Anonymous
01/01/2026 09:16
Subject: Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
Anonymous wrote:PP - to clarify: ** My kid was WL at targets that looked pretty green in naviance that were added in late December.
Which schools?
Anonymous
01/01/2026 07:06
Subject: Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
Anonymous wrote:PP - to clarify: ** My kid was WL at targets that looked pretty green in naviance that were added in late December.
This happened to my kid. Grade wise it was more of a safety and she did request transcripts early but didn’t bother to apply until December. They knew she wasn’t coming. I tried to talk her out of applying because she didn’t really have much interest anymore but it was on her OG list and she likes completing a list. It was Skidmore. Anyway- check common data set for demonstrated interest and be sure it’s a solid target.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 03:18
Subject: Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
Imo as a general rule of thumb it’s safe to assume that privates track DI. Not all necessarily put the same weight on DI, but the vast majority seem to acknowledge valuing it.
Anonymous
01/01/2026 01:58
Subject: Re:Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
Anonymous wrote:So her unweighted GPA is low for the top or mid tier UCs and CalPoly SLO but she might get into SDSU or UCSC.
It doesn’t hurt to apply to the UC mid tiers even if she doesn’t have a 4.0 UW and stacked APs and DE. You never know and the ratio of girl to boy admits is 60/40. If she is interested in math or physics as a woman that can help too.
If mid-tier UCs include Davis and Irvine, I agree. OOS tuition is hard to accept but I was surprised when I ran into someone from the East Coast at UCD family day last fall whose high stat daughter, who picked Davis because she “wanted to go to school in CA”, “loves it.”
Anonymous
01/01/2026 00:39
Subject: Re:Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
UMD came to my junior’s private HS and the first thing the rep said was ‘we don’t track DI’. But I think they take the majority of the class from MD during EA but maybe from OOS you have a better chance? Good luck !
Anonymous
12/31/2025 22:43
Subject: Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
State flagships like UMD, UMass Amherst, etc. they all want Cali kids.
Anonymous
12/31/2025 22:27
Subject: Re:Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
So her unweighted GPA is low for the top or mid tier UCs and CalPoly SLO but she might get into SDSU or UCSC.
It doesn’t hurt to apply to the UC mid tiers even if she doesn’t have a 4.0 UW and stacked APs and DE. You never know and the ratio of girl to boy admits is 60/40. If she is interested in math or physics as a woman that can help too.
It doesn’t hurt to apply to the UC mid tiers even if she doesn’t have a 4.0 UW and stacked APs and DE. You never know and the ratio of girl to boy admits is 60/40. If she is interested in math or physics as a woman that can help too.
Anonymous
12/31/2025 22:23
Subject: Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
Anonymous wrote:College admissions have become woefully unpredictable! I think DD has a good list but we'd like to add 1-2 more colleges just to be sure as she's only in at one safety near home. She's looking for another high target/low reach.
She's a senior so no time to show demonstrated interest to new schools. Is there 1 more she should add? Private school CC not encouraging any add ons this late in the game but DD is a combination of worried/curious if she's missing something. She's been very busy with her sport and senior year that time has been hard to come by.
Her major: Undecided social science (not psychology), maybe history or poli sci?
GPA: 3.75 unweighted (private school), 8 APs
SAT: 1510 (superscore after 2 attempts)
Some schools she has applied to already: Georgetown, American (EA waiting on answer), Loyola Marymount (EA accepted), USC, BU, Tufts, BC, Northeastern, Wesleyan, all UCs.
She's not interested in all-women schools or small LACs. She'd prefer a bit closer to a city (Wesleyan was an exception despite being a LAC and not near a city, but her favorite aunt lives nearby). Her preference is mid-sized (5-10K students) but would consider a larger uni. We are ex-DMV but based in LA now.
My instinct is that it's too late to add anything. But she says she's up to apply to 1 more if there's a good option that doesn't track Demonstrated Interest!
For High target low reach?
I would definitely look into ED2 UChicago.
Anonymous
12/31/2025 22:21
Subject: Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Might look at Holy Cross great school with Jan15th deadline. Fantastic alumni network less than 1 hour from Boston with a lot of similarities to BC.
Demonstrated interest matters at HC
I think it matters at all Catholic schools. They want applicants to make an effort to understand their educational approach and don’t want to be used as safeties.
Anonymous
12/31/2025 22:16
Subject: Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
Maybe she should circle back to colleges she did show interest to - surely she attended college rep visits? Or toured campuses or went to a college fair at her school or elsewhere..
I would circle back to those schools and maybe add one to her list. IMO, her list is fine as is. For a safety, SMU is solid and always recruiting from CA.
I would circle back to those schools and maybe add one to her list. IMO, her list is fine as is. For a safety, SMU is solid and always recruiting from CA.
Anonymous
12/31/2025 21:58
Subject: Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
Anonymous wrote:Did you look at the Claremonts? Individually smaller but the consortium gets you to her preferred size.
Yes, we live in LA and my DD was just not a fan so she didn't apply. Too boring and too close to the inland empire in her opinion lol.
Anonymous
12/31/2025 21:05
Subject: Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
Did you look at the Claremonts? Individually smaller but the consortium gets you to her preferred size.
Anonymous
12/31/2025 21:03
Subject: Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
Wisconsin?
Anonymous
12/31/2025 21:03
Subject: Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
It’s not too late to show demonstrated interest. You might not have time to tour in person but she can likely do a virtual tour before she applies and then sign up for some sort of info session within the next couple weeks. While it’s ideal to have early and ongoing interest, I wouldn’t skip a school that really interests her just because she hasn’t had time to tour.
Anonymous
12/31/2025 21:02
Subject: Colleges that don't care about demonstrated interest?
Anonymous wrote:Might look at Holy Cross great school with Jan15th deadline. Fantastic alumni network less than 1 hour from Boston with a lot of similarities to BC.
Demonstrated interest matters at HC