<p>(But, of course, there is some risk in saying, in December, that it’s all up in the air.)</p>
<p>I keep saying- and this is just ime- that “level of interest” is more than saying it or whether you also apply to a peer college, how many times you visited or contacted a rep. Some schools do track visits, but ime, it’s how you show you know this school, what it offers you, how you carefully matched yourself. Eg, a kid who names something that we don’t offer- leaves the impression he didn’t care to make the match in real terms. A kid who answers Why Us? with a generic. It goes on.</p>