Alumni Schools Committee

Members of this committee ensure the continued quality of Yale by interviewing local candidates for admission.

      The Alumni Schools Committee (ASC) conducts interviews with local high school students applying for admission to Yale. Every year several hundred local high school students apply to Yale. Our goal is to ensure that every one of those students has an opportunity to have an interview with a member of the ASC. 

     In the fall, members of the Admissions Office staff visit the Miami area and give a presentation to provide information for prospective interviewers. The ASC director for each area receives a list of high school students applying to Yale and assigns a member of the ASC to conduct each interview. The bulk of the interviews take place in November (for Early Decision applicants) and in February (for regular decision applicants). The interviewer contacts the student directly to arrange the interview. Most interviewers conduct the interview at their own home or office, but may, at their discretion, choose to conduct it at the student's home. Most interviewers conduct no more than four or five interviews each year.

      The purpose of the interview is:

• to provide the applicant an opportunity to ask questions about Yale,
• to personalize Yale and the admissions process, and
• to give the Admissions Committee a personal perspective on the applicant that they cannot get from the materials in the application.

      Interviews generally last about an hour and follow no set format. All interviews should, of course, permit the applicant to ask whatever questions he or she may have about Yale. Immediately following the interview, the interviewer writes a summary of his or her impressions of the applicant and sends it to the Admissions Office. The interview report becomes a part of the admissions file. While less important in the admissions decision than grades, test scores, and school recommendations, an interview report is a significant part of an applicant's file and gives the Admissions Committee a wholly different perspective on the applicant.

      The ASC and the Yale Club of Miami will host a reception in April, following announcement of the decisions, for students who have been admitted.  

       WE HAVE FORTY INTERVIEWERS AND NEED ANOTHER SIXTY INTERVIEWERS TO MEET OUR GOAL OF THREE PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS PER INTERVIEWER.  

      For more information contact:

        In Miami: Robert Balogh, (305) 532-4355, BobbyBalogh@aol.com