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21. What proportion of students study abroad?
Where are the most common destinations? Do
you offer any unique international programs?
22. What percentage of seniors go to graduate
school? Do you have a list of the graduate schools
they've attended in recent years? How many
companies recruited on campus last year?
23. What is the calendar (e.g. 4-1-4)? If there is a
"short" term, is it required? For how many years?
What percentage of students choose an optional
term? What are ways students typically use it?
24. Which colleges do you "overlap" with most
in admissions? What makes your college
distinctive among other similar colleges?
THE MOCK INTERVIEW
Students who would like some practice interviewing
prior to their appointment should set up a mock
interview with one of the counselors with whom
they are not working. is way, the experience
more closely mimics that of a real interview where
the interviewer does not know the student well.
ALUMNI/AE INTERVIEWS
Some colleges arrange local alumni/ae interviews. ese
alumni/ae interviews often can be arranged for colleges
which are far away and hard for you to visit or who cannot
accommodate your request for an on-campus interview.
Typically, a member of the local alumni/ae interview
team will call you after the college admission office has
received your application. Policies at individual colleges
change year-to-year surrounding interviews, deadlines for
requesting interviews, and availability. It is the student's
responsibility to keep track of this information for the
colleges to which he/she is applying. Use the worksheet
at the end of this chapter to track this information.
