Alumni Interview

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. Interviews are optional and not required for admission.

Dartmouth offers alumni interviews only. There are no on-campus interviews.

The Admissions Office does not take requests for interviews. We forward applicant contact information to volunteer alumni interviewers. Our alumni then contact students directly to schedule interviews.

Interviews for Early Decisions candidates are usually scheduled in November. Regular Decision interviews are typically completed by late February.

Because our applicant volume is growing and interviews are conducted by alumni volunteers, we are not able to offer interviews to all applicants. If you are not offered an interview, it does NOT put you at a disadvantage in the admissions process. Dartmouth conducts a holistic admissions process, and we carefully read recommendations, essays, peer evaluations, etc. in order to get a sense of each individual applicant. If a student is not offered an interview, we can still get a sense of his/her personal qualities through other documents in the application.

For students in some international regions, our applicant volume outnumbers our alumni interviewer resources. Therefore, we will only offer alumni interviews if we need further information from an applicant.

Alumni interviews are both informational and evaluative. The interview enables students to ask questions of a Dartmouth alumnus, and it is our opportunity to learn more about the student through a personal conversation. An interview evaluation is added to the application, and is typically considered during the second review of an application, before a final decision is reached.