<p>I know some schools care if you keep in contact with them/visit their campuses. But how can you tell what colleges care and which don't? I mean I figure that the Ivy League schools won't, but other than that I'm not sure what LACs/Universities care or don't.
Thanks!</p>
<p>Look up the Common Data Set for each, section C7.</p>
<p>Sorry, where are those??</p>
<p>WUSTL and Emory are known for looking at demonstrated interest. On Brown’s CDS, it says that demonstrated interest is very important, but I question that. For the common data set, just google common data set for the school you are interested in. There is a table in section C7 that indicates what each school considers in its application process. I would only use this as a guide and not the end-all be all of admissions. By the way, there are some schools out there that don’t have a common data set published.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks! I’ll look into that!</p>
<p>I believe that most top schools, including Ivy leagues, care about demonstrated interest. Between the people I’ve talked to, I’ve seen a huge correlation between demonstrated interest and acceptances. Many well qualified students are wait listed (but generally not rejected) for showing less interest, IMO.</p>
<p>Based on my own experiences and not hard fact, obviously.</p>
<p>Ivy League schools, for the most part do not track interest. My son applied to Yale, Harvard, Penn, and Brown. I’m pretty sure that the first three schools mentioned on their websites that they do not track interest. Brown’s CDS mentions that demonstrated interest is very important, but once again it’s not really clear to me as to whether or not they really do track interest.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>American University … interest is a significant part of the process (but it ain’t cheap to attend). Good luck!!</p>