Admissions Factors
Colleges That Consider the Interview
45 of 148 colleges say they weigh interview. 0 rate it very important and 103 do not consider it.
Very important (0)
No colleges.
Important (7)
Considered (38)
- Bates
- Bowdoin
- Brandeis
- Carleton
- College of William & Mary
- Cornell
- Dartmouth
- Delaware
- DePaul University
- Drexel
- Duke
- Emory
- Grinnell College
- Hamilton
- Harvard University
- Harvey Mudd
- Haverford
- Indiana University-Bloomington
- Iowa State
- Kentucky
- Lehigh
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
- Marquette
- Michigan State
- Oberlin
- Princeton
- Rice
- Stanford University
- Stony Brook
- Swarthmore
- Syracuse University
- The University of Alabama
- Tufts
- University at Albany
- University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
- Vanderbilt
- Vassar
- Yale University
Not considered (103)
- Amherst
- Arizona
- Arizona State University Campus Immersion
- Arkansas
- Auburn University
- Barnard College
- Baylor
- Binghamton
- Boston University
- Brown
- Buffalo
- California Institute of Technology
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
- California State University-Long Beach
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Cincinnati
- Clemson
- Colgate
- Colorado State University-Fort Collins
- Columbia
- CU Boulder
- Davidson
- Denver
- Florida
- Florida Atlantic University
- Florida International University
- Florida State University
- George Mason
- George Washington
- Georgia Tech
- Houston
- Howard
- Iowa
- James Madison
- Johns Hopkins
- Kansas
- Loyola Chicago
- Miami
- Miami University-Oxford
- Michigan
- Middlebury
- Mississippi State University
- NC State
- New Hampshire
- North Texas
- Northeastern
- Northwestern
- NYU
- Ohio State
- Ole Miss
- Oregon State University
- Penn
- Penn State
- Pitt
- Pomona
- Purdue
- Rhode Island
- RPI
- San Diego State
- San Jose State University
- Southern Methodist University
- Temple
- Texas A&M University-College Station
- Texas Christian University
- Texas Tech
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
- The University of Texas at Dallas
- Tulane
- UC Berkeley
- UC Davis
- UC Irvine
- UC San Diego
- UC Santa Barbara
- UC Santa Cruz
- UCLA
- UConn
- UGA
- UIC
- UIUC
- UNC Chapel Hill
- University of California-Riverside
- University of Central Florida
- University of Chicago
- University of Maryland-College Park
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- University of Oregon
- University of South Carolina-Columbia
- University of South Florida
- USC
- UT Austin
- Utah
- UW
- UW-Madison
- Vermont
- Villanova
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Washington State University
- Wellesley
- Wesleyan
- West Virginia
- Williams
Frequently asked questions
Which colleges do not consider interview?
103 of the 148 colleges here rate it "not considered": Amherst, Arizona, Arizona State University Campus Immersion, Arkansas, Auburn University, Barnard College, Baylor, Binghamton, Boston University, Brown, Buffalo, California Institute of Technology, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, California State University-Long Beach, Carnegie Mellon University, Cincinnati, Clemson, Colgate, Colorado State University-Fort Collins, Columbia, CU Boulder, Davidson, Denver, Florida, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Florida State University, George Mason, George Washington, Georgia Tech, Houston, Howard, Iowa, James Madison, Johns Hopkins, Kansas, Loyola Chicago, Miami, Miami University-Oxford, Michigan, Middlebury, Mississippi State University, NC State, New Hampshire, North Texas, Northeastern, Northwestern, NYU, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Oregon State University, Penn, Penn State, Pitt, Pomona, Purdue, Rhode Island, RPI, San Diego State, San Jose State University, Southern Methodist University, Temple, Texas A&M University-College Station, Texas Christian University, Texas Tech, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, The University of Texas at Dallas, Tulane, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, UConn, UGA, UIC, UIUC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of California-Riverside, University of Central Florida, University of Chicago, University of Maryland-College Park, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Oregon, University of South Carolina-Columbia, University of South Florida, USC, UT Austin, Utah, UW, UW-Madison, Vermont, Villanova, Virginia Commonwealth University, Washington State University, Wellesley, Wesleyan, West Virginia, Williams.
Which colleges rate interview as very important?
None of the 148 colleges here rate it very important.
Each college's own Common Data Set, Section C (first-time, first-year admission). Last checked 2026-10-08. Each rating is the college’s own answer on its Common Data Set. Colleges that left the row blank are left out.