<p>The question is simple. Applicants might have sent emails to adcoms that contain information that might not affect the applicant in favorable light. Would adcoms search up applicants on their email archives when they receive applications? For example, I asked adcoms if I am allowed to exclude certain AP scores from my application. They said yes, I could, but if the adcom ever find that email again upon reading my application, it sure wouldn’t give him a good impression.</p>
<p>I doubt the same adcom you asked will be the one that will read your application…the chance seems really slim. In any case, these people look over so many applications and I highly doubt they’re going to remember the name of a student who emailed them months ago.</p>
<p>Schools like to keep records about your contact with them. Part of that is so they can send you all those nice post cards. They also do it to help gauge your interest in their school. </p>
<p>If this was just a quick Q&A they might not have assigned it to your jacket then the answer would be no. If you had an established relationship, for instance you have an account on their website and submitted it through there, the answer might be yes. </p>
<p>The bottom line is I wouldnt be worried about it if its the situation you described. That sounds pretty innocuous.</p>
<p>School where “level of applicant’s interest” is considered for admissions may use records of contact to determine how much interest you have in the school. They may use other things that you have to guess at, such as having visits recorded, login to your application account on the admissions portal, etc…</p>
<p>Whether a school considers “level of applicant’s interest” can be found on its admissions tab at [CollegeData:</a> College Search, Financial Aid, College Application, College Scholarship, Student Loan, FAFSA Info, Common Application](<a href=“http://www.collegedata.com%5DCollegeData:”>http://www.collegedata.com) or its common data set, section C7.</p>
<p>LAC’s often track points of contact with a student as a measure of demonstrated interest. Adcoms usually are responsible for students from a particular geographic area, so at smaller schools they really do get a sense of who the applicants are if they’ve seen you at a college fair or high school visit and then later on the college campus. In admissions committee meetings, they act as advocates for the students who are not auto admits but who they like. It’s well worth getting to know your adcom if you are applying to a small school.</p>