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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA says it doesn’t care and doesn’t track it at all.  UVA is very prestigious.  [/quote]

LOL. Two years ago UVA sent my senior a postcard with his own personalized web link using his name. Tell me they don’t care about demonstrated interest with such a pricy stunt. Of course they tracking who opens it. [/quote]

Ok, you’re right.  Even though Dean J has stated repeatedly on her blog that UVA does not track interest in any way, shape or form and even though UVA says on the Common Data Set that demonstrated interest is “not considered,” it’s all a ruse and they’re lying.

Oh, and the 2020 election was stolen too.  [/quote]

Okay, then humor me...why would UVA go to the trouble to do that? I mean the url had his name in it...is it just wow factor? Something else?

I'm not sure why I believe that was to show demonstrated interest (I'm not a follower of Dean J) means that the election was stolen, otherwise than to express your defensiveness. [/quote]

I think the big state schools probably don't have time to concern themselves with demonstrated interest (they have tens of thousands of applications to deal with) but the smaller schools like Skidmore above definitely do in order to control yield.  Waitlist is how they play the game.  It's the equivalent of footsy.  Of course Skidmore would love to enroll any kid with a 1490 but they know there is a 95% chance they are being used as a back up.  So they feel it out.[/quote]

That's absolutely not true. Several top public schools admit to showing demonstrated interest in the links provided (by pp, not by me). Still, can anyone explain the goal behind this exact campaign by UVA that has an alternative motivation?

I don't mean some random blog post from 2019. [/quote]

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