How To Ace the College Interview's Guide to Colleges Offering Interviews

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1 How To Ace the College Interview's Guide to Colleges Offering Interviews College Name Agnes Scott College (GA) Offered Considered (800) Alaska Pacific Offered Considered (907) NA Albertson College (ID) Offered Important (800) Albion College (MI) Recommended Important (800) Allegheny College (PA) Offered Important (814) Alumni Alma College (MI) Offered Considered (800) American University (DC) Offered Considered (202) Babson College (MA) Offered Considered (781) Alumni Bard College (NY) Offered Considered (845) Barnard College (NY) Recommended Considered (212) Regional Admissions, Bates College (ME) Recommended Important (207) Alumni Belmont University (TN) Offered Considered (615) NA Beloit College (WI) Offered Important (608) Benedictine University (IL) Offered Considered (630) Bennington College (VT) Offered Important (800) Bentley College (MA) Offered Important (781) NA Berea College (KY) Offered Important (800) Biola University (CA) Offered Important (562) Boston University Not Available Considered (617) NA Special Programs and Music/Theatre Require Interviews Bowdoin College (ME) Recommended Considered (207) Alumni alumni interviews are evaluative Bradley University (IL) Recommended Considered (309) NA Brandeis University (MA) Recommended Considered (781) Regional Admissions. Alumni alumni interviews are evaluative Brigham Young Univ. Provo (UT) Required Important (801) Alumni Brown University (RI) Not Available Not Considered (401) Alumni Optional Interviews are evaluative Bryn Mawr College (PA) Recommended Considered (610) Bucknell University (PA) Recommended Considered (570) alumni interviews are evaluative Butler University (IN) Recommended Considered (800) NA Carleton College (MN) Recommended Considered (507) Reginal Admissions, Alumni Carnegie Mellon University (PA) Recommended Considered (412) Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH) Recommended Important (216) Catholic University of America (DC) Recommended Important (202) NA Central College (IA) Recommended Considered (641) Centre College (KY) Recommended Considered (859) Chapman University (CA) Recommended Important (888) Claremont McKenna College (CA) Recommended Important (909)

2 Clark University (MA) Recommended Considered (508) NA Clarkson University (NY) Recommended Important (800) NA Coe College (IA) Recommended Considered (319) NA Colby College (ME) Recommended Important (207) NA Colgate University (NY) Offered Considered (315) NA with either admissions or a senior intern College of New Jersey Recommended Considered (609) Alumni College of St. Benedict (MN) Recommended Considered (320) NA College of St. Scholastica (MN) Recommended Considered (218) College of the Holy Cross (MA) Recommended Important (508) College of William and Mary (VA) Offered Considered (757) NA only with student, only for rising senior, must sign up on-line College of Wooster (OH) Recommended Considered (800) Colorado College Offered Considered (719) Regional Admissions Colorado School of Mines Recommended Considered (303) Alumni Colorado State University Offered Considered (970) NA Columbia University (NY) Not Available Not Considered (212) Concordia College Moorhead (MN) Recommended Considered (218) NA Concordia University (NE) Recommended Not Considered (800) Connecticut College Recommended Considered (860) Cornell College (IA) Recommended Considered (800) Cornell University (NY) Not Available Considered (607) Required for Hotel Management and Architecture Creighton University (NE) Recommended Not Considered (800) Dartmouth College (NH) Offered Informational (603) Alumni with student, non-evaluative and alumni evaluative Davidson College (NC) Recommended Informational (704) Regional Admissions Denison University (OH) Recommended Important (740) DePauw University (IN) Recommended Important (312) Regional Admissions Dickinson College (PA) Recommended Considered (717) Drake University (IA) Recommended Considered (515) Drew University (NJ) Recommended Considered (973) Drexel University (PA) Recommended Important (800) Drury University (MO) Recommended Considered (417) Early Applicants must submit application by October 1 to receive an interview and Regular applications must be submitted by Dec 1 to receive an interview Duke University (NC) Not Available Important (919) Earlham College (IN) Recommended Important (765) Eastern University (PA) Recommended Important (610) Eckerd College (FL) Recommended Important (727) Elizabethtown College (PA) Recommended Important (717) Elmira College (NY) Recommended Considered (607) Embry Riddle Aeronautical U. (FL) Offered Not Considered (386) NA Emerson College (MA) Recommended Considered (617) NA Interviews for auditions only Erskine College (SC) Recommended Considered (864) NA

3 Fairfield University (CT) Recommended Considered (203) Flagler College (FL) Recommended Considered (904) NA Florida Institute of Technology Recommended Not Considered (800) Fontbonne University (MO) Recommended Considered (314) Fordham University (NY) Recommended Considered (800) Franklin and Marshall College (PA) Recommended Important Furman University (SC) Not Available Not Considered (864) Alumni George Washington University (DC) Recommended Important (202) (recommended/ required) Georgetown College (KY) Recommended Considered (502) Georgetown University (DC) Not Available Not Considered (202) Gettysburg College (PA) Recommended Important (717) NA Goddard College (VT) Required Important (800) NA Gonzaga University (WA) Recommended Considered (800) Gordon College (MA) Required Important (978) Regional Admissions Goshen College (IN) Recommended Important (574) Goucher College (MD) Recommended Considered (410) Grinnell College (IA) Recommended Important (641) Grove City College (PA) Recommended Important (724) Alumni Optional Interviews are evaluative Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) Recommended Important (507) NA Hamilton College (NY) Offered Important (315) Alumni Optional Interviews are evaluative Hamline University (MN) Recommended Important (651) Hampden - Sydney College (VA) Recommended Considered (434) NA Hampshire College (MA) Recommended Considered (413) Hanover College (IN) Recommended Considered (812) Harding University (AR) Recommended Important (800) Harvard University (MA) Offered Important (617) Alumni Harvey Mudd College (CA) Recommended Important (909) Regional Admissions Haverford College (PA) Recommended Considered (610) Hendrix College (AR) Offered Important (501) Hillsdale College (MI) Recommended Important (517) NA Hiram College (OH) Recommended Important (330) NA Hobart and William Smith Col. (NY) Recommended Considered (315) Regional Admissions Hofstra University (NY) Recommended Important (516) Hollins University (VA) Recommended Considered (800) Hope College (MI) Recommended Considered (616) Huntingdon College (AL) Recommended Considered (334) Illinois Wesleyan University Recommended Important (309) NA Ithaca College (NY) Offered Not Considered (607) NA John Carroll University (OH) Recommended Considered (216) alumni interviews are evaluative, summer on-campus interviews conducted by admissions officers and fall interviews on-campus are conducted by staff volunteers

4 Johns Hopkins University (MD) Recommended Considered (410) Juniata College (PA) Recommended Important (877) Kalamazoo College (MI) Recommended Considered (269) Regional Admissions Kenyon College (OH) Recommended Important (740) Knox College (IL) Recommended Important (309) Regional Admissions Lafayette College (PA) Recommended Considered (610) on-campus interviews with admissions staff members Lake Forest College (IL) Recommended Considered (847) Lawrence University (WI) Recommended Considered (920) Lehigh University (PA) Available Not Considered (610) Regional Admissions interviews are with students LeTourneau University (TX) Recommended Considered (903) Alumni Lewis and Clark College (OR) Recommended Important (503) Loyola College in Maryland Recommended Considered (410) NA Loyola Marymount University (CA) Recommended Considered (310) NA Loyola University New Orleans Recommended Important (800) NA Macalester College (MN) Recommended Considered (651) Mahattanville Recommended Important (800) NA In some case, interviews are required Marlboro College (VT) Required Important (802) Massachusetts Inst. of Technology Recommended Considered (617) McDaniel College (MD) Recommended Important (800) Menlo College (CA) Recommended Considered (800) Mercer University (GA) Recommended Considered (478) Merrimack College (MA) Recommended Important (978) Michigan Technological University Recommended Considered (906) Middlebury College (VT) Not Available Considered (802) Optional Interviews are evaluative Mount Holyoke College (MA) Recommended Important (413) Muhlenberg College (PA) Recommended Considered (484) New Jersey Inst. of Technology Recommended Considered (973) New School University (NY) Recommended Important (877) New York University Not Available Not Considered (212) NA Northeastern University (MA) Not Available Not Considered (617) NA Northland College (WI) Recommended Considered (715) Northwestern College (MN) Recommended Considered (651) NA Northwestern University (IL) Not Available NA (847) Oberlin College (OH) Recommended Considered (440) Occidental College (CA) Recommended Considered (323) Oglethorpe University (GA) Recommended considered (404) NA Ohio Northern University Recommended Considered (419) NA

5 Ohio Wesleyan University Recommended Important (740) Otterbein College (OH) Recommended Considered (614) N/A Pacific Lutheran University (WA) Recommended Considered (253) N/A Pacific University (OR) Recommended Important (503) off campus interviews may be arranged Pepperdine University (CA) Recommended Not Considered (310) Regional Admissions Pitzer College (CA) Recommended Considered (909) Regional Admissions Point Loma Nazarene University (CA) Required Important (619) Regional Admissions Polytechnic University (NY) Offered Not considered (718) Regional Admissions Pomona College (CA) Recommended Important (909) Princeton University (NJ) NA NA (609) Alumni Quinnipiac University (CT) Recommended Important (203) Randolph - Macon College (VA) Recommended Considered (804) Alumni Randolph - Macon Woman's College (VA) Recommended Considered (434) off campus interview may be arranged Reed College (OR) Recommended Important (503) not available Regis University (CO) Recommended Considered (303) Rhodes College (TN) Recommended Important (901) off campus interview may be arranged Rice University (TX) Recommended Considered (713) Regioal Admissions, Alumni Ripon College (WI) Recommended Important (920) Alumni Roanoke College (VA) Recommended Important (540) Regional Admissions Rochester Inst. of Technology (NY) Recommended Considered (585) Regional Admissions Rockhurst University (MO) Recommended Considered (816) Alumni Rollins College (FL) Recommended Considered (407) N/A Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. (IN) Recommended Considered (812) Regional Admissions Rutgers New Brunswick (NJ) Not Available Not considered (732) NA Pharmacy and Art school require interviews Samford University (AL) Recommended Important (205) N/A Santa Clara University (CA) Not Available Not Considered (408) N/A Not called interviews buy "individual conversations" and they are recommended if you visit Sarah Lawrence College (NY) Recommended Considered (914) Regional Admissions Scripps College (CA) Recommended Important (909) Seattle Pacific University Recommended Important (206) Regional Admissions Seattle University Recommended Considered (206) NA Siena College (NY) Recommended Considered (518) Skidmore College (NY) Recommended Considered (518) Smith College (MA) Recommended Important (413) Southern Methodist University (TX) Offered Considered (214) NA Off campus interview may be arranged. Several oncampus possibilities - Southwestern University (TX) Recommended Important (512) St. Anselm College (NH) Recommended Not Considered (603) St. Francis University (PA) Recommended Considered (814)

6 St. John's College (MD) Offered Considered (410) St. John's College (NM) Offered Considered (505) St. John's University (MN) Recommended Not Considered (320) NA St. Lawrence University (NY) Recommended Important (315) (recommend/required) St. Louis University (MO) Recommended Considered (314) St. Mary's College (IN) Recommended Considered (574) Alumni St. Mary's College of California Recommended Not Considered (800) St. Mary's College of Maryland Recommended Considered (240) St. Michael's College (VT) Recommended Considered (802) St. Norbert College (WI) Recommended Considered (920) St. Olaf College (MN) Recommended Considered (507) Stephens College (MO) Recommended Considered (573) N/A Stetson University (FL) Recommended Important (386) Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ) Required Important (201) Alumni SUNY Oswego Recommended Considered (201) Regional Admissions SUNY Stony Brook Recommended Not Considered (631) Alumni SUNY Coll. Environ. Sci. and Forestry Recommended Considered (315) N/A SUNY College Oneonta Recommended Important (607) Regional Admissions Susquehanna University (PA) Recommended Important (570) Regional Admissions Swarthmore College (PA) Recommended Considered (610) Sweet Briar College (VA) Recommended Important (434) Syracuse University (NY) Recommended Important (315) NA Taylor University (IN) Required Important (765) Regional Admissions Teikyo Post University (CT) Required Important (800) NA Tennessee Wesleyan College Recommended Important (423) Texas Christian University Recommended Considered (817) Regional Admissions Thomas Aquinas College (CA) Recommended Not Considered (805) NA Touro College (NY) Recommended Important (718) N/A Transylvania University (KY) Recommended Considered (859) Trinity College (CT) Recommended Considered (860) Trinity University (TX) Recommended Considered (860) Truman State University (MO) Recommended Not Considered (660) N/A Tufts University (MA) Not Available Not Considered (617) Alumni Tulane University (LA) Not Available Not Considered (504) U. of North Carolina Asheville Recommended Considered (828) NA U.S. Merchant Marine Acad. (NY) Recommended Considered (516) Personal visits can be schedule where one can meet with an admissions counselor Individual appointments with admissions officers can also be arranged Possible to do phone interviews, although in person is preferable Individual appointments with admissions officers can be arranged off campus interview may be arranged Can schedule appointments with your admissions counselor

7 Interview Impact Union College (NY) Recommended Considered (518) Union University (TN) Recommended Important (731) N/A United States Air Force Acad. (CO) Required Important (719) United States Coast Guard Acad. (CT) Recommended Considered (860) off campus interview may be arranged United States Military Academy (NY) Recommended Considered (845) United States Naval Academy (MD) Required Important (410) Regional Admissions Univ. of Nebraska Lincoln Offered Not Considered (402) NA only informational for those interested Univ. of Southern California Not Available Not Available (213) Regional Admissions University of Alabama Huntsville Recommended Not Considered (256) NA Private meeting with an admissions counselor available University of Alabama Not Available Not Considered (205) NA interviews only required for particular scholarships University of Arkansas Recommended Not Considered (479) NA Individual meetings with admissions counselor can be made University of Chicago Recommended Important (773) University of Dallas Recommended Considered (972) N/A University of Dayton (OH) Recommended Considered (937) off campus interview may be arranged University of Delaware Recommended Considered (302) NA University of Denver Required Important (303) Regional Admissions off campus interview may be arranged, through Hyde Interview program University of Evansville (IN) Recommended Important (812) N/A University of Judaism (CA) Recommended Important (310) N/A University of Minnesota Morris Recommended Considered (320) NA University of Missouri Rolla Not Available Not Considered (573) NA Interviews only granted for students who don't meet initial requirements/ have special circumstances University of Pennsylvania Not Available Considered (215) interviews offered for alumni children through the development office University of Pittsburgh Not Available Not Considered (412) NA not available University of Portland (OR) Offered Considered (503) NA off campus interview may be arranged University of Puget Sound (WA) Recommended Considered (253) University of Redlands (CA) Recommended Considered (909) off campus interview may be arranged University of Rochester (NY) Recommended Important Regional Admissions University of San Diego Not Available Not Considered (619) NA not available University of San Francisco Recommended Considered (415) N/A University of Scranton (PA) Recommended Considered (570) N/A University of St. Thomas (MN) Recommended Considered (713) N/A University of St. Thomas (TX) Not Available Not Considered (713) NA off campus interview may be arranged University of the Pacific (CA) Not Available Not Considered (209) University of the South - Sewanee (TN) Recommended Considered (931) N/A University of Tulsa (OK) Recommended Important (918) University of Vermont Not Available Not Considered (802) Alumni off campus interview may be arranged Ursinus College (PA) Recommended Considered (610) Regional Admissions Valparaiso University (IN) Recommended Considered (219) N/A Vanderbilt University (TN) Not Available Not Considered (615) N/A Vassar College (NY) Recommended Not Considered (845) Alumni On campus interviews only available for legacy Villanova University (PA) Not Available Not Considered (610) NA off campus interview may be arranged

8 Virginia Military Institute Recommended Considered (540) Wabash College (IN) Recommended Important (765) off campus interview may be arranged Wagner College (NY) Recommended Important (718) Warren Wilson College (NC) Recommended Important (828) Washington and Jefferson Col. (PA) Recommended Important (724) Alumni Washington and Lee University (VA) Recommended Considered (540) Washington College (MD) Recommended Important (410) NA Interview required for ealy action/decision Washington University in St. Louis Recommended Considered (314) off campus interview may be arranged Webb Institute (NY) Required Important (516) not available Webster University (MO) Recommended Considered (314) N/A Wellesley College (MA) Recommended Considered (781) Wells College (NY) Recommended Important (315) Wesleyan University (CT) Recommended Considered (860) Westminster College (MO) Recommended Considered (573) N/A Westminster College (UT) Recommended Important (801) N/A Westmont College (CA) Recommended Important (805) Regional Admissions Wheaton College (IL) Recommended Considered (630) off campus interview may be arranged Wheaton College (MA) Recommended Important (508) Whitman College (WA) Recommended Considered (509) Regional Admissions Whitworth College (WA) Recommended Important (509) N/A Willamette University (OR) Recommended Important (503) William Jewell College (MO) Recommended Important (816) Regional Admissions Williams Baptist College (AR) Recommended Important (870) Wisconsin Lutheran College Recommended Important (414) N/A Wittenberg University (OH) Recommended Important (937) N/A Wofford College (SC) Recommended Considered (864) N/A Woodbury University (CA) Recommended Not Considered (818) Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA) Recommended Considered (508) off campus interview may be arranged Xavier University (OH) Recommended Not Considered (513) Yale University (CT) Offered Not Considered (203) Alumni Yeshiva University (NY) Required Important (212) off campus interview may be arranged York College of Pennsylvania Recommended Considered (717) N/A