Hi,
based on naviance and raw stats, my D has a great chance to get in but we’re not going to visit. I know Emory notes level of interest as important.
Ideas on how to demonstrate interest besides a visit?
thanks,
My son showed interest by liking his potential colleges on social media. That also keeps you abreast of anything going on at the school that your daughter may be interested in that she could mention in an email to the appropriate department. At least at my son’s school, I know they checked their social media because one of the employees made comment of our visits to their page.
She can also fill out the NPC. Once my son did that , he started receiving a lot of info and correspondence from the schools.
Get on the email list via the admissions page on the website. Watch the website for any admissions events in your area to attend. If they have a rep at a college fair, sign in at their table. After applying, regularly sign on and check the portal status.
thanks, great ideas!
@carolinamom2boys : Emory doesn’t do that anymore. It no longer takes demonstrated interest into account except in the form of an ED application.
really @carolinamom2boys ? the collegedata site, which aggregates common datasets, has it marked as important:
http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg01_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=1039
when did emory change? how did you figure this out?
thanks!
A big check in the mail?
Only kidding. There are tons of threads about “showing interest” with all kinds of creative ways discussed.
@quietdesperation That statement was from @bernie12 . I’m not sure what his source is. You may want to clarify with Emory directly.
@quietdesperation : that was me that said that. collegeboard and data often do not really update a lot of their stuff (accept admit stats) so it may not reflect the new admissions scheme which is described here: http://apply.emory.edu/apply/faq.php
They obviously had to clarify because people think they still do. Also, I imagine they stop doing it because while it may protect yield, it also lowers diversity (especially academic) and perhaps discourages them from attempting to recruit what they consider top applicants simply because they think they won’t yield them. It basically says “aim low” or “aim for the same we get every year” which is what you are bound to get if you use demonstrated interest. You will get primarily those that know the school for certain extremely well-known strengths so the academic interests end up looking quite homogenous. A lot of emphasis has been put on I guess reshaping the class (especially in terms of academic and intellectual diversity) with the new Dean I think. It appears somewhat successful as there does appear to be more academic diversity and also Emory has started having more winners of prestigious internal and external scholarships (like just before he came, in the previous classes, the number of Goldwaters had almost ceased to exist, a Rhodes…a pipe dream! But it happened in classes he recruited, so Emory’s stats fluctuate or remain flat, but the students seem actually better in many respects).
Thank you for clarifying @bernie12