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CathyCA · Post by **CathyCA** » November 9th, 2009, 3:28 pm

Rolvix wrote:Wish me luck on my alumni interview in approximately 2 hours!

Vibing, praying, wishing and hoping for an excellent alumni admissions interview--RIGHT NOW!!!

Rolvix · Post by **Rolvix** » November 9th, 2009, 4:05 pm

I'm back from the interview and sort of disappointed. The interview went great. The problem was Mr. Stubbs wasn't the one who interviewed me! One of his partners did. (A UNC grad nonetheless -- although Stubbs is a UNC grad as well). I could tell he didn't know exactly what to ask me and it's sort of difficult to just start talking about yourself without being prompted to. Basically I told him my SAT and ACT scores, my Class Rank, why I chose New Bern High School over a private school like Parrot Academy, what I do in my free time (guitar, read - I left out video games), activities (soccer, tennis, wakeboarding, snowboarding), Haiti, why I want to attend Duke, what other schools I applied to, and maybe a few other things. We did have a nice conversation on Duke vs. UNC basketball this year. He thinks Duke will be better even though he IS a UNC grad (I'm capitalizing it this time because he was one of the most respectable UNC fans I've met).

Sadly, I didn't get a chance to talk about my adventures at Boys State or LITs (Leader In Training my sophomore summer - aKa "The Best/Most Difficult Experience of My Life").

Although it may seem like a lot, compared to the Wake Forest interview, I feel like we only scratched the surface of what he could have learned about me. Heck, basically everything I told him he could have learned by looking at my application, and more! The only things that he couldn't have learned would have been that I wear a blazer to interviews and that he knows my dad.

He did tell me that he hopes I get into Duke. After making sure I know that it is basically New Jersey in the south. (Which I subtly/nonconfrontationally countered citing a statistic about NC, FL, CA, and NY students making up the majority)

Rolvix · Post by **Rolvix** » November 9th, 2009, 4:21 pm

Ach! My Post Per Day count has almost dropped by an entire post in the last month! :?

Rolvix · Post by **Rolvix** » November 9th, 2009, 4:21 pm

I guess I'll just have to PW a little to make up for it.

Rolvix · Post by **Rolvix** » November 9th, 2009, 4:22 pm

Or a lot.

Rolvix · Post by **Rolvix** » November 9th, 2009, 4:23 pm

Maybe I'll go walk to dog.

Rolvix · Post by **Rolvix** » November 9th, 2009, 4:23 pm

I think that's what I'll do.

Rolvix · Post by **Rolvix** » November 9th, 2009, 4:24 pm

Before I give away the secrets to the interview to my other Duke ED friends on Facebook.

Rolvix · Post by **Rolvix** » November 9th, 2009, 4:27 pm

Hey, my posts per day count has gone up .04 in the past 5 minutes!

devildeac · Post by **devildeac** » November 9th, 2009, 4:39 pm

Rolvix wrote:Maybe I'll go walk to dog.

THAT would be serious PW time wasted. ;)

:roll:

Rolvix · Post by **Rolvix** » November 9th, 2009, 5:58 pm

devildeac wrote:
Rolvix wrote:Maybe I'll go walk to dog.
THAT would be serious PW time wasted. ;) :roll:

Blast. Wasted some PW time.

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » November 9th, 2009, 6:22 pm

Rolvix wrote: Although it may seem like a lot, compared to the Wake Forest interview, I feel like we only scratched the surface of what he could have learned about me. Heck, basically everything I told him he could have learned by looking at my application, and more! The only things that he couldn't have learned would have been that I wear a blazer to interviews and that he knows my dad.

I would suggest on your next interview, if there is one and it is going slowly for you, draw upon the interviews that you felt were productive. If they aren't asking the questions, then offer answers to someone else's questions. Being an interviewer is in my mind harder than being an interviewee. Even if you don't have the answer to the question, you can say something. If you don't have the question to ask, then you have nothing. So if it happens that way again, don't be afraid to lead the questioning, make it more conversational. Your thoughts might make them think about asking questions they had not thought about.

Post by **YmoBeThere** » November 9th, 2009, 8:14 pm

Would someone mind walking some cats?

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » November 9th, 2009, 8:26 pm

YmoBeThere wrote:Would someone mind walking some cats?

I have to put mine inside when I walk because he follows me. I found that out last time a half mile away from my house.

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » November 9th, 2009, 8:28 pm

I love wireless headphones.

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » November 9th, 2009, 8:30 pm

Kung Fu Hustle has to be one of the most whacked out movies ever. I'm watching with the volume off and it's still fun.

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » November 9th, 2009, 8:30 pm

http://www.939kissfm.com/cc-common/onde ... l?world=st has enough disco to make me happy.

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » November 9th, 2009, 8:31 pm

My mom's maiden name is Disco. Seriously.

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » November 9th, 2009, 8:33 pm

My parents used to throw a disco Christmas party with a dj and everything. My sister and I would take all of the guest's coats, throw them on my parents' bed...and then jump all over them like a big pile of leaves.

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » November 9th, 2009, 8:34 pm

When we got tired, we'd lay on all of the coats and watch the Muppet Show. After we rested, we'd go downstairs and learn the Hustle.

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