Some do. Have a 3.0, in at ASU and U of Arizona should you have completed the proper hs curriculum.
Others are holistic. I remember one year Chicago showed a 20 ACT amongst the admit. Was it submitted for admission or after admission when they asked for data.
Holistic = their rules.
Some schools don’t track interest. Yet they have ED which is for exactly that purpose - and I don’t believe them otherwise.
This is a safe whose code can’t be cracked.