面試常見問題
l Why are you considering this college?
l How did you come to include us among your choices?
l What makes you think this college and you are right for each other?
l Where else are you applying and why?
l Which is your first choice? (Don’t answer if you are not sure. If you are at the school you think is your first choice, then confirm that - but never give another name Wesleyan doesn’t want to hear “Vassar ”)
l What do you hope to major in? Why?
l What are your plans for the future? What do you expect to be doing ten years from now?
l What have you liked or disliked about your high school?
l If you were the Head of your school, what would you change?
l What would you like to tell us about yourself?
l What newspapers and magazines do you read? How often?
l What books not required by your courses have you read recently?
l What TV shows do you watch?
l Tell us about your family.
l How do you spend a typical afternoon after school? Evening? Weekend?
l What extracurricular activities have you found most satisfying?
l What are your strengths? Weaknesses?
l Do you have any heroes, contemporary or historical?
l How would your best friend describe you?
l If you could talk with any one living person, whom would it be and why?
l How do you feel about: the nuclear freeze, nuclear power, use of drugs and alcohol, advertising, gun control, the election?
l What events have been crucial in your life?
l What is the most significant contribution you’ve made to your school or community?
l What is the most important thing you have learned in high school?
l What do you consider to be your strongest majors or departments: What are the most popular majors?
l What are other distinctive majors or programs, or other programs, off-campus (ie: study abroad, internships, Washington semester, etc )?
l What are your admissions criteria? (ie: how much weight is given to courses and grades, test scores, activities, essays, the interview, etc ?)
l How many (# and %) freshmen return for the sophomore year?
l What is your policy concerning the granting of credit and advanced standing for AP tests?
l What are some of your “overlap” colleges (other institutions which your applicants also consider)?
l Explain the freshman advising system.
l What percentage of students lives in campus housing? Describe the various types of residence halls.
l What percentage of your students continues on to graduate or professional schools?
l What do students do on weekends?
l Do you have “no-need” or merit-based scholarships? What kind of student would be competitive for such scholarships?
l Is it possible to return for an overnight visit on campus and/or visit classes?
l How are these arrangements made?
l What role does the personal interview, or alumni interview, play in your admissions decisions?
l How important are extracurricular activities in the admissions process? How important is community service to you?
l Many people get to attend exciting summer programs and travel, but I have to work; will that work against me when I apply?
l What is your financial aid policy? Do you package preferentially? Is there a chance that I will be admitted, but denied aid?
l How are you able to distinguish between the variety of transcripts you see? How can you tell the difference in grading policies?
l Do you make admissions decisions based on perceived level of interest, and how do you assess that? What kinds of things can I do to make sure you know the level of my interest?
l If I am submitting tapes of my acting/music, is that allowed? Should they be sent to a specific professor to review first?
l What’s the one thing students say they wish they knew about this college before they enrolled?