Thanks Nink.
I live in the NOVA-MD-DC area. Having said that, will an alumni interview negatively affect my application? I don't want to be seen as uninterested; SOM is my first choice and it will be sad if everything went down the drain because Adcom may perceive that I am not interested because I didn't bother driving to new haven.
I am sure that Adcom will say that its okay to do an alumni interview, but I don't know if that is the truth. Certainly internationals are the exception because there are visa issues and the long flights etc. But for a US-based person, especially someone who is 5 hrs away, doing an off-campus interview may not bode well for his/her application.
Please advise.