<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I was wondering if Harvey Mudd keeps track of "demonstrated interest" and if it plays a part in their admissions process. Also, as a general question: how do most colleges tally demonstrated interest? (i.e. If I contacted the college from two different email addresses, would they be able to realize that both "tallies" should go under the same potential applicant?)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Yes, I believe Mudd definitely keeps track of demonstrated interest. Emails, phone calls, follow-up thank-yous are all ways to demonstrate interest. Keep your contact to one email address.</p>
<p>I would avoid playing stupid games with “demonstrated interest” and focus instead on writing a good “Why Mudd?” essay. If you’ve visited campus before applying and interviewed, that’s probably enough. If you have a strong interest in doing research, it wouldn’t hurt to talk to the Mudd professor in the relevant field about their work, but that’s super optional.</p>
<p>According to their Common Data set, interest is “considered” at Mudd. That is better than “not considered”, but not like some schools where interest is “very important”.</p>
<p>I assume as long as you sign your emails with your full name, a college that did track that as interest would know it was you. But I would not focus on that. Spend your summer working on getting your test scores up – too late to do much about your grades if they are not where they need to be, but do your best on that in the fall. Maybe find something engineering related to do with your summer if it is not too late, too.</p>