<p>...and I live in Northern Ohio, so it would kinda be a bear going down to ATL, unless I get in and decide to visit in April. </p>
<p>However, Emory is coming to a high school in my area two Sundays from now. It is about 45 minutes away from my house, but I'll be by downtown Cleveland that day, so it will only be 25-30 minutes away.
So, I should probably go? Its not that far out of the way and I'll be half way there, so I'm pretty sure I'll go. Plus, I'm not 100% sure if I'm going to apply to Emory. Though, I'm pretty sure I'm going to take Penn of my list and add Emory. So, the admissions sessions, Q/A thing, will be helpful. </p>
<p>yes. i visited emory in atlanta and at the info session, she said that interest was a major part of the application and she said that by visiting the school in person, we’ve already boosted ourselves a lot.</p>
<p>and on the application, it asks you how you’ve been in touch and informed about emory (through college fairs, emory visits, alumni, etc) so yes, you should definitely go because they take that into consideration:D</p>
<p>You can demonstrate interest to Emory, or any other school, in a lot of ways. Visiting is only one way of demonstrating interest, and all schools know that many students don’t have the funds to visit schools far away, so not visiting does not count against you.</p>
<p>There are many other ways you can demonstrate your sincere interest. Visiting when a school rep is within an hour of you is certainly one way of demonstrating interest. The rep will appreciate your effort and it will also let him put a favorable reminiscence in his mind when he reviews your application a couple of months from now, " oh, yes, I remember, this applicant took the time and made the effort to meet me when I was in Ohio, even though I did not go to her school/community."</p>
<p>Other ways of favorably impressing admissions with your sincere interest? Email a couple of intelligent questions–intelligent questions being those with answers not boldly apparent on the school’s website. You can come up with good questions by going thru school bulletins/course lists/curricula requirements.</p>
<p>Good luck. My oldest son graduated from Emory in 2007–he loved every moment of his four years there!</p>
<p>Yeah, as said, there are many ways to demonstrate interest, just make sure you do it. Wagner admitted that Emory is working on its school spirit (and thus reputation which is negatively affected by this rather true stereotype that we don’t have it), and thus really only wants to admit those who want to attend and demonstrate via an essay or some other way. They(adcom members) can apparently read through insincerity in many cases. And he would admit that admissions would intentionally deny a “Harvard-Caliber” student if they detected that the student was not really taking Emory seriously. This especially goes for regular decision. They finally realize, I guess, that you have to start building pride by admitting more students who actually want to be here instead taking very qualified students who demonstrate no intent to enroll, thus automatically lowering yield (actually, I guess this is why WashU waitlists a lot of people, makes sense I guess).</p>