<p>I know it isn’t going to have any significant weight on the admissions decision but I want to know, when my application file is read, are admissions officers aware if the applicant visited or signed up for an information session in the past? I considered mentioning my visiting in the “why Brown” essay but don’t want to waste the words if the reader will already know that I did</p>
<p>No. They don’t track ‘interest’ like visits. So admissions won’t know if you did or not.</p>
<p>According to Brown’s Common Data Set, they consider interest “Very Important”.</p>
<p>Yes “interest” is very important, but Brown does not measure interest by visits to campus. </p>
<p>To the OP: It is worth mentioning your visit to Brown if you learned or saw something in that visit that you can elaborate on that explains why Brown is a good fit. Something like, “When I visited Brown I toured the urban environmental lab. Since I’ve been running the composting program at my HS for 2 years, I realized that the UEL will become my second home and I’ll get a hands-on education about sustainability.”</p>
<p>fireandrain - Thank you for clarifying this for me! I’ve often heard that they don’t track interest by campus visits, but the CDS seemed to indicate otherwise. Now I get it :)</p>
<p>Yes, that is confirmed in this video that someone kindly posted. Visits and contacts aren’t tracked, and they gauge interest mainly by how you express yourself in your application and the Why Brown section.
[Hangout</a> On Air with Brown University Admissions Officers: “What Happens After You Press Submit” - YouTube](<a href=“Hangout On Air with Brown University Admissions Officers: "What Happens After You Press Submit" - YouTube”>Hangout On Air with Brown University Admissions Officers: "What Happens After You Press Submit" - YouTube)</p>
<p>Giving credit for campus during the application is considered financially discriminatory and so colleges can’t give it weight. If you live an hour away in Rhode Island but have not visited though, it might look odd.</p>