Sciences Po Undergrad 2019

@pinkymu pretty much covered everything there is to say about tackling the interview, but I have to say one more thing and that is that they will be trying to question everything you say during the analysis, so be prepared for random questions and do not be afraid to say that you do not know the answer (they might throw a curveball question like the one I had with a philosophical situation). Of course, they understand everyone has their own way of analysing: some may talk about the economics aspect, others about history or philosophy, etc. so just be yourselves.

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ktgall

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Hello all! I'm an American student studying abroad in Morocco for my senior year of high school. I submitted my application mid-January, hoping for the March interviews in Casablanca. If I understood correctly, I should be hearing back sometime soon! Is there anyone else here who happens to be from Morocco?

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Offerplease

Hi, I am an applicant from China and I’m also applying to Reims and Le Havre. Have you done the interview already?

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simonhkam

Bonjour! A Chinese student applying to the Europe-North America programme and Eurasia programme here. I've submitted all the documents needed, so I'm now anxiously waiting for the 'yes, qualified to enter the interview stage'. Sciences Po is really my dream school, haha.
Oh, btw, how did u prepare for the interview, mates? Like reading some sorts of magazine, newspapers and debates from Channel 4 News, or were u more focusing on the future plan section? Merci bien!

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Hello everyone, I am an applicant from Canada and have been called for an interview in March. I am looking for information on how the interviews go and what kind of questions to expect. I have applied to Reims as my first choice and Le Havre as second and am wondering whether to focus on just the Reims program for the purpose of interview prep. Any and all help in this regard will be greatly appreciated as I am highly interested in the dual degree.
Thanks in advance :smile:

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Original post by carosydlev

Congratulations !! Heard back from dual ba Sciences Po Reims Berkeley Friday ! Was also offered a spot :smile:

Congratulations!
I have applied to Reims and have my interview in March. Would you be able to guide me in regards to what to expect in the interview and how you prepared for it?

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Original post by shraani

Hello everyone, I am an applicant from Canada and have been called for an interview in March. I am looking for information on how the interviews go and what kind of questions to expect. I have applied to Reims as my first choice and Le Havre as second and am wondering whether to focus on just the Reims program for the purpose of interview prep. Any and all help in this regard will be greatly appreciated as I am highly interested in the dual degree.
Thanks in advance :smile:

They will give you an article from the programme of your first choice, but they may ask you about what made you choose the 2nd one.

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Original post by pinkymu

heya both! my interviews for Sydney and berkeley were completely different but i will still explain them as they may be useful to someone on here!

Sydney: seemed more like the traditional Sciences Po interview in that i had an article to analyse and was asked questions on it. I was given an article on the Jillet Jaune and Fuel Protests taking place at the time (november) which was a complete shock and horror for me as i only had vague knowledge about it. I went about it from an economics perspective and spoke about how different taxes affected different demographics etc. Then i spoke about the politics of Macron's premiership (dictatorship style, but france is oddly socialist). you need to be able to analyse an (even unknown!) article and be able to relate some of the themes in it to other world wide movements/ phenenomons, political ideology and philosophy, economic theory or previous stages in history. Basically making synoptic links and linking it to whatever you can!! they then moved on to ask me about why i wanted to attend the dual degree program, and at this point i totally geeked out and just garbled through why it was (and is!) my dream program.

Berkeley: no article to analayse, asked me about why i like politics and economics (intended majors for me), asked me about the campuses and what i liked about them. Be prepared that they may ask you some courses you would be interested in taking from the liberal arts structure. This question caught me out so i said some very basic and vague courses guaranteed to be held (Eh.... introduction to Economic History anybody?) Again, for a lot of this, i totally geeked out and just started weaving in things i had been reading, articles or theories or book that had interested me, some things that challenged my view point, aspects of my classes that i enjoyed. I really had no filter in a sense and went on massive tangents about economics articles that i had been reading etc, but they seemed to enjoy that.

My best advice to offer i think is to be yourself, and show them how much you love your respective subjects! being able to talk freely about what your intrested in is so charming to others and it shows you will be enjoyable to teach. It is as much about finding out what you will be like for them to teach as it is to find out how suitable you are for the school. Try to relax: dont be uptight and let your inner geek be free!

Let me know if you want to know anything else!!

Congratulations and thank you very much for the details of your interview. I am quite nervous about the interview as this dual degree is my first choice.

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Original post by Nonreturner

They will give you an article from the programme of your first choice, but they may ask you about what made you choose the 2nd one.

Thanks! Are you going to Reims?

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Original post by shraani

Thanks! Are you going to Reims?

Oh yes, Reims is my first choice. I just had my interview almost 2 weeks ago and I'm just waiting on their reply. I wrote about my experience with it above and I just try to help others where I can.

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Original post by Nonreturner

Oh yes, Reims is my first choice. I just had my interview almost 2 weeks ago and I'm just waiting on their reply. I wrote about my experience with it above and I just try to help others where I can.

Thanks for sharing your experience. It definitely sounds quite intense I must say...and you handled it well too. Your responses were pertinent and I am sure the interviewers expect the applicants to be nervous and give margins for that. Please do share if anything else comes to mind. Speaking for myself, I need all the help I can get :smile:

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