<p>During the summer I visited numerous colleges...and all the wrong ones. Out of the schools I've visited, Im only applying to one of them. However, I have not visited the campuses of most of the colleges I'm applying to.</p>
<p>Will this adversely affect my chances for admission? Most of my interviews will be off-campus and I may or may not be able to visit. I know that visits are chances for me to evaluate my fit with a college, but I'm pretty sure I'll be happy at the colleges I applied to.</p>
<p>If you can find the Common Data Set of the colleges to which you are applying, you can see if they consider "expressed interest" in their admissions decision. Some do and some don't. If you live more than an easy drive away from any of the colleges, I doubt that they will hold not visiting against you. If you do live within an easy drive of any colleges to which you are applying, say within 150 or 200 miles, I think it would be a good idea to visit and interview on campus, if they provide on campus interviews.</p>
<p>Probably the majority of colleges don't care about your interest. Indeed, the majority of colleges accept most of their applicants, and worry more about filling up their classes than whether they're accepting students who aren't interested.</p>
<p>I've read that Tufts and Emory do care a great deal about demonstrated interest.</p>
<p>Harvard doesn't care about demonstrated interest.</p>
<p>Virtually all public institutions make decisions virtually wholly based on stats, and could not care less about demonstrated interest or even ECs for that matter.</p>
<p>Schools like Tufts, Emory, WUSTL, Northwestern, Georgetown, and several of the LACs do care about demonstrated interest. So if you go to the campus, make sure you sign the sheet they pass around; e-mail admissions counselors with questions, and the like.</p>
<p>That being said, my younger brother had borderline grades (B+/A- average) and stats, but during his tour of Penn took the time to really talk to several admissions staff members and I think that really made the difference in his being accepted ED last year, seeing his stats weren't spectacular. So I do believe interest counts when your scores are borderline, no matter whether the school is Emory or Penn.</p>