can any professor or any one who's in college answer this for me?

Question

Interviews and the Admission Process

. The interview is just one of many factors in the admission decision. Admission directors usually say that the interview is rarely the deciding one. Still, if a ''BORDERLINE'' student turns out to be impressive, the interviewer has the authority to write a letter in support.

I KNOW WHAT BORDER LINE MEANS(FAILING)DOES IT MEAN WHAT IS SAYS?

Answer 1

If an applicant is right on the borderline betweenacceptance and rejection based on all other criteria, then an impressive interview may move the candidate over the border to acceptance.

Answer 2

I did interviewing for a famous college for many years. The college sent us a thick folder each year reminding us what the interview was for. It was mainly to help the student understand the school, NOT a make-or-break part ofthe application process. Every time we interviewed a student we were allowed to write a report, but the college made it clear to us that they were going to pay more attention to the transcript and the teacher recommendations than they were to us. I guess if we had rated a student really, really low, it would make the reviewers on campus take a second look to be sure that the kid was OK. Or if we rated a kid really, really high it would make them look more closely in that direction. Out of the 100+ kids I interviewed, there were none I ever rated low and only two I rated extra high. Nearly all the kids were good kids who had been pretty well educated and were serious about getting a good education at the next level.

If you have an interview coming up, you should relax, do a little homework about the school, and see the interview as a chance to find out more about some details of the school that you didnt find when you read through their website and viewbook.

Answer 3

So what's your problem? Guess that borderline also means when you are not clear which one to chose between two very similar students. It does not always mean failing! Surely I have never seen it that way. Good luck.