Interviews
Frequently Asked Questions about Interviews
Answers
Does Dartmouth offer admissions interviews? Are interviews required?
After a student has applied for first-year admission, they may be offered an opportunity to interview with a member of Dartmouth's alumni body who lives in their local community. Because interviews are coordinated by alumni volunteers, we are not able to offer interviews to all applicants. As a result interviews are not required for admission. Interviews are not offered to transfer applicants.
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Will I be able to have an interview during regular decision?
Maybe.
Depends if our alumni interviewers are available in your area to coordinate your interview.
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I haven't been contacted for an interview. How do I request one?
You cannot request an interview.
The Admissions Office forwards applicant contact information to volunteer alumni interviewers throughout the US and abroad. Our alumni then seek to contact as many applicants as possible to invite them to interview. With a wide alumnus/a to student ratio, however, we will be unable to offer interviews to many of our applicants.
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Do I have to have an interview if I don't want to?
No. Dartmouth encourages applicants to have an interview if they have the opportunity to do so, and you should read through the Alumni Interview page to find out more. On the other hand, if you are invited to interview and you would prefer not to, that is perfectly fine.
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What if I don't get contacted for an interview?
Don't worry about it.
Our wonderful volunteer alumni interviews do their very best to interview every candidate possible, but given the volume of applications, they are simply unable to interview every applicant. About only half of our applicants get interviewed. If you are not contacted about an interview, all it means is that the alumni in your community could not get to you. That does not put you at a disadvantage in the admissions process.
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