<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I would like to know if generally apart from showing interests sleeping at campus and spending a day going to classes etc increase your chances? or it justs shows more interest and that icnreases your chances thanks?</p>
<p>It depends on who you sleep with (sorry, couldn't resist).</p>
<p>Showing interest (however you do it) is important at some schools. However, the most important benefit (IMO) of an overnight is to let you know if you <em>really</em> like the place.</p>
<p>man..audiophile, i'll remember to sleep with the right person</p>
<p>Sleep with the right person, even if that person has the same gender as you :D</p>
<p>Showing interest in a college by visiting, staying a night, and attending some sample classes may help but only at some schools (Emory, which puts value in showing interest in the school, is one) but at most schools, particularly state universities, it will mean little to nothing in the admission decision.</p>
<p>Dude, Emory doesn't even offer overnight visits.</p>
<p>Emory has visitation programs which statistically increase your chances, just like the Amherst, Cornell, and WUSTL overnight programs.</p>
<p>the joke was good, however audiophile messed it up</p>
<p>What about UPENN.. does it increase your chances going for an overnight??</p>
<p>And Brown, how about for Brown?</p>
<p>I would love to hear more about this</p>
<p>Yea I'll bump it because I'm curious as well</p>
<p>HYP won't care. I doubt that Brown cares too much, but I'm not sure. Large publics don't care. Small to midsize uni's, and LAC's are the ones most likely to care. If a LAC is your safety or financial safety with merit aid, don't ignore them as a sure thing.</p>
<p>Cool, Cornell cares about interest, and I will be going on there overnight trip soon.</p>
<p>Were you accepted to Cornell's Visitation Program? They accept less than 100 students and from what I understand, the matriculation rates from that program is near 100%, of course who would turn down an almost garunteed acceptance to Cornell?</p>
<p>Ok so I ask my admission officer (BC) and she said, and I quote "HAHA, of course not! Sleeping over, no matter with who, doesn't help anything. Admission officers see interest in the attention the student give to the school in the application and careful contact they keep. Sleeping over is tantamount to a tour" end quote. so yeah</p>
<p>but what if we can't afford it?</p>
<p>It helps for Columbia. They specifically ask you how your interest has developed. And they got a bit yield-hungry last year.</p>
<p>Anyway, not going will not reduce your chances. However, going may increase your chances. It's a matter of letting someone else get an advantage over you. However, if you really cannot accomodate it (financially, etc), don't fret. They still review your application, remember?</p>
<p>anyone know if "sleeping at campus and spending a day" at notre dame increases chances? because im going next week and spending 4 days on campus.</p>
<p>I doubt it helps much at most schools. The only exception is if you do an interview on the SECOND day, after you spent the night and talked about how you enjoyed it - that's a good way to show interest and will be written down on your interview evaluation sheet (interestingly enough, even those schools that use interviews only as informational and not as a major part of admissions still often haVe interview eval sheets which are part of your app file).</p>
<p>But I would recommend overnight stays anyway. Because you find out so much more about a school - you're not gonna know what dorm/social/night life is like at a school from a daytime visit and a tour (I've found that many schools' tours don't even show you the freshman dorms).</p>