College interviews are a great way for students and colleges to get to know each other better. But they can also be a source of stress and confusion for students (and parents!) this time of year. Interview policies vary from one school to another. There are differences in the purpose of the interviews, their timing, who is conducting them, and even whether they’re offered at all. Read our guide to learn more about the different policies and how to prepare for your interview, and check out the table below for a list of colleges and universities that offer interviews. Note that this list is not exhaustive.
| School | Interview Policy | Interviewer | Interview Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| American University | optional | college representative | phone |
| Babson College | optional | college representative | virtual |
| Bard College | recommended | college representative | virtual |
| Barnard College | optional | staff member, alumna, or college senior | virtual |
| Bowdoin College | stongly recommended | admissions officer, alumni or student volunteer | in-person or virtual |
| Brandeis University | optional | admissions officer or Admissions Fellow | in-person or virtual |
| Bryn Mawr College | strongly recommended; required for homeschooled, cyberschool, and EAapplicants | college representative | in-person or virtual |
| Carleton College | optional | college representative | phone or virtual |
| Case Western Reserve University | required | admissions staff | virtual |
| Claremont McKenna College | strongly recommended; required for homeschooled first-year applicants | admissions officer, senior interviewer, or alumni volunteer | in-person or virtual |
| Colgate University | optional | senior admissions intern, or alumni volunteer | virtual |
| College of William and Mary | optional | current senior | on-campus or virtual |
| Columbia University | required if invited to interview | current student or alumni volunteer | in-person or virtual |
| Cornell University | required for Architecture, Art, and Planning; encouraged for Art and Urban and Regional Studies; optional informational meetings available | faculty or alumni volunteer | virtual |
| Dartmouth College | optional; invitation only | alumni volunteer | in-person or virtual |
| Dickinson College | optional | admissions counselors and student interviewers | virtual |
| Duke University | optional; invitation only | alumni volunteer | in-person |
| Elon University | required; invitation only | faculty | virtual |
| Emerson College | required for Performing Arts applicants | college representative | in-person or virtual |
| Emory University | optional; invitation only | alumni volunteer | 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 | alumni volunteer | in-person, in student's local community |
| Grinnell College | optional | admissions counselor | in-person or virtual |
| Hamilton College | strongly recommended | admissions officer or Hamilton senior | in-person or virtual |
| Harvard University | required; invitation only | alumni volunteer | virtual or phone |
| Harvey Mudd College | strongly recommended | admissions counselor, alumni volunteer, or senior intern | virtual |
| Haverford College | recommended | admissions officer or alumni volunteer | virtual |
| Kenyon College | recommended | student admissions fellow | virtual |
| Lafayette College | recommended | admissions director, admissions staff, or current senior | in-person or virtual |
| Lehigh University | optional | admissions counselor | in-person or virtual |
| Loyola Marymount University | recommended | admissions counselor | virtual |
| Macalester College | recommended | staff member | virtual |
| Middlebury College | optional | alumni volunteer | virtual |
| MIT | optional; invitation only | educational counselor | in-person or 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 and Prehealth applicants | college representative | in-person or virtual |
| Northwestern University | optional; invitation only | regional alumni volunteers | in-person or virtual |
| Oberlin | optional; for College of Arts and Sciences only | admissions staff, senior student intern, or alumni volunteer | virtual |
| Pomona College | optional | alumni volunteer | in-person or virtual |
| Princeton University | optional | alumni volunteer | virtual |
| Reed College | optional | admissions counselor, student intern, or alumni | in-person or virtual |
| Rice University | optional | current senior or alumni | 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 | alumni volunteer, admissions counselor, or current student | virtual |
| Smith College | optional; required for Ada Comstock scholars | admissions counselor, student interviewer, or alumna | virtual |
| Southern Methodist University (SMU) | optional | college representative | virtual |
| Stanford University | optional; invitation only for REA and RD applicants | alumni volunteer | in-person or virtual |
| Swarthmore College | optional | admissions fellow | virtual |
| Syracuse University | optional | admissions representative or current student | virtual |
| Tufts University | optional | alumni volunteer or current senior | virtual |
| University of Michigan | optional | admissions counselor | in-person or virtual |
| University of Pennsylvania | strongly recommended; by invitation only | alumni volunteer | virtual |
| University of Richmond | optional | alumni volunteer or current student | virtual |
| University of Rochester | optional | alumni volunteer | in-person or virtual |
| University of San Francisco | optional; available to international students | admissions officer | in-person |
| Vanderbilt University | optional | alumni volunteer | virtual |
| Vassar College | optional | alumni volunteer | in-person or virtual |
| Wake Forest University | optional | college representative | virtual |
| Washington and Lee University | strongly recommended | alumni volunteer | virtual |
| Washington University in St. Louis | optional | alumni volunteer or current student | virtual |
| Wesleyan University | strongly recommended | alumni volunteer | virtual |
| Yale University | recommended | alumni volunteer or current senior | virtual |
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