每年的这个时候,大学面试可能会给学生(和家长!)带来压力和困惑。面试政策因学校而异。面试的目的、时间安排、参与人员,甚至是否有面试机会都存在差异。阅读我们的指南,了解不同面试政策。并查看下表以获取提供面试的学院和大学列表。请注意,列表内容可能有遗漏。
为什么面试?
面试通常对学生和大学都有好处。对于学生来说,面试是一个更好地了解学校、提出问题以及(在校友面试的情况下)了解学生在校园里的体验的机会。面试也是向大学表明你对他们是认真的一种很好的方式,这对于那些考虑对录取决定表现出兴趣的学校来说很重要。大学可以通过几种不同的方式使用面试,但它们通常分为两类:评估性和信息性。
评估性面试将作为申请的一部分进行审查。他们让学校更好地了解你的个性、兴趣和目标。这些面试有助于学校确定你是否适合他们的校园。虽然面试官通常不会对录取决定产生重大影响,但他们会与招生委员会分享他们的印象。请注意,如果需要面试,则可能是评估性的。
信息面谈是向学生提供有关该机构的更多信息的机会。这些面试几乎都是可选的,在某些情况下,学校甚至可能不称它们为“面试”。例如,一些大学会将它们描述为与招生官一对一的约会。虽然信息面试旨在回答学生的问题,但面试官仍然会对你形成印象。这种印象很可能会传递给招生委员会,所以一定要认真对待这些面试。
谁会面试我?
一些面试,特别是在校园里由招生人员进行的。根据学校或课程的不同,你可能会与现任教职员工或学生面谈。但是,大多数面试都是由学院或大学的校友进行的。校友遍布全国(或国际),因此学校可以通过调动校友网络,为更多地区的更多学生提供面试机会。对于需要或推荐面试的学校,很可能至少有一名面试官住在你所在的地区,并且能够安排面对面的面试。
如果碰巧住在没有面试官的地区,通常可以进行在线面试。由于疫情,许多大学已完全改用线上面试。线上面试与线下的面试是一样的。
如果你也无法进行虚拟面试,请不要惊慌。学院和大学不会因为这个惩罚你。
什么时候申请面试?
因为面试官通常比想要面试的学生少,所以尽早申请面试很重要。但是要知道“早”是什么意思可能会很棘手!学校对接受面试请求的时间和方式有很大不同的政策。有些人要求你在申请后安排面试,而另一些人则要求你在申请表上注明您是否需要面试。对于需要面试的学校,你可能会发现要求面试的截止日期实际上早于申请截止日期。在你申请的每所学校查看具体的指导方针是至关重要的。首先检查大学网站,但如果您在查找所需信息时遇到困难,请联系招生办公室。
请注意,一些学校仅通过邀请提供面试。如果没有收到邀请,请不要过多解读。通常,如果这些学校觉得需要更多信息才能对你的申请做出决定,他们会要求进行面试。如果被邀请参加面试,我们强烈建议你这样做!
最后一句忠告:在开始安排面试之前,请确保已经彻底研究了名单上的学校。他们是一个展示你了解这所学校的机会,可以阐明你为什么非常适合他们。当您知道自己想要(或需要)去哪里面试时,请查看我们的建议,为大学面试做好准备。
School | Interview Policy | Interviewer | Interview Type |
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American University | optional | college representative | phone |
Babson College | optional | college representative | virtual |
Bard College | recommended | college representative | in-person |
Barnard College | optional | staff member, college alumna, or college senior | virtual |
Boston University | required only for Accelerated Medical Program | college representative | in-person |
Bowdoin College | stongly recommended | admissions officer or Bowdoin alumni | in-person or virtual |
Brandeis University | optional | admissions officer, student fellow, or Brandeis alum | in-person or virtual |
Bryn Mawr College | strongly recommended | college representative | in-person or virtual |
Carleton College | optional | college representative | in-person or virtual |
Case Western Reserve University | required | admissions staff | virtual |
Claremont McKenna College | strongly recommended; required for homeschooled first-year applicants | admissions officer or senior interviewer | in-person or virtual |
Colgate University | optional | admissions officer, senior admissions intern, or college alum | virtual |
College of William and Mary | optional | current W&M senior | virtual |
Columbia University | required if invited to interview | Alumni Representative Committee member | virtual |
Cornell University | required for Architecture, Art, and Planning; encouraged for Art and Urban and Regional Studies; optional informational meetings available | admissions staff | virtual |
Dartmouth College | optional; invitation only | Dartmouth alumni | virtual |
Dickinson College | optional | admissions counselors, Admissions Fellows and alumni volunteers | in-person or virtual |
Duke University | optional; invitation only | alumni volunteer | virtual |
Elon University | required; invitation only | Elon PA faculty | in-person or virtual |
Emerson College | required for Performing Arts applicants | college representative | in-person or virtual |
Emory University | optional; invitation only | Emory alumni | in-person |
Fordham University | required for School of Professional and Continuing Studies | admissions officer | in-person |
Franklin and Marshall College | recommended | college representative | virtual |
Georgetown University | required | Georgetown alumni | in-person, in student's local community |
Grinnell College | optional | admissions counselor | virtual |
Hamilton College | strongly recommended | admissions officer | in-person or virtual |
Harvard University | required; invitation only | Harvard alumni | virtual |
Harvey Mudd College | strongly recommended | admissions counselors, Harvey Mudd alumni or senior interns | virtual |
Haverford College | optional | admissions officer or Haverford alumni | virtual |
Kenyon College | recommended | student admissions fellow | virtual |
Lafayette College | recommended | Admissions director, admissions staff or senior Lafayette student | virtual |
Lehigh University | optional | Admissions counselor | virtual |
Loyola Marymount University | recommended | Admissions counselor | virtual |
Macalester College | recommended | Admissions counselor or interviewer | virtual |
Middlebury College | optional; invitation only | alumni volunteer | virtual |
MIT | optional; invitation only | educational counselor | virtual |
Mount Holyoke College | strongly recommended | current student, alumna, or admissions counselor | in-person or virtual |
New York University (NYU) | Required; only for Tisch School of the Arts applicants | college representative | in-person or virtual |
Northwestern University | optional; invitation only | regional alumni volunteers | virtual |
Oberlin | optional | admissions staff, senior student intern, or Oberlin alumni | virtual |
Pomona College | optional | Pomona alumni | virtual |
Princeton University | optional | Princeton alumni | virtual |
Reed College | optional | admissions counselor or student intern | in-person or virtual |
Rice University | optional | current Rice senior | virtual |
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) | recommended | admissions representative | in-person, in student's local community |
Sarah Lawrence College | optional | admissions counselors and senior ambassadors | virtual |
Scripps College | optional | Scripps alumni, admissions counselor or current student | virtual |
Smith College | optional; required for Ada Comstock scholars | admissions counselor | virtual |
Southern Methodist University (SMU) | optional | college representative | virtual |
Stanford University | optional; invitation only | Stanford alumni | virtual |
Swarthmore College | optional | Swarthmore admissions fellow | virtual |
Syracuse University | optional | admissions representative or current student | virtual |
Tufts University | optional | Tufts alumni or current senior | virtual |
Tulane University | optional | Tulane admissions staff | virtual |
University of Michigan | optional | admissions counselor | in-person or virtual |
University of Pennsylvania | strongly recommended; by invitation only | Penn alumni | virtual |
University of Richmond | optional | Richmond alumni or current student | virtual |
University of Rochester | optional | Rochester alumni | virtual or by phone |
University of San Francisco | optional; available to international students | USF admissions officer | in-person |
Vanderbilt University | optional | CoRPs alumni | virtual |
Vassar College | optional | Vassar alumni | in-person or virtual |
Wake Forest University | optional | college representative | virtual |
Washington and Lee University | strongly recommended | Washington & Lee alumni | virtual |
Washington University in St. Louis | optional | Washington University alumni or current student | virtual |
Wesleyan University | strongly recommended | Wesleyan alumni | in-person or virtual |
Yale University | recommended | Yale alumni or current Yale senior | virtual |
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