<p>Would sending an e-mail to a college expressing your interest in that college make any dent on your chance for admission??</p>
<p>bumppppppp…</p>
<p>Generally no, but private less elite colleges have a knack for interest.</p>
<p>I don’t think so. A lot of schools don’t even factor demonstrated interest into their admissions equation, but if they do, I think that it’s campus visits and that kind of thing that make the difference, not letters and ESPECIALLY not emails.</p>
<p>What if I did a campus visit over the spring, but I did not go to their admissions office? Is that a mistake? I had no idea who to talk to. But I met with an undergrad student and toured the campus…</p>
<p>On applications some will ask if you have visited the campus before and you can identify a date. Some allow you to clarify if your pursuit was formal/informal. It won’t hurt that it wasn’t formal. Taking the formal admissions tour would just have allowed them to gather information about you so they can mail you info among other things.</p>
<p>thanks! more opinions pleasee</p>
<p>In my experience, no. For most schools, e-mailing them is a way for you to get more info about a school, but for most of them, demonstrated interest is not a significant factor to influence admission decisions, except for a few, such as Brown. (Their common data set indicated that demonstrated interest was important or something like that … you can search for it on their web site)</p>
<p>Also, given the fact that those high caliber schools receive so many e-mails, I highly doubt that they actually have the time to record how many e-mails each applicant has sent to the school … that would just make the admission officer’s job even more difficult and tedious than it already is.</p>
<p>NWdivisionCHAMPS: rather than ask for more opinions, I suggest you do a search on “demonstrated interest” here on CC. The fact is some schools care, others don’t.</p>
<p>Omg yess. Especially if you get in contact with an admissions officer. You have to have some precedent though {high GPA and test scores}, but it definitely helps. From what I had to go through these last few months I’m glad I had an admissions officer on my side. Along with lots of prayer.</p>
<p>Despite IkejianiH’s anecdote which assumes universal processes, the fact is some colleges do care and others don’t. Those that value “demonstrated interest” make it fairly clear.</p>
<p>I don’t think it will give your application a boost, though may have the university looking for your application if interest is high enough.</p>
<p>you might find this interesting…</p>
<p>Boston Globe - more selective schools are smiling upon high school students who show sincere interest in attending.</p>
<p>[Colleges</a> favoring applicants who show keen interest - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/03/15/a_new_factor_in_making_that_college_loving_it/]Colleges”>http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2009/03/15/a_new_factor_in_making_that_college_loving_it/)</p>