Inside the College Admissions Interview

About Joanna

A proud alumna of Georgetown University, Joanna has decades of experience in the college admissions and standardized testing space. She’s a longtime admissions interviewer and current member of the Board of Governors at Georgetown, has worked for standardized test agencies (the Graduate Management Admission Council and HR Certification Institute) and prep companies (Veritas Prep), partnered with a great many admissions offices, and served as a college admissions consultant for hundreds of applicants to elite programs. As a nonprofit marketing executive, she focuses her efforts on educational technology and higher education, and volunteers her spare time at a variety of athletic and military organizations including Dog Tag Bakery, Team Red White & Blue, the Ironman Foundation, and the Pat Tillman Foundation.

About the class

While many aspects of your college application allow for a redo (standardized tests) or collaborative review (essays), the college admissions interview is unique: you get one shot at it, it happens live, and therefore no one can help you assess and edit your answers. Which is why strategy and preparation are so important.

Fortunately, there’s help. Join veteran admissions interviewer Joanna Graham for an in-depth breakdown of the interview process, including:

•How schools use interviews in the admissions process.

•What to consider if interviews are optional.

•How interviewers assess and report on applicants.

•How to prepare for interviews.

•What good interview answers look and sound like.

•And what to do if you feel the interview is going poorly.

This event is live and interactive, just like an admissions interview, and will give you plenty of time for questions and answers so you can interview the interviewer as you prepare for this unique aspect of the admissions process.