:lepsmilie: Good Luck to your son today, I am sure he will do fine
Well, he didn't think he did fine :sigh:
He forgot to take his ADD medication and he felt he messed up two of the three questions they asked him- "why he wants to attend their college" and one question about "diversity".
We talked about his group interview (14 other candidates- interviewed by the college admissions officer and an alumni) after he came out. I just knew something was wrong. He only wanted to talk about it briefly because he was so upset, but I kept pressing because I thought he might forget what happened at the interview. He needed to talk about it and let it all out, IMO.
I thought he did well with the question about "diversity" and his volunteer experience, but not so well on the "why their college" part. (and we talked and reviewed his reasons for 2 weeks :sigh

. I know him- he fumbles when he is very nervous and maybe he didn't come across as confident as he should have and didn't say what he really wanted to say.
The interview was suppose to take 1 1/2 hours, but because there were so many candidates, the interview lasted over 2 hours and seemed rushed to my son (and he was the second to speak).
My son felt inadequate because all the other candidates had much more experience (work and volunteer) than he did. Some spent field work in Africa, did research and co-published papers, attended conferences, etc. Because of his ADD, he couldn't volunteer/work and get good grades at the same time.
He doesn't want to bring up his ADD (which is a disability in school's eyes). He also said that everyone sounded very confident when they spoke.
He also said that the boys/men dressed more formally than he did (he wore khaki's and a button down white polo shirt)- some wore suits or shirts with ties. I thought he looked fine just as he was- after all, this wasn't a job interview where a suit is sort-of mandatory.
I think his standards for his self are so rigid (in his mind) on what is appropriate and what is not (he's really a great person, IMO) and he doesn't give his self a break- why I don't know because I don't ever expect perfection from him or anyone.
The college has 44 openings to fill and 2 more interview dates and they said they would let everyone know in the beginning of March who would be accepted.
He also said that the hour ride to the college was tedious (but he thought that was probably because he didn't take his pill).
I cried on the ride home, but didn't let him see. He was very agitated.
So now we wait. :sigh:
