<p>Many colleges take into account the "level of an applicant's interest" when making admissions decisions. How can one demonstrate that they are genuinely and sincerely interested in attending a certain college?</p>
<p>What colleges in particular focus on an applicants interest??</p>
<p>Kenyon College, for one.</p>
<p>trasck when their rep is in your area and go, and go EARLY to talk to rep, go to college fairs</p>
<p>my D went to TWO meetings for one school, turns out same admin officer was at both...D definately showed lots of interest...we find out soon</p>
<p>"What colleges in particular focus on an applicants interest??"</p>
<p>Practically every single one.</p>
<p>One way to demonstrate interest is to e-mail the department chair in the department that you're interested in.</p>
<p>.. Not Nyu</p>
<p>If I were to email a department chair, would the chair inform admissions of my "showing interest?"</p>
<p>emory university</p>
<p>How do you demonstrate interest if you're an international applicant though? College visits are out, and often interviews aren't offered. Which leaves nothing but ... email. Not quite as convincing.</p>
<p>Yep, I'm in the same boat...</p>
<p>you could always drop a subtle hint in your essays..."and even i lost the race, i still continued running track with great determination to get to the state finals, which mirrors the determination i have to attend _______ "</p>
<p>First, don't try it if you are not genuinely interested.
Second, The best method == apply ED (lol~~)
Third, If you are applying RD then have an interview or visit and actually get to talk to the admissions officers and keep subtly suggesting that you love the college.
Lastly, if you are an international applicant, like moi, the only plausible way is e-mail, so I would suggest e-mailing the admissions officers AS WELL AS the professors of the department you wish to attend. (note this is not a surefire method as professors may not bother to inform the admissions office).</p>
<p>(please do post if you have some better methods for international applicants)</p>
<p>Could emails just get... well... annoying at some point?</p>
<p>I don't want to seem like a nuisance student who aimlessly aspires to get admitted to a college which is far beyond my academic level.</p>
<p>But I did email the Williams History Chair. And the Wesleyan History Chair. Williams responded, Wesleyan hasn't yet.</p>
<p>...how do you e-mail a department chair? I mean, what do you talk about? I wouldn't mind e-mailing the Vassar biology chair, but I have no idea what to write.</p>
<p>You can find out whether and how strongly a school considers demonstrated interest by having a look at their common data set, which will say whether or not interest is "very important," "important," "considered," etc. Applying ED, visting and having an interview are usually the biggies for demonstrating interest.</p>
<p>If you e-mail a faculty member with a question, they're likely to answer your question, but in most cases, it would never even occur to them to convey the fact that they'd been in touch with you to the admissions office.</p>
<p>Yea... I just asked the Chairs about what options are available for study abroad for an American studies major... lol.</p>
<p>Well I have made it a point to email the admissions office of all the colleges I am applying to, but it's because I have genuine questions about admission procedures. </p>
<p>The other option I guess is the essays. I would imagine that a college which values interest level from applicants would probably have "Why ___ college?" essays, which does give all applicants a chance to demonstrate their level of interest.</p>
<p>I'm going to be a music major so I scheduled a sample lesson with one of the teachers and attended their opera where I ran into the teacher I had my lesson with. I am now trying to get together with their professor of singing since she said she sent me an e-mail saying that she would like to chat with me and give me a sample lesson.</p>