Emory doesn't consider demonstrated interest anymore?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Emory University
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<p>So after looking at forums I always see Emory being listed as one of the schools that LOVE demonstrated interest. However I just checked their website and it says </p>

<p>Demonstrated interest is no longer a factor in the application review process and a visit to campus will have no impact on the evaluation of a student’s application. Though we encourage students to visit campus to experience life at Emory or Oxford, it is not a factor in our decision making process. The evaluation of one’s admissibility is based on the various components of a student's application for admission.</p>

<p>I kinda find it hard to believe. Can anyone verify or tell me why? Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>Emory does not post the Common Data Set in the standard format, which is one place where you could normally get the answer to this question. But if it says it on the website, I don’t know why you would find it hard to believe. </p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=1039”>http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=1039&lt;/a&gt; says that Emory considers “level of applicant’s interest” to be “important”. However, if Emory recently changed its admission criteria, the change may not have made it to collegedata.com .</p>

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<p>Emory listed demonstrated interest as important under a previous dean of admissions. </p>

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<p>Was that the previous dean of admissions who lied about the freshman class’s SAT scores to US News and World Report? Actually, I think the previous two both did that.</p>

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<p>I read somewhere last year that Emory’s current Dean of Admissions (who came from J. Hopkins) has decided to downplay demonstrated interest as a factor for future freshman classes.</p>