<p>My questions are slightly different and may not be ones you can answer as easily, given your major. My daughter applied early action to Case. She discovered Case pretty late in her college search. They sent her a lot of emails and she started researching Case on the net and it met a lot of her requirements, really quite a bit more than some of the other schools she had been favoring. So she got REALLY interested in it-- loved the location within Cleveland, all the stuff in and around campus, size, etc. Anyway, we had already traveled and visited quite a few schools and couldn’t swing another college trip before she applied, which was unfortunate. So, my questions:</p>
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<li><p>Some schools really emphasize the expressed interest of the applicant. She’s worried that she didn’t visit or interview. Did you show a lot of “love” before getting accepted? Have you heard anything about how important that is?</p></li>
<li><p>She is a “arty” kid in terms of her personality and extracurriculars. Her primary major will be a social science or maybe bio or statistics, and then secondary major will be music. Is there an “arty” presence on campus? She likes sports a lot too. Would she fit in?</p></li>
<li><p>How well does the school orient and integrate students? Was your dorm very active? Has it been easy to make friends? She really wants to develop a close groups of friends-- is looking at Rice in Houston in that regard. They have residential colleges that seem really cohesive and fun.</p></li>
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<p>Thanks!</p>