Over the weekend, I got an email from a Yale alum in Dallas asking when I'd like to have an off-campus interview!
*screams*
Well, we emailed back and forth a few times and now I have the official date: next Tuesday, November 19th. Which means I have just over a week left to prepare.
Yikes.
Let me start off by saying interviews aren't really my strong suit. I'm good at talking about myself- that's not the problem. The problem is that I get really nervous in situations like that, to the point where I stumble over my words a lot and my face starts heating up and I sometimes lose track of what I'm saying.
Okay, maybe I'm making it sound a little worse than it is. Whatever it is, I'm just hoping the interview will just be like what most Yale alumni interviews are like- informal conversations that seem shorter than they are. And I know that even if it doesn't go that well, it's not going to have that much of an impact on my admissions decision.
Anywho, I spent all of thesis today compiling a list of 20-30 typical college interview questions and typing out answers to them. So far, I've answered about 10, so I'm about halfway through. Not bad! Hopefully I can get this done by Wednesday so that my parents and I can review the responses together and edit them so that by Saturday I'll have a finalized "Interview Q&A" list. I do plan on interviewing for several other schools (most notably TUFTS <3) so I'm sure this document will come in handy in the future as well.
I also re-wrote my Tufts supplement essays, so now I have three essentially complete essays. I gave them to Mr. Correa today, and I'm meeting with Mr. Templet Thursday at lunch to go over them. All that needs to be done is a few words need to be cut from the last essay and they need to be looked over for grammatical accuracy (to make sure there aren't any awkward phrases or anything).
*screams*
Well, we emailed back and forth a few times and now I have the official date: next Tuesday, November 19th. Which means I have just over a week left to prepare.
Yikes.
Let me start off by saying interviews aren't really my strong suit. I'm good at talking about myself- that's not the problem. The problem is that I get really nervous in situations like that, to the point where I stumble over my words a lot and my face starts heating up and I sometimes lose track of what I'm saying.
Okay, maybe I'm making it sound a little worse than it is. Whatever it is, I'm just hoping the interview will just be like what most Yale alumni interviews are like- informal conversations that seem shorter than they are. And I know that even if it doesn't go that well, it's not going to have that much of an impact on my admissions decision.
Anywho, I spent all of thesis today compiling a list of 20-30 typical college interview questions and typing out answers to them. So far, I've answered about 10, so I'm about halfway through. Not bad! Hopefully I can get this done by Wednesday so that my parents and I can review the responses together and edit them so that by Saturday I'll have a finalized "Interview Q&A" list. I do plan on interviewing for several other schools (most notably TUFTS <3) so I'm sure this document will come in handy in the future as well.
I also re-wrote my Tufts supplement essays, so now I have three essentially complete essays. I gave them to Mr. Correa today, and I'm meeting with Mr. Templet Thursday at lunch to go over them. All that needs to be done is a few words need to be cut from the last essay and they need to be looked over for grammatical accuracy (to make sure there aren't any awkward phrases or anything).
Ooh Kill 'em! lolol. Good luck!
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