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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Demonstrated interest is very important at Olin, Dickinson, Morehouse, Syracuse, American, and Ithaca.

Demonstrated interest is important at Tulane, Bates, Kenyon, Lehigh, Elon, and High Point, among others.

Demonstrated interest is considered at Duke, NYU, Dartmouth, WashU, Tufts, Notre Dame, UMich, etc.

Demonstrated interest is not considered at Brown, MIT, Georgetown, CMU, JHU, UC Berkeley, Caltech, etc.[/quote]

So, higher price for lower quality, schools, use DI to boost rankings and revenue.
I wouldn't accept a clingy spouse like that, and I wouldn't accept a clingy college like that. [/quote]
Don't think of it as a clingy spouse.

I like how Denison talks about demonstrated interest:
Think of this as synonymous to when your crushes passed you notes in elementary school asking you if you liked them (we know, no one passes notes anymore). College admission kind of works the same way. We provide a lot of ways for you to learn more about us and for us to learn more about you. When you engage with us, we get the hint that you might like us. And of course, we want to admit people who like us. Again, there are so many ways to engage: visiting campus, participating in one of our many virtual offerings, completing an admission interview, reading our emails, submitting an arts supplement…the list goes on. And don’t forget, the best way to tell us you like us is to APPLY!

The Ivys and the other prestigious colleges are like the big man on campus (or big woman). The big men (women) on campus get plenty of girls/guys throwing themselves at them. They can easily get dates to the prom.

For those of us who aren't the big men/women on campus, would you go up to some random guy/gal you never spoke wtih before/you weren't sure s/he even knew you existed and ask them to the prom? Or would you put some feelers out beforehand?

That's all demonstrated interest is - putting the feelers out. Smiling at the nice boy while passing them in the hallway and seeing if he returns your smile. Making eye contact with the nice girl in class and saying hi to her in the hall. Will s/he smile back and say hi back to you? If s/he does, maybe you could ask them to the prom without fear of getting rejected. It's not like you need to go to her/his house to see them in order to see if they kinda like you back.[/quote]

Wait, Denison actually wrote that?[/quote]
They wrote the the paragraph after my sentence "I like how Denison talks about demonstrated interest".

The other paragraphs about the Ivys being big men on campus were all from me. But it is something we can relate to and view college's demonstrated interest through that lens since we all experienced some version of it as teens.[/quote]

I expect it is true, but its a horrible analogy and makes me want to avoid all US colleges for my kids and send them home to Europe where this isn't a thing.[/quote]

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