Alumni Interview Requests ( & Phone Interviews)

Do you have any volunteers who might be interested in conducting a 1 - 3 phone interviews?

We are beginning to receive several requests a day from students who live in areas where we do not have Alumni School Volunteers, and we've also heard from some volunteers in un-chaired areas who are not able to complete the interview for family/personal reasons.

We would like to be able to "have a conversation" with as many students as possible, and so we would like to be able to offer this option to students if they are interested.

I recently spent about 30 minutes on the phone with a young applicant from Montana and the conversation went really well and I learned things about the applicant that I would not otherwise have gleaned from the application and was able to answer the applicant's questions in ways that wouldn't have happened via email. So, while I would prefer to talk individually and directly with every candidate who is interested, this was the next best option, and I think both of us thought that it was very worthwhile.

If you, or some of your volunteers might be interested in talking to students and conducting a few phone interviews, please email Nareth Phin, '07 -- ASC Intern -- at asc-questions@phoenix.uchicago.edu

Please let her know the names of the individuals or whether she should simply send a set number of requests to you as ASC Chair.

Thanks,

Jerry Doyle

P.S. Here's a recent posting on the Uncommon Application blog:
A Posting about Alumni Interviews

The Dog Ate My Application (and other notes)

On the web

1. Thought you would enjoy a recent story that the online version of the Alumni Magazine posted a few days ago regarding the Regular Notification deadline - The Dog Ate My Application.

2. We've also started a Chicago Uncommon Application Blog for applicants to Chicago, which has received a fair amount of attention and kudos from our applicants and their parents.

Around the ASC

Karen Hyman has joined us as the ASC Chair for southern Illinois. This is our first venture in some years at creating a viable ASC effort in the southern part of the state. We are pleased to have Karen join us from Maryland where she was President of the Chicago Alumni Club in the area; a former part-time interviewer at the College while a graduate student, we are pleased to have Karen join our efforts.

February 16, 2006 - Priority Deadline

February 16, 2006 is the priority deadline for first-year interview write-ups to be submitted online.

Save the Date - June 1-4, 2006

The Alumni Weekend is less than 6 months away, and we will host our annual ASC workshop. More details will follow but our annual dinner will be held on June 1st, and the workshop will be on Friday, June 2nd.