interviewing for college

General interview prep questions below!

High School Experience

• Tell me a little bit about your high school.
• Tell me about the courses you are taking currently.
• Tell me about your favorite class(es) you have taken. Why favorite(s)?
• Which class has been your least favorite? Why?
• Which classes have been the most difficult (or most challenging)?
• What subjects do you plan on studying at [school name]?
• What activities and/or classes have you taken part in related to that field?
• What does your dream career look like, what is your dream job?

Extracurricular Activities

• What extracurricular activities are you involved in?
• What do you like to do for fun?
• When you’re not in class, studying, or doing homework, what do you do with your time (organized activities or things for fun)?
• How did you get involved/started with ____ activity?
• What activity is the most meaningful to you and why?
• What extracurricular activities do you hope to be involved with in college?
• How have you spent your high school summers?

University Specific

• What type of environment are you looking for in a college/university?
• How did you become interested in [school]?
• What do you find most appealing about [school]?
• Why do you think you [school] might be the right fit for you?
• Do you know any students at [school]?
• If you had an opportunity to tell the Admissions Committee anything about yourself, what would it be? Why?
• What would you want the Admissions Committee to know about you that may not come across on your application?
• If I were to ask you to think back in three months to your visit to [school], what would be the first thing to pop into your head?
• What have you learned about [school] that seems unusual or surprising?

Miscellaneous

• If you got up and your best friend sat down, how would they describe you?
• How would your teachers describe you?
• If you had a year to do anything you wanted, what would it be and why?
• What books are you currently reading? Or what have you read recently for school?
• What has been a controversial issue at your school? What was your reaction, and how did you get involved?
• Where have you made the biggest impact at your school or in your local community?
• Where is your favorite place you have ever been? Why? Where would you like to go (if money and time were no object)?
• Would you and where would you like to study abroad? Why?
• What do you think is the most pressing issue of our time? Why?
• What is your favorite book and why?
• Is there anything we haven’t talked about that you wanted to talk about?

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