Be Prepared To Answer Your Admissions Officer

College admissions officers often conduct entrance interviews to get a better understanding of your goals, dreams, and how you will fit in. Knowing what types of questions you’ll be asked beforehand will give you ample time to think about what you want out of the college and what you can give back to the college—thus making for a rather impressive interview.

Here are a few questions you may be asked:

1. What were your academic strengths during high school?
   
2. Do you feel that you have any academic weaknesses?
   What are they and why?
   
3. What was your favorite subject and why?
   
4. Were you involved in any extracurricular activities? What were they and what did you learn from participating in them?
   
5. How do you feel your extracurricular activities helped prepare you for college?
   
6. Did you work a part-time job during school or in the summer?
   Why or why not? If yes, how has your job helped you prepare for college life? If not, how will you handle your college courses and working now?
   
7. Have you ever had trouble with a subject?
   What course was it, what were you having problems with, and how did you tackle the issues?
   
8. Did you ever fail a class or receive a grade you were not happy with?
   Was there a reason your grade was so bad? Did you retake the course and receive a higher grade? What made the difference?
   
9. What other colleges have you applied to?
   
10. On a list of 1 to 5, how important is it for you to get into this college?
    
11. Why did you choose this college?
    
12. Considering we can only accept __ applicants this year, why should we choose you over the other college applicants?
    
13. Where do you see yourself after graduation?
    
14. What are your overall career goals?
    

Come back on Monday where you'll discover a few good articles on great interviews.