The original discussion on this thread related to demonstrated interest as it relates to a campus visit in a few weeks. My response to the @futurecollegeguy was that this visit is a waste of time with admitted students days also in a few weeks (April 4 and April 11). If he is from NY, it makes more sense to hold off on that visit, especially since Emory is emphatic that demonstrated interest doesn’t matter. There is zero motivation for Emory to mislead applicants even if you really believe that MIT has a better process than Emory. For what it’s worth, I do believe Emory’s decision to eliminate demonstrated interest as a factor is relatively recent, but they do make it a point of emphasis.
Here is an interesting article from the Huffington Post on which schools value “demonstrated interest”.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ishan-puri/college-visits-do-they-re_b_11339892.html