<p>D has a few colleges she is interested in that seem to at least consider the level of interest. I know that visiting certainly counts, and that you can demonstrate interest through email, etc. but I wonder how they keep track if her interest has come from different email addresses, through MY facebook page (she doesn't have one), etc...
Should she get one?</p>
<p>D has just recently set up her 'just for college purposes' email, so had previously used either her other email or our sort of shared family email for contacting colleges. </p>
<p>I've asked her to just use her new email to contact each college she is interested in to ask them something, just about anything, to let them know she is interested. That seems simple enough, but then does all future contact need to be from that email so that it will 'count'? </p>
<p>lol It just seems so nuts to worry about these details, but it feels like we just never know what might tip the scales in her favor. So much of this college search seems to be out of the student's control, so anything they can do, seems wise to follow up on.</p>
<p>I would agree that it’s probably a good idea to have all email come from her account. For colleges that were initially too far to visit, my son contacted admissions officers about “local” interviews and made it clear we were willing to drive to see them - while we were unable to travel cross country, we were willing to drive 5-7 hours to large cities where the interviewers were coming. I think that this made a big difference as my son was given offers that similar stat peers at his high school were not when applying to the same schools and he’s very happy with where he will be attending. We did this with smaller colleges where we had heard that interviews and showing interest was important.</p>
<p>I agree that it is good to have email from one account. If she sends an email she should be sure it is a unique question and not something covered on the website. It may also be time for her top open up a facebook page as it can be a good way to get information (maybe strike a deal that she “friends” you so you can see what is going on – but she will be in college next year).</p>
<p>Ways my D expressed interest in schools included: visits, interviews (one on campus, two locally with admissions officers when they were in the area, and one with an alumni), attending the session when the college admission rep visited her HS, attending local presentations given by the schools, and at her two top choices she visited a second time and shadowed a student for a day. My S also went to a college fair and stopped by/signed in with schools he was interested in.</p>