who did you take along with you on your interviews

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My girlfriend packed me a bunch of snacks and Rockstar and gave me a cute little note letting me know how proud she was of me.

 

[Fibroblastman]

To reiterate how important family was to me... I brought my entire family to the interview.

Jk... but no really, don't bring anyone. It's an important day, and you need to focus. Unless you just can't take it, being away from your S.O and/or family. Think of it as business, not a vacation...

 

[Kaydubz]

I turned my interview trips to Chicago and Virginia into two amazing and fun weekends with two different best friends.

 

[STXGregor]

I've seen probably 3 or 4 students bring their parents to the actual campus with them at my interviews. None of the ones I ran into were bragging about their kids per se, but I just thought it was an immature thing to do. I mean, that's great to have the support, but these applicants are nearly all in their 20's, I don't think they should need to have their parents at the actual campus with them. Traveling to the city, sure, but to the campus? Seemed odd to me.

 

[Plantay]

On one of my interview days, some kid brought his girlfriend with him to the interview.To make matters worse, she literally held his hand through the majority of the interview day and tours. In my opinion, not only did this have to be an extremely boring experience for the poor girl, but it showed a complete lack of independence on his part and was very socially awkward lol. I'm not sure how the admissions committee took this, but I don't think anything positive could have come out of it.

 

[LovelyBRass]

yeah i would never take anyone to the actual campus with me, i just didnt know if ppl went the entire way alone or not

Umm I'm the loser whose mom comes all the way to the desk and doesn't leave until I get the interview folder.

 

[MilkmanAl]

I went alone but had the same flight as one of my good friends who was also interviewing and hung with him the whole time. I suggest not bringing anyone who isn't interviewing to the interview day.

 

[funkydrmonkey]

I brought my mom for the first three, because I cannot rent a car in TX to get from IAH to UTMB and Back, my mom's best friend lives in St. Louis, and one of my mom's favorite aunts and other best friend live in the Dallas Suburbs. I am probably going with her again for Connecticut, cuz one of my great uncles lives in Farmington, and my sister lives in Richmond, so my whole family is gonna come to VCU,😀 It is a great time to visit family!

 

[Retsage]

Umm I'm the loser whose mom comes all the way to the desk and doesn't leave until I get the interview folder.

You know we're all snickering at you, right?

Seriously. Why do you do that to yourself?

 

[lildoc]

My mom came along on one interview (not actually to the interview) because I couldn't do the six hour drive myself. 🙂

 

[Kaya12]

I went to an interview where one woman brought her fiance. I assumed he was another applicant until I actually talked w/ them (he was also dressed in a suit). That was interesting.... Seemed a little strange, but they weren't akward about it... Parents tagging along, now I have never seen that happen... I wonder if they get free lunch too? haha

 

[unsung]

I go alone because having someone there (esp family, but SO/friends too) makes me MORE nervous. Especially with the parents, because they get more wired up than I do and they act soooo nervous even days before the event, it ends up psyching me out. For example in HS, they were freaking out over the SATs. I drove there by myself, but when I got there, looked behind me, and they had FOLLOWED ME THERE in another car! Just to make sure I got there okay, I guess, but seeing them there (after I told them I'm going on my own) totally distracted me, reminded me how nervous they were, and so made me real nervous/distracted for the test. Only Asian parents would this. My ex (white), otoh, could jet off to another country for months and his parents wouldn't even call! (just e-mail). So for the MCAT, I made sure NOT to even tell them when I'm taking it, much less where...

Anyway, I always like to handle important interviews/tests/competitions, etc. on my own... Part of it is, I like to have time alone to "reflect on my application" as someone else mentioned. The other part of it is, I can relax more when I feel like I'm doing this for myself and don't have the weight/pressure of other people's expectations on me. The second reason is probably the most significant one... is that weird?

 

[billy72583]

I took my goldfish, flo. She just chilled in a jar tied around my neck and no one seemed to mind. I left her in the waiting room while I interviewed though, because she makes me nervous sometimes. They didnt have any flakes for her to eat though, so she was pretty hungry by the time we got back to the hotel. Later that evening we played in the hottub and swimming pool. Overall, it was a good experience and I would recommend taking your goldfish, if you have one.

 

[Chemist0157]

I take my wife since her opinion kinda matters. I also took my sister when I went to UK because she LOVES horses.

 

[skiqueen]

I took my goldfish, flo. She just chilled in a jar tied around my neck and no one seemed to mind. I left her in the waiting room while I interviewed though, because she makes me nervous sometimes. They didnt have any flakes for her to eat though, so she was pretty hungry by the time we got back to the hotel. Later that evening we played in the hottub and swimming pool. Overall, it was a good experience and I would recommend taking your goldfish, if you have one.

Hah! This was funny.

 

[Dr Lyss]

For the interviews that were 2 hours+ away a parent or my bf would come with me to help with driving. It didn't bother me in the slightest and actually helped to keep my mind focused on other things rather than stressing over potential interview pitfalls. No one came even close to the admissions office though. That would be horrifying.

I do have a funny story though. my family has a little tradition of collecting coffee mugs from each school I have visited. At a recent interview as I was leaving and saying bye to the interview coordinator she came up to me and said "oh my goodness I met your parents! they were looking for the book store to buy you a mug! What nice people"... apparently she had stepped out for lunch and ran into my parents looking for directions.