Many juniors might be interviewing with your prospective colleges this summer or the first term of your senior year. For those institutions that require or recommend interviews, this represents a great opportunity for you to communicate both demonstrated interest and fit to the colleges to which you'll apply, along with the chance for you to learn more about the institution.
How to arrange an interview, who will interview you, and how the interview will be used, will all vary as per the college in question. This summer, make sure to check the websites of your prospective colleges and attend information sessions to find out those details. You don’t want to miss the chance to interview where you can, or to have an interview sneak up on you unprepared!
In the Document Resources section of your Naviance account you’ll now find a pdf from Smith College includes some basic but helpful tips for the college interview process which should prove helpful. Also, if there’s any chance you'll be interviewing this fall, check out the links below.
-https://www.scoir.com/blog/college-admission-interview-tips
-https://thebiz.bentley.edu/how-to-ace-a-college-interview/
-https://admissions.rochester.edu/blog/6-tips-for-college-interviews/
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp5av-bwAHI&t$s (this is MIT specific, and ignore the dates cited, as it's from 2017. But the overall info/advice remains great and much is applicable beyond MIT)
Some colleges will offer free virtual workshops about college interviews and other topics this summer, such as:
U.Rochester (June 18 for starters)
Also, make sure to read the section on the college interview in Chapter 3 of the NACAC Guide to College Admission. You’ll find that guide in the Document Resources section of your Naviance account within the College Office folder.
And if you need ideas for good questions to ask of your interviewer remember to revisit the NSSE guide we emailed you about earlier this semester.
One last thing; some colleges now offer a short video introduction option in lieu of (or addition to) the chance to interview. Bowdoin College, Brown University, and UChicago, are just a few such institutions that are popular with our students.
