<p>My sons (as I stated before) are looking at Ohio State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, University of Maryland-CP, North Carolina State, University of Miami, University of Florida, University of Delaware, Rutgers, University of Texas A&M, UCSD and a few other smaller privates.</p>
<p>I am trying to see which colleges track level of interest as part of the admission process.</p>
<p>There is no reason to believe they don’t. They could easily use registration for open house or other visits as a way to gauge interest. My son was invited to a local reception for HS seniors a couple years ago by the college of engineering. An assistant dean was there and made a concerted effort to talk to each prospect - I watched him and have no doubt he was making notes on interest. I can’t prove it, but in my opinion is that they were making admission decisions that night (assuming the applicant had the numbers to qualify).</p>
<p>According to their 2013-2014 common data set, level of interest (along with recommendations and interviews) are not considered.</p>
<p><a href=“http://oirp.ncsu.edu/sites/oirp.ncsu.edu/files/PDF/CDS_2013-2014_NCSU_v5.pdf”>http://oirp.ncsu.edu/sites/oirp.ncsu.edu/files/PDF/CDS_2013-2014_NCSU_v5.pdf</a></p>
<p>My daughter was accepted on 2011 having never attended any “official” tours or events prior to application. As luxyve has shared, it really is not a factor in admissions at NCSU.</p>
<p>It’s hard to argue with the common data set.</p>