Applicant stories
Amplifying voices
Hear stories about how Vericant has opened doors for applicants.
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Applicant stories
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"The Vericant Interview absolutely helped my application — after I received offers for admission, they said. 'Your Vericant Interview supported your application and helped us know you better.'"
Join applicants worldwide
"The Vericant Interview absolutely helped my application — after I received offers for admission, they said. 'Your Vericant Interview supported your application and helped us know you better.'"
Be more real
"The Interview helped create a more real and complete version of myself in the application process."
Alex Xu
Applicant
Be more real
"The Interview helped create a more real and complete version of myself in the application process."
You are the focus
"At first I was nervous, but during the Interview I thought, "It's OK, just relax because I just need to talk about who I am.
Qu Lijun
Applicant
You are the focus
"At first I was nervous, but during the Interview I thought, "It's OK, just relax because I just need to talk about who I am.
More than words
"Now I understand why the colleges want to have this interview, because we are actually ourselves at this time [during the Interview] but not like some rigid words on paper."
Xu Peihan
Applicant
More than words
"Now I understand why the colleges want to have this interview, because we are actually ourselves at this time [during the Interview] but not like some rigid words on paper."
Demonstrate soft skills
"It was very easy for me to bring out my true self and sometimes that's not really possible through an essay — I really liked that I can showcase my soft skills to colleges."
Yeseo Jeon
Applicant
Demonstrate soft skills
"It was very easy for me to bring out my true self and sometimes that's not really possible through an essay — I really liked that I can showcase my soft skills to colleges."
What do K-12 admissions officers recommend?
Share your passions
"Think about your own passions or what makes you happiest, and then try to weave in those stories to answer the questions."
Peter G. Curran
Head of School
Share your passions
"Think about your own passions or what makes you happiest, and then try to weave in those stories to answer the questions."
More than a score
"The Vericant Interviews are our best opportunity to get to know you - we don't just look at your SEE score."
Sharon Jarboe
Director of Admissions
More than a score
"The Vericant Interviews are our best opportunity to get to know you - we don't just look at your SEE score."
Share yourself
"Thanks to all of you for taking part in the Vericant Interview process — we look forward to meeting our students and getting to know more about them through the process."
Helen Mallette
Admissions Officer
Share yourself
"Thanks to all of you for taking part in the Vericant Interview process — we look forward to meeting our students and getting to know more about them through the process."
Let schools into your world
"The Vericant Interview really helps us to learn more about you and to give you an opportunity to tell about your story and also to let us in into your world in the application process."
Yuri Francis
Former Director of Enrollment Management
Let schools into your world
"The Vericant Interview really helps us to learn more about you and to give you an opportunity to tell about your story and also to let us in into your world in the application process."
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What do undergraduate and graduate admissions officers recommend?
Add something dynamic
"At Notre Dame we don’t offer on-campus interviews or alumni interviews so we really encourage students from mainland China to do a Vericant Interview."
Julie Moloney
Former Director of International Admissions
Add something dynamic
"At Notre Dame we don’t offer on-campus interviews or alumni interviews so we really encourage students from mainland China to do a Vericant Interview."
Express yourself
"We really love to get interviews from our students to help us see consistency in English language, and ability to express yourself — just like you would see here in a classroom in USC."
Keven Hostetler
Former Associate Director of International Admissions
Express yourself
"We really love to get interviews from our students to help us see consistency in English language, and ability to express yourself — just like you would see here in a classroom in USC."
Show who you are
"[The Interview] is helpful for us to see what a student is really like as a person…It’s an opportunity for us to see what the student is like now, not necessarily who they were two or three years ago."
Doug Nevins
Assistant Director of Admissions
Show who you are
"[The Interview] is helpful for us to see what a student is really like as a person…It’s an opportunity for us to see what the student is like now, not necessarily who they were two or three years ago."
Add a personal touch
"Having an interview from Vericant is something that we look forward to because we are actually able to look at the student as they’re communicating and having that sort of personal touch to an application helps us with our decision making process."
Jennifer Simons
Former Director of International Recruitment
Add a personal touch
"Having an interview from Vericant is something that we look forward to because we are actually able to look at the student as they’re communicating and having that sort of personal touch to an application helps us with our decision making process."
