College Admission Questions Useful for Preparing for a College Admissions Interview

Since September of last year, I've been working on applying to several graduate programs in the United States to support the research I'm planning to do for my next science fiction novel planned to be a trilogy. After all the work searching for good universities with the program I'm searching for, a combination of geology, physics, anthropology, botany and GIS Informatics and history, building the applications including a resume, statement of intent, explanation of my background in school, ordering transcripts from four separate colleges, searching out immunizations, and contacting personal references, I've begun to hear back from the colleges. Since then, my husband and I have been checking out the living conditions in the various regions—Texas, Florida, Louisiana, and New York, since my husband and I are considering a permanent move. One of the remaining requirements for entry is having a college admission interview.

A college admission interview is equivalent to a job interview. For an undergraduate program, the college administrator is looking for evidence that the candidate would be able to succeed at their college or university.

For a graduate program, the college administrator, usually the chair of the program, is often looking to fill teacher assistant, research assistant and fellowship positions within their department and simultaneously checking to see if a candidate is able to perform in the program. Here's ten commonly asked college admissions questions and why they are asked by college administrators.

College Admission Question #1 : Why our College or University?

College administrators are aware students typically apply to one or more colleges or universities, by asking this question, they are looking to see how sincere the applicant is. Good responses to this question indicate that the student has investigated the college or university's offerings, the cost of their program, and their reputation.