Any thoughts on interviewing on campus vs w/ alumni for Kellogg ???

Also do you think it’s too late to apply to Columbia –(chances at this point)

My pref. is ALWAYS against alum interviews, because they can be odd, one-off, out-of-line, etc. I feel same away about interviews as I do about surgery, I want to go to person who has performed same procedure MANY times, and most alums often interview 2 or 3 kids a year, or just one, if you are in remote locale. SOooooooo, you are just increasing chances of odd results.  The thing to remember about interviews, almost at ALL schools, is that they are deal BREAKERS not deal makers, despite fantasy you may have about doing sooooooooooooo well on interview that they accept you on the spot, etc. In most cases, you need to survive an interview, and then get in on the rest of your app. A great interview will not bootstrap a marginal app [of which many get interviewed,  how come? as discussed, interviews are in part PR for school, candy for alums, etc as well as what you think they are]. But a bad interview will sink an OK app, and my thinking is, alums are more likely to result in bad interview, for many reasons, including hair across their butt that day, abnormal sense of what a good student should sound like, dementia, etc. etc. As to applying to Col, man, the number of admits fr. apps received  in late Jan could be 15-10 or two, or sumphtin like that , including zero, not sure, but odds are lousy.

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