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Sooo.... Tell Me About Yourself
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Tips, trick and advice on college admissions interviews. Includes horror stories and other "behind the scenes" information on college admissions interviewing and college applications. Particular focus on highly selective colleges and universities--Ivy League schools, etc.
Recent Posts
Current Interview Questions: Harvard University
We're still in the thick of college interview season as we head into the holidays and interview questions are still flowing in. Below is an early report on questions applicants are getting from their Harvard University interviewers. Questions for oth...
Favorite Questions: What do you do for fun?
Part of an on-going series of favorite interview questions you'll run into during your college admissions interview --CJ Question: What do you do for fun? (Alts: What hobbies do you have? What do you like doing in your spare time? What do you do to ...
Happy Thanksgiving
I'll be taking the rest of the week off to celebrate Thanksgiving---but, since I know that many of you will be finishing essays, prepping for college interviews, and in general otherwise doing college application stuff, I wanted to give you a recomme...
Be Proactive!
We're getting into the thick of college interview season---soon, coffee shops all across the country will be hosting awkward conversations about Faulkner between well-intentioned-40-somethings and petrified high school students. (An aside: If you're ...
Top 5 WORST Email Addresses Ever
So it's now pretty much required that if you apply to a school, you give them an email address at which they can contact you. And guaranteed, every year at least one person I interview doesn't make the "wait, someone is going to actually USE th...
When Opportunity Calls (or emails).....
From an email I received a few seasons ago: CJ --- I'd love to meet you to talk about your school and find out more about whether it's a good fit for me or not. However, it's going to take me about 30 minutes to drive to your meeting location. Is t...

