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<p>I was going to vehemently excoriate you for turning down Middlebury for such a “petty” reason, but then I actually watched this video, and it was pretty depressing–in a funny way. I was actually set on attending Midd too. Well, at least they have a sense of humor out there, and the women certainly seem nice. I wonder what all those 6"+ chiseled, beautiful WASPs do for fun, though, if they’re not in to relationships.</p>
<p>Is it just me, or does it seem as though there’s more youtube stuff from middlebury than just aboout any other college?</p>
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I believe showing interest is like quantum physics. If you show “simple and straightforward” interests, adcom will not notice and whatever you do is pointless and useless. If you show enough to get noticed, then that’s my definition of excessive. So, I think it’s best if you just apply and if they like what they see in your application, they’ll accept you.</p>
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I can’t possibly let slip this Freudian. 6 inches plus?</p>
<p>I was referring to height. I don’t use the annotation often =P
It’s 6’, then?</p>
<p>Height. Sure…</p>
<p>Agent of Sense - you’ll notice that the results differ pretty radically: middsmith got into all of her first choice picks while ee33ee got into nearly none (the fact that he fell in love with Swarthmore only after gaining admission doesn’t change the facts.) Putting aside for the moment, the size of the sample, it would seem that “not showing any interest” cuts both ways.</p>
<p>I love the YouTube clips of Obama speaking at Wellesley’s–errrr, I mean Wesleyan’s–graduation.</p>
<p>First of all, you cannot accurately go on anecdotes. Secondly, the most selective schools, including LACs, are not as concerned about demonstrated interest. Also if a school sees you as a “first look” admit, the demonstrated interest component becomes less important.<br>
My son was accepted to a school where demonstrated interest is considered very, very important, yet he did not visit or make personal content. His GC was distressed about the situation and told him that he was hurting his chances, but he still got in there. That does not mean, demonstrated interest is NOT important at that school. If your application is right at a cusp in terms of admissions, the DI can make the difference.</p>
<p>Well, if you research a college and are interested in it, wouldn’t you agree that your interest will be conveyed in your application? If so, then there’s more of a chance that the college will recognize your passion for learning since you are interested. This does not exclude students that don’t show interest in the school because interest does not mean you will get into the college. But indirectly, if you are interested in the college, it’ll show in your application.</p>
<p>arcadia - LOL. cute. He said, Wellesleyan which, when you think about it, is kind of hard to pronounce by accident. I was there and believe me, everyone was in on the joke. The senior class president started it, by using it in her speech though, my first thought when I heard Obama repeat it was, “oh sh**, that’s probably going to be the lead quote on Foxnews!”</p>
<p>johnwesley I said nothing about my demonstrated interest for the other schools, and I would have to say that this is a huge case for correlation =/= causation. I didn’t make any judgments about the impact of interest - I left that for you to decide - but I stand by statement that kwu’s advice (i.e. excessive interest) was petty.</p>
<p>Not always, Agent. With the common app, there are many students who are now applying to many, many schools. This is something that some of the colleges encourages with their quick no fee apps online and other promotions. It causes a problem for the admissions offices, however, as they do not know who is truly interested and who is not. So many of these schools do want their applicants to visit, interview, show interest so they can separate those who are truly interested in considering the school. I know kids who probably showed their disdain for schools during such visits, as they were turned down from schools where they should have been shoo ins. They were rather transparent from the onset that the schools were just their safeties. Many kids are very obvious how much they like a school, how well thought the process of selecting a school is. A skilled admissions officer can often spot those with no inclination of going to a school. But not always. My oldest applied to an online, free app school as a safety that his GC pushed him into doing. No visit, not thought of accepting. He did not meet with admission where he just might have been cut since he did not bother to do any research or anything about the school. However, he did meet with the coach and became a recruited athlete through some coincidental events. Was accepted. But there were kids who were not accepted to that school that I would have thought obvious picks, who interviewed with the admissions officer who visited the highschool. THeir comments made it pretty clear how those kids felt about the school, and I’ll bet it showed. They were waitlisted, quite insulted about that too.</p>
<p>My son visited a college this year, a selective LAC. He did not schedule an interview as it was a looky see visit. Did not even see any of the admissions folks, just the tour kids. He got a postcard, urging him to come interview. An admissions officer visited his school, and just before that visit, he received a letter telling him of this, the date, time and room number of the visit, and “inviting” him to come by and say hello. He did. Schools may not exclude kids who do not show interest, do not visit, do not come to regional visits, but it can make a difference in a borderline situation.</p>
<p>If you have money and time, might as well do it. It’s a nice trip with your parents. They want to be involved in the process as well.<br>
If you don’t have money or time, it’s okay. People do get accepted to top schools without showing interests.</p>