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University Interview General Question

Hi, I'm a senior from an international school.

After applying to multiple colleges in the U.S., I applied to a prestigious university from my home country (known to be academic).

Basically, my essays and other submissions were accepted by the university so I was given a chance to do the interview.

The interview consisted of two parts. For the first section, we have to read two academic passages, summarize, and then answer corresponding questions that are kind of philosophical.

For the second section, we have to talk about ourselves and answer questions that they may have about us based on our essays.

I was a little nervous, but I was able to answer the interview questions without really panicking.

The thing is, I just realized that my answers to the first question may have been "incorrect," although one was an opinion-based question and the other wasn't.

My school counselor says that the first section of the interview is important, while from experience, I know that a previous student from my school who got accepted to this university wasn't very good at speaking in her native language.

I'm kind of confused. Also, I don't know how to think of my answers. I assume that the interviewers will be lenient towards students who answer it "wrong" but still manage to logically support their answers (because another previous student from my school said that she found out that her answer was "wrong" but she still got accepted). I'm not a very logical person, though, and I forgot what I answered exactly.

However, I know that the students who did the interview are not very confident with their answers as well.

I know this is a little long, but just to quickly summarize, I think my answers to the second section of the interview was fine, but I'm not sure about the first section. Also, I was generally very calm and didn't panic that much even when I realized that my answers might be "incorrect".

What do you guys think?

I realize that this is very vague, but I would still like some feedback and comments.

Thank you.

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3 years ago

It's too late to do anything about it. I don't know how much this will affect your application, but there's nothing that can be done about this situation. so I recommend relaxing and waiting to see. I know it can be hard, but it's what's best.

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3 years ago

Honestly, there’s nothing you can do now. Try to have faith in yourself; listen to some confidence-boosting music, and remind yourself that you’ve gotten this far. Keep positive for the time being!

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