<p>Is it alright to tell the college to which you have applied through an email about how much you want to attend that college and what you like about it? Even though the common app supplement does that, but the characters/word limit given was limited.</p>
<p>Although it makes one sound very desperate, but will this raise chances of admission or damage chances of admission?</p>
<p>As a universal rule, it’s not recommended that you gush to ANY college about how much you love it and how much you want to go there. Not only does it reflect negatively on the applicant, but the majority of schools do not consider level of student interest in their admissions process. (Of course, if you’re a legacy, some private institutions might consider that, and if you have a family member who works for the university, you might be more well-known among the staff there than other applicants obviously.)</p>
<p>IF done correctly and in answer to a request, it might help a tiny, tiny bit. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, based on previously disclosed versions, doing it correctly is well beyond most applicants, who believe (erroneously) that it is all about prestige, buildings, and the future value to the student. After all, the adcoms know that tens of thousands WANT to attend the school (despite usually knowing little to nothing about it beyond the brochures) and know the school is prestigious, has nice buildings, and will have a really smart class of freshmen. Feel free to add plenty of other platitudes and trivialities! </p>
<p>If one persists in submitting an essay about this subject, it is better to focus on direct examples of how a member of the faculty could be a great mentor to a student who can demonstrate an interest in a subject – with a preference to an arcane subject.</p>
<p>And, for the love of God, do not tell you want to attend XYZ since you were four years old, and how your family has been blabbing about Haavaad for as long as you can remember.</p>
<p>Don’t become the pathetic stalker that is rejected out of hand. Believe it or not, college admission is primarily based on things like scorers, GPA, letters of rec, essays, ECs. Some colleges take demonstrated interest into account, but that is only a final factor. And you had a chance to do that already.</p>
<p>Where is it going to stop? Are you going to send another email after this one to say “I still think that way” and perhaps adding a few more things you forgot to mention? Bake them some cookies?</p>
<p>They’ve already given you every opportunity to present your case, and they know that. They want you to stop now and give them a time to process everything. Sending in extra stuff like this takes someone’s time to read and process, and is going to cause them to resent you. Probably not a help for admissions. But it’s your call. Do what you think is best.</p>
<p>Thank you all so much for taking your time out to reply to this thread and knocking some sense into me :D</p>
<p>Yeah, I guess you are right I have been given my chance and let’s see how that ends up.</p>
<p>No. Don’t do it.</p>
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<p>That would only be relevant if you think that the college wants to reward those who love it most. They don’t. They are interested in picking whoever THEY like best / fits their institutional needs, not in rewarding you for your love.</p>
<p>The only true way of “showing love” to a college is applying ED and thus pledging that if they accept you, you’ll definitely attend.</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t go that far. No question, applying ED shows love, but I don’t think it’s the only true way. </p>
<p>My daughter didn’t apply ED anywhere, but she applied to a university that we considered a safety that was known for caring a whole lot about applicants’ demonstrated interest. We didn’t want her rejected a la the “Tufts Syndrome,” and we thought she might be competitive for significant merit aid there, so we urged her to make sure she showed this institution some love. She visited the campus more than once. (I’ll admit, it was close by.) She participated on online chats with the admissions office. </p>
<p>Happy ending: while she was showing the university all that love, she began to fall in love with it. They did offer her a big merit award, and she’s now attending happily, having chosen it over a few “higher ranked” competitors. And at a significant discount, to boot!</p>
<p>But, returning to the OP’s question, what she did not do is call up the admissions office to say, “I just love your school, and I’d really love to go there.” She showed that she was interested in them; she didn’t just tell them. It’s kind of like what your English teacher keeps telling you to do in your writing.</p>