<p>@novafan1225 really? Cause I got deferred and sent in another letter of recommendation specifically to them after they said it would boost my chances when I called… Surely it matters some</p>
<p>My mom was pretty confident that’s where my college counselor got it. My stats were below a lot of people who say they were denied. 2 yrs ago I could’ve gotten in but this year they were just too low. I don’t expect to get in but I really want too</p>
<p>I would recommend making an account on parchment; they have an admissions simulator. Take the lowest confidence level assigned to a school you got into, and use that as the cut off for whether you’ll get in or not. Mine’s at about 90 and NEU is a 77 for me so we’ll see. I’m thinking I’ll get waitlisted.</p>
<p>According to Northeastern’s Common Data Set, showing interest is “considered” but not “required”.</p>
<p>Just got my rejection.</p>
<p>I’m still waiting for my rejection</p>
<p>I got in. Demonstrated interest definitely matters.</p>
<p>@NigerianPrince I showed HUGE demonstrated interest, and I got rejected (after being deferred back in December). Northeastern (and unfortunately most schools) puts unnecessary weight on standardized test scores, which is why I’ve gotten three rejections thus far</p>
<p>Yeah haha saying demonstrated interest matters because you got in doesn’t exactly prove your point.</p>
<p>Test scores are weighted pretty heavily but it’s hard to say that’s unnecessary. They get a LOT of applicants, fifth most in the country or something. You have to focus primarily on quantitative data when you have 50,000 applicants.</p>
<p>I got in after being deferred and I can’t believe it. I updated my admissions counselor twice with new info about my accomplishments. 2060 SAT and 3.98 UW/ 4.6 W GPA. </p>
<p>^^That is a good example of “showing interest”.</p>
<p>@darain1 Yeah I suppose you’re right, my SATs were about the average though. and @novafan1225, I’m saying it matters because it definitely helped and I don’t think I would’ve gotten in without the extra letter of recommendation and the email I sent to the adcom representative. </p>
<p>@NigerianPrince and others…D got into nursing after being deferred EA. She demonstrated <em>zero</em> interest after being deferred, except the mandatory mid-year grade reports. She didn’t send extra recs, extra essays, extra candy, etc. I believe that “demonstrating interest” is a myth at most colleges.</p>
<p>@NigerianPrince you have absolutely no idea if it “definitely helped”. Your basis for that statement is that you “don’t think” you wouldn’t have gotten in without the letter of rec and e-mail? It’s likely they just re-evaluated you against the overall RD pool and you made the cut. Saying “I got in, and I demonstrated interest, therefore demonstrated interest is definitely helpful” is a logical fallacy.</p>
<p>@highaltitude well for example Tulane values it, cause they want students that they know will enroll if admitted so I guess it depends. @novafan1225 I highly doubt that, I was a subpar applicant overall for the school. maybe it was my EC’s or my essay, but saying its a logical fallacy implies that it won’t help, which is simply untrue. While the amount it helps is debatable, it is absolutely a fact that demonstrated interest does help.</p>
<p>Not sure what you mean by “logical fallacy implies it won’t help”? All of your arguments are based on assumptions…</p>