Originally posted by brickmanli:
•I hope this is not a sensitive question. I'm a very quiet and introverted person going on interviews next month, and I'm ambivalent about staying with a student. Are there certain schools with bad reputations for their student hosting programs? Any super ones? Also what are the best days of the week to visit? Sorry if I seem fussy.
My interviews are in Dartmouth, U of Chicago, and NUMS.•••
Hey Brickmanli, that's a very good question. I myself am more on the introverted side, and for such a significant event I prefer to relax, gather my thoughts and do some last minute preparation on my own. We are all different. I thought all the interviewees I would meet would be super-extroverted activists, but at least at the two interviews I've been--I've met a good share of soft-spoken yet nice students.
My first interview I stayed at a hotel on my own. Though you might get an edge by staying with a student and getting some "inside" information and advice, you'll be fine if you've researched the school yourself. My second interview was at a school near some family so I stayed with them. My actual interviews have gone well, so in case you're worried about needing to be "outgoing" during the interview, just be yourself. I got an accetance a week after my first interview, and I was my usual self during the interview.
Good luck