he bring any paperwork with him. If so, what would be appropriate? Thanks for any suggestions.

[Kathy in Richmond]

My dd brought a copy of her awards & activities resume along to her interview. It wasn't required or even expected, but it gave her a little extra assurance.

Her MIT interviewer was happy she did - he kept it for writing up the report they have to file on their interviewees, and he told her it made his job easier :-) She said it also provided topics for conversation; when he ran out of his usual questions, he looked through her resume. For the University of Chicago, she had a telephone interview with an alumnus, and she also kept it next to her. When he asked questions, she could quickly glance down and answer instead of freezing up (she gets a little nervous).

In both cases, the interviewer knew nothing about her at the start of the interview session. The colleges had not passed a copy of her application along to them in advance.

Besides the typical interview questions, both men asked a lot of questions pertaining to homeschooling: why, how, the positives & negatives, etc. She'd advise others to be prepared for them!

~Kathy

[LaurieM]

My dd brought a copy of her awards & activities resume along to her interview. It wasn't required or even expected, but it gave her a little extra assurance.

Her MIT interviewer was happy she did - he kept it for writing up the report they have to file on their interviewees, and he told her it made his job easier :-) She said it also provided topics for conversation; when he ran out of his usual questions, he looked through her resume. For the University of Chicago, she had a telephone interview with an alumnus, and she also kept it next to her. When he asked questions, she could quickly glance down and answer instead of freezing up (she gets a little nervous).

In both cases, the interviewer knew nothing about her at the start of the interview session. The colleges had not passed a copy of her application along to them in advance.

Besides the typical interview questions, both men asked a lot of questions pertaining to homeschooling: why, how, the positives & negatives, etc. She'd advise others to be prepared for them!

~Kathy

Thank you, Kathy. Your reply is very helpful! Ds does not have a resume and is comfortable going without the paperwork, as long as that is acceptable. You've helped ward off a last minute panic for this Mom!

[Sebastian (a lady)]

I do interviews for my alma mater. Before the interview, I have basic contact info, test scores and the dates that various required parts of the application were received by the college. That's it.

It would be great to have a little list of activities, a transcript (unless it will have a negative item that the interviewer would fixate on) or a bio.

In fact, if she's in email contact with the interviewer, she might ask if he/she'd like to see it in advance.

I ask a lot of questions about leadership experience and struggling through hard challenges. I will also ask about how they became interested in the school, why they want to atend and what makes them special.