Knowing that you are from Florida which is not an under represented state by any means, I would say that you have the stats To get into the school but there is some kind of concern that the admissions office has about you. There was a case book released by Harvard admissions as part of its affirmative action case last year. There were several applicants who were interviewed by admissions officers because they were being strongly considered but there was something unusual about their application. For instance, one of the recommendation writers for an applicant, unbeknownst to the applicant, mentioned that the applicants can be a little arrogant at times by holding onto their opinion. The admissions office Did further research into this matter. I personally know a kid who had a recommendation letter writer write something that could be construed negatively, such as that he was too focused on success, and the admissions office wanted to investigate that statement.
There are a few things that I would recommend you doing in this interview. First of all if you applied with an application theme, you should mention that theme when the admissions officer asks you to introduce yourself
Secondly, I would go through my application and try to figure out what it is the admissions office is going to think you are going to contribution to the school. For example, if you applied as a tennis player, a coach would be trying to suss out if you would be able to play on the varsity team. That coach would then report this to the admissions office. If you replied saying that you are heavily interested in model UN, is there anything In your application to show that you can compete at the Harvard level and be a major contributor to the model un team or were you just the best in your Hugh school but never won any awards for it? Find your competitive advantage and make sure it shows during the interview.
Lastly, Figure out if there is some kind of character flaw that is coming through in your application and then work to address that throughout the course of your interview in directly unless of course they ask you about it directly. Think about if your recommendation letter writers had anything negative to say about you.
跟一个月前的校友面试一样，又是吃饭的时候娃告诉我们他刚跟地区AO面试。
看样子娃或者是校友面试搞砸了，但stats还ok，AO给个机会。又或是整个package on the edge，AO需要进一步看看。希望AO能交到投票委员会。
更新：网上查到下面的说法，感觉有一定道理。
https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/dyuil6/harvard_rea_second_interview_w_ao/
Knowing that you are from Florida which is not an under represented state by any means, I would say that you have the stats To get into the school but there is some kind of concern that the admissions office has about you. There was a case book released by Harvard admissions as part of its affirmative action case last year. There were several applicants who were interviewed by admissions officers because they were being strongly considered but there was something unusual about their application. For instance, one of the recommendation writers for an applicant, unbeknownst to the applicant, mentioned that the applicants can be a little arrogant at times by holding onto their opinion. The admissions office Did further research into this matter. I personally know a kid who had a recommendation letter writer write something that could be construed negatively, such as that he was too focused on success, and the admissions office wanted to investigate that statement.
There are a few things that I would recommend you doing in this interview. First of all if you applied with an application theme, you should mention that theme when the admissions officer asks you to introduce yourself
Secondly, I would go through my application and try to figure out what it is the admissions office is going to think you are going to contribution to the school. For example, if you applied as a tennis player, a coach would be trying to suss out if you would be able to play on the varsity team. That coach would then report this to the admissions office. If you replied saying that you are heavily interested in model UN, is there anything In your application to show that you can compete at the Harvard level and be a major contributor to the model un team or were you just the best in your Hugh school but never won any awards for it? Find your competitive advantage and make sure it shows during the interview.
Lastly, Figure out if there is some kind of character flaw that is coming through in your application and then work to address that throughout the course of your interview in directly unless of course they ask you about it directly. Think about if your recommendation letter writers had anything negative to say about you.
AO哪那么多时间去interview学生。这一定是几乎就要录取了，AO来最后确定一下。很少有AO亲自出马面试的。
这是第二次interview 吗？极可能是AO 想了解更多娃的信息make it the case to the committee
EA中或不中会造成娃寒假完全不同的两种过法。更影响娃12月前两周的安排。娃高中的康嫂寒假两周多的时间完全不办公的。我们要评估一下娃在寒假之前，交多少申请。娃很不愿意写申请，我们要决定是不是要使劲push。
Among applicants who receive a staff interview , 59% of African Americans, 48% of Hispanics, 53% of whites and 44% of Asian Americans are admitted。
我娃校友面试邀请11月1号就收到了，面完事儿后杳无音讯。他这些日子一直念叨AO面试。
祝顺利！