Campus Visits & Interviews
Planning Your Interviews
Schedule your interviews for the same day as your campus visit. This
will be an efficient use of your and your parents’ time (see Scheduling
your campus visits and interviews).
Make an appointment for an interview with an admission officer and
a professor who teaches in the department of your planned college major.
The admissions office will schedule an interview with an admissions
officer. Ask for the name of the admission officer and the time,
date, and location of the interview. Be sure to write the information
on your College
Visit Itinerary.
Schedule an interview with a professor in the department of your major. Ask
the admissions office for the telephone number of the department you
are planning to major in. Call the department and ask to speak
with the professor you would like to interview with (find the best professor
to interview with by researching the college department’s website
- see below). If you don’t have a planned major and will
enter college as an “undecided” student, it is not necessary
to schedule an interview with a professor.
To find the best professor to interview with, go to the college’s
website and research your major’s department faculty. Select
a professor that teaches the subject you are most interested in. For
example, if you’re planning to major in biology, see if there is
a special emphasis in biology you can express interest in (such as bioengineering,
molecular biology, or genetics). The department may offer an emphasis
and/or extra courses in such specialty subjects; see who teaches these
classes. Call that professor and see if he/she is available to
see you sometime on the day of your campus visit. If not, see if
you can interview with the department chairperson.
Schedule to talk with anyone else you think will give
you the best information about what is important to you (students in
your major, students belonging to interesting on-campus clubs, a coach
in your sport, etc.).
To get the maximum 1-on-1 time with admission officers and college professors,
avoid scheduling interviews during one of the college’s “Open
House” or “Open Campus” days. Typically there
are hundreds of students and families touring the campus during an “Open
House” day so there’s not much opportunity for you to meet
with college representatives and spend quality time. You’ll
be able to make a better, stronger impression with college representatives
on another day. |
