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pinkpuppy9 said:
Mine lasted maybe 15-20 minutes, I remember some classmates saying they had 45 minute interviews. Probably just depends on the flow of conversation and how much talking your interviewers do.
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Oh gosh. Okay so you just go in and have a conversation basically? The other interviews I've been to had timed stations so you weren't talking to any one person for more than 3-5 minutes!
 
gjsmize88 said:
I'm at the Hampton!

Also, how long is the interview itself supposed to last? So sorry if this was already answered. I didn't see anything about it following the 'what to expect' link.
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Twinning!
 
gjsmize88 said:
Oh gosh. Okay so you just go in and have a conversation basically? The other interviews I've been to had timed stations so you weren't talking to any one person for more than 3-5 minutes!
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No timed stations. They will ask you some specific questions but they also give you a chance to ask them about the school curriculum, etc. That's probably where the huge range in lengths of time are from
 
pinkpuppy9 said:
No timed stations. They will ask you some specific questions but they also give you a chance to ask them about the school curriculum, etc. That's probably where the huge range in lengths of time are from
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Thank you! That's super helpful. Haha not knowing anything about their process was stressing me!

Altruistic80 said:
Twinning!
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Did you come by yourself?! I'm all alone eating Chipotle and watching the office. Lol
 
gjsmize88 said:
Thank you! That's super helpful. Haha not knowing anything about their process was stressing me!


Did you come by yourself?! I'm all alone eating Chipotle and watching the office. Lol
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Awwww no my parents came with! Too bad we didn't know sooner we could have met up! Since I'm about to KO now lol stress headache coming on
 
Who all is going to the 11 info session?! I'll be there!!!!
 
Good luck today everyone! You will be completely fine, just relax 🙂 It feels so weird that I was going through that a year ago now!
 
Just finished my interview. I met some great people @batsenecal (also, cant believe were going to hear back so soon)


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I was given an interview but cancelled since I was accepted at my top choice school. 1 more IS spot for you guys! Good luck 🙂
 
Thank y'all for being so awesome and polite today!!! All of us helping put today appreciate your positivity!!!
 
Uhh so I thought my interview was going fairly well, but I was super shocked when they said that was all the questions they had for me. Mine was only 10 minutes 😵
 
Waiting for my interview and honestly feeling like death. Just a bundle of nerves. It's good knowing they aren't super horrible interview questions. I'm just incredibly bad with eye contact.
 
How is everyone handling thank you notes? Can we send them directly to our interviewers if we can find their emails?
 
CAndM16 said:
How is everyone handling thank you notes? Can we send them directly to our interviewers if we can find their emails?
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I’d say prob not because that seems slightly creepy and also potential for them to get turfed to spam since they’re not from a known sender
Possibly contact the ASA office?
 
SkiOtter said:
I’d say prob not because that seems slightly creepy and also potential for them to get turfed to spam since they’re not from a known sender
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Haha, I meant like the faculty emails publically listed on the website! I figured I wouldn't be able to find an email for the alum or student, I just always like sending a thank you note.
 
CAndM16 said:
Haha, I meant like the faculty emails publically listed on the website! I figured I wouldn't be able to find an email for the alum or student, I just always like sending a thank you note.
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No no, I wasn’t saying to NOT send one, just possibly send them to like ASA or something and they can deliver them haha
 
SkiOtter said:
No no, I wasn’t saying to NOT send one, just possibly send them to like ASA or something and they can deliver them haha
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No worries I gotcha! Thanks for the advice, I will send them to ASA 🙂
 
SkiOtter said:
Mine was short too
@pinkpuppy9 said she had a short one, so short doesn’t necessarily mean bad!
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They didn’t asked many questions and only one interviewer talked. I thought I answered decently, but I guess we’ll see!
 
Mine was just about 20 min long. Only one person asked questions and the other two took notes, which made m incredibly nervous! Even though I know they had to. One of the questions totally threw me for a loop. Other than that I just talked incredibly fast so I hope I got all the points needed across! :/ They seemed to like me overall, we'll see in a few weeks I guess.
 
Altruistic80 said:
Mine was just about 20 min long. Only one person asked questions and the other two took notes, which made m incredibly nervous! Even though I know they had to. One of the questions totally threw me for a loop. Other than that I just talked incredibly fast so I hope I got all the points needed across! :/ They seemed to like me overall, we'll see in a few weeks I guess.
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Don't over think it! You'll drive yourself crazy!! Just be happy it's over with 🙂
 
Altruistic80 said:
Waiting for my interview and honestly feeling like death. Just a bundle of nerves. It's good knowing they aren't super horrible interview questions. I'm just incredibly bad with eye contact.
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I am bad at eye contact too! I am good with focusing on one person instead of all 3...Hopefully my answers made up for it.
 
pinkpuppy9 said:
I hope everyone has safe travels home. Sorry it was such a crappy day! Don't overthink your interview and try to distract yourselves while you wait for news.
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So much easier said than done!!!
 
I wasnt able to make it to the info session. Any important keypoints I missed? When are decisions supposed to be mailed out?
 
MIZ - Maybe? said:
I wasnt able to make it to the info session. Any important keypoints I missed? When are decisions supposed to be mailed out?
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One cool thing that was mentioned was that they don’t charge summer tuition for your senior year, unlike most places.
And there’s 60 OOS spots and I THINK he said 120 OOS will be accepted? Someone correct me if I’m crazy
 
Does anyone know how big last year's (c/o 2021) class was? I know it was probably mentioned earlier, but I was digging through the posts and couldn't find it.
 
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