When you go to an interview at a University, do you really need to take your parent/s?

Question

Is it that parents have nothing better to do? If you were about to interview someone, would the fact that their parents were there put you off or would you feel more positive about the University candidate?

Answer 1

If this is an interview for admission into the University, then the parents shouldn't be there (in my opinion). That's the time for the student to show off how wonderful they are and how mature they are, that they are ready for college. Bringing Mommy or Daddy along would be a bad idea.

If this is just an informational visit, before you start applying to colleges, then it doesn't matter. In that case the admissions people are there to tell you why their school is great, and you and your parents (if you want them there) are there to find out if it is the right place for you, and possibly if you can afford to go there in the first place.

Answer 2

Unless the university specifically requested the presence of your parents, I would try to get them to go visit the student center or something during the interview. Sometimes, though, the interview is also an opportunity for you to ask questions about the university and parents also have questions.

Is this a required admissions interview? If so, I DEFINITELY wouldn't have my parents there. If it is just an informal interview it shouldn't matter that much.

Maybe if parental presence is required they want to see if you can behave around your parents or if them being around makes you act like a child.

Answer 3

I work for a university, trust me, it's all about the sell. The Enrollment Counselor, who probably works on commission like many do, are trying to sell to both you and your parents to ensure you go there. It's not at all necessary and if you have a check the university will take you unless you're going to Harvard or something like that where incoming freshman are extremely limited. Think of an Enrollment Counselor as a car salesman, try to keep control of the conversation by asking questions and remember you are choosing to spend 4+ years there and give them thousands upon thousands of dollars. You're interviewing them as much as they're interviewing you. Good luck!

Answer 4

If I were conducting an interview, I probably woudn't like having parents there, unless I was supposed to secretly judge the candidate based on their parents, which isn't right.

Answer 5

My dad did no longer approve of my husband (then boyfriend) the two. What you are able to desire to tell them is you're in love and you are the right age to make your individual judgements and you are the single that has to stay with him no longer them. it may be out of state instructions yet with the astounding quantity of scholarships and pell grants and such (the counselor on the school can help with this) you're able to do it. Do it for you nonetheless, no longer for him.