28 Questions to Help Nail Your College Interview

As a former college president, I think the college interviewis important part of the application process and, if I had some kind of mythical authority, I would require all colleges and universities to do them. My reason? The interview puts a human face on all the data admissions officers mull over when they are deciding who to admit.

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When I do mock college interviews at Mamaroneck High School, students with perhaps less than spectac...