Demonstrated interest at public universities

[Anonymous]

Do public universities care about demonstrated interest? I have a tour scheduled at one, but the other one would have to be done the next day which is a Saturday, so self-guided.

[Anonymous]

Most publics don’t, but W&M is an exception.

[Anonymous]

Mostly no. You can double check in each CDS.

[Anonymous]

University of Michigan does

[Anonymous]

Pitt does.

[Anonymous]

Shit, I checked and the one we do not have a tour for does!! So what do we do now?!

[Anonymous]

I just saw that when you take the self-guided tour you can submit contact info, so does that count as interest?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most publics don’t, but W&M is an exception.

+1 WM cares a LOT. But they can care, many fewer applications, much smaller school.Also got the sense Pitt cares, but to a lesser degree than WM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just saw that when you take the self-guided tour you can submit contact info, so does that count as interest?!

Sure

[Anonymous]

Look at common data sets. It's different everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do public universities care about demonstrated interest? I have a tour scheduled at one, but the other one would have to be done the next day which is a Saturday, so self-guided.

Most don't even if indicated otherwise. Some privates also claim to care but really don't. It's all about rankings and your profile relative to those rankings. i.e. A 1500+ SAT kid doesn't really need to demo. interest for the schools to want them. A 1200 kid may not even get in with oodles of demonstrated interest.. GPA/ECs/LOR being good enough for the schools, of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just saw that when you take the self-guided tour you can submit contact info, so does that count as interest?!

Yes. You sign in on an app or the like. They will register that as interest.