<p>How much do these factors play into an applicants admission:
- Displayed interest
- Prestige of high school
- A good relationship between the high school and college
- Extracurriculars/resume</p>
<p>I'm specifically looking at BU and Wisconsin so if you can tailor the answers to those schools, that would be helpful. Thank you.</p>
<p>google the “common data set” for each school. Look at section C where they list the evaluation factors.</p>
<p>1) BU maybe, see CDS. Wisconsin: definitely not.
2) barely at all (see #3)
3) in the sense that some HS traditionally feed applicants so the colleges dont’ have to guess who is strong/weak
4) see CDS</p>
<p>Every college has CDS. Use it as a good tool to compare yourself.</p>