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I'm in the process of interviewing students that have applied to Brown (a post on the experience is forthcoming). What I'm asked to do is talk with the students in a semi-formal fashion and then share with Admissions my impressions on the candidate. My problem is that I'm sort of at a loss as to what in particular I should be sharing. I can tell when I can see someone I'm interviewing being comfortable at Brown, but that's a simple "yes, they're Brown material" or "no, they're not Brown material". I'm pretty sure Admissions wants a little more than that.

The format of my interviews is as follows:

I ask the student to tell me a little about him/herself.
I inquire more about interests/points mentioned during the first point.
I ask a set of standard questions (the same for every interviewee) along the line of typical interview inquiries: i.e "What can you see yourself doing in 5 years?", "What do you like/dislike about HS?", "Tell me about a current global issue you have strong feelings towards." and, of course "why Brown?"
I share a little about myself and my Brown experience. *ahem*
I ask them if they have any questions.

Generally these things have run 30-45 minutes, so you can maybe understand why I feel uncomfortable about only being about to muster a paragraph or two of feedback. I need some opinions as to what I should be telling admission besides my hunches about student's "fit" at Brown.

To help things along, here's some feedback I wrote about a student. All identifying characteristics have been altered. You have no idea who I'm referring to ( /Jedi mind trick):

X came across as very science-focused. While stating that he engaged in many service-oriented activities and participated in fencing, when asked to speak on himself he continually referred to his (rather impressive) science research achievements. X shared with me the schools he applied to, top-notch research schools like MIT and Carnegie Mellon - his criteria was that they have a electrical engineering program. During our discussion he never conveyed to me why he might choose to attend Brown over any other school, even though I prompted him a few times with the question.

Personality-wise he's a well-spoken intelligent driven young man with much to offer in the classroom. He frequently referred to his hard-working nature, and the rigorousness of his study along with the awards he brought along with him backed up his claim. I do wonder if he truly does anything non-research related in his spare time, as he told me much of his free time is spent reading research literature. His questions for me about Brown were very limited.

I think X would be an asset to Brown, but he didn't quite show me that he was interested in anything besides the school's Ivy League status.

To be clear I'm pretty sure he was trying to play up his strength (research background) but it made him come off as utterly devoid of personality.

Is there any other areas I should address in my assessments in general? Some help would be really appreciated.