College Applications and Admissions
Student’s Demonstrated Interest: Master List of Colleges That Consider It Important
Just like how an employer doesn’t want to offer a job to a candidate who isn’t really interested, colleges don’t want to give out acceptance letters to students who are not likely to attend.
For this reason, many colleges measure student’s demonstrated interest: the level of enthusiasm and curiosity a student shows for attending a specific college. In other words, colleges try to determine how much you want to attend their school and factor this into their admission decisions.
While demonstrated interest won’t weigh as heavily as grades and test scores, if an admission officer is comparing your application to someone else’s with a similar resume, demonstrated interest can become the deciding factor.
That’s why we’ve created our master list to show you which colleges rank demonstrated interest as “very important”, “important”, “somewhat important” and “not important” when making admission decisions.
Colleges that consider demonstrated interest VERY IMPORTANT
| Colleges |
|---|
| American University |
| Cooper Union |
| Dickinson College |
| Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering |
| Georgia College |
| Hampshire College |
| Hillsdale College |
| Hiram College |
| Ithaca College |
| Manhattanville College |
| Marymount Manhattan College |
| Morehouse College |
| Pacific University |
| Quinnipiac University |
| Sacred Heart University |
| SUNY - Environmental Science and Forestry |
| Syracuse University |
| Thomas Aquinas College |
| United States Air Force Academy |
| United States Naval Academy |
| University of Texas - Austin |
| University of Texas - Tyler |
| Wabash College |
| Washington College (MD) |
| Webb Institute |
| Westmont College |
Colleges that consider demonstrated interest IMPORTANT
| Colleges |
|---|
| Allegheny College |
| Appalachian State University |
| Assumption College |
| Auburn University |
| Augustana College |
| Austin College |
| Bates College |
| Bentley University |
| Boston University |
| Butler University |
| California Baptist University |
| Champlain College |
| Christopher Newport University |
| College of the Ozarks |
| College of Wooster |
| Denison University |
| DePaul University |
| Eckerd College |
| Elmira College |
| Emmanuel College (MA) |
| Evergreen State College |
| Fairfield University |
| Florida Institute of Technology |
| Florida Southern College |
| Gordon College |
| Hawaii Pacific University |
| High Point University |
| Iona College |
| Kenyon College |
| Kansas State University |
| Lehigh University |
| Louisiana Tech University |
| Loyola University Chicago |
| Marlboro College |
| Merrrimack College |
| Michigan State University |
| Mount St. Mary's University (MD) |
| Nazareth College |
| New College of Florida |
| Notre Dame de Namur University |
| Oglethorpe University |
| Pratt Institute |
| Reed College |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Roanoke College |
| Roger Williams University |
| Rutgers University - Camden |
| Samford University |
| Seattle University |
| Seton Hall University |
| Skidmore College |
| Soka University of America |
| St. John's College-Annapolis |
| St. John's College - Santa Fe |
| St. John Fisher College |
| Susquehanna University |
| Trinity College |
| United States Merchant Marine Academy |
| United States Military Academy |
| University of Arizona |
| University of Dayton |
| University of Evansville |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville |
| University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley |
| University of Tulsa |
| University of Wisconsin - La Crosse |
| Utica College |
| Washington University in St. Louis |
| Western Carolina University |
| Western Washington University |
| Wheaton College (MA) |
| Wingate University |
Colleges that consider demonstrated interest SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
| Colleges |
|---|
| Agnes Scott College |
| Alfred University |
| Alma College |
| Appalachian State University |
| Babson College |
| Bard College |
| Barnard College |
| Baylor University |
| Beloit College |
| Berea College |
| Bradley University |
| Brigham Young University |
| Bryant University |
| Calvin College |
| Canisius College |
| Case Western Reserve University |
| Catholic University |
| Clark University |
| Coe College |
| Colby College |
| College of Charleston |
| College of the Atlantic |
| College of the Holy Cross |
| College of William and Mary |
| Colorado College |
| Colorado School of Mines |
| Connecticut College |
| Cornell College |
| Creighton University |
| Davidson College |
| DePauw University |
| Drew University |
| Drexel University |
| Duke Univeristy |
| Duquesne University |
| East Carolina University |
| Elizabethtown College |
| Elon University |
| Florida Atlantic University |
| Florida Gulf Coast University |
| Florida International University |
| Fordham Univeristy |
| Franklin & Marshall College |
| Furman University |
| George Mason University |
| George Washington University |
| Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Gettysburg College |
| Gonzaga University |
| Goucher College |
| Grinnel College |
| Gustavus Adolphus College |
| Hamiliton College |
| Haverford College |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
| Hofstra University |
| Hollins University |
| Hood College |
| Howard University |
| Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Illinois Wesleyan University |
| Juniata College |
| Kalamazoo College |
| Knox College |
| Lafayette College |
| Lake Forest College |
| Lawrence University |
| Lewis & Clark College |
| Louisiana State University |
| Loyola University Maryland |
| Marietta College |
| Marist College |
| Marquette University |
| McDaniel College |
| Messiah College |
| Middlebury College |
| Mount Holyoke College |
| Muhlenberg College |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| New York University |
| Northeastern University |
| Northwestern University |
| Oberlin College |
| Occidental College |
| Oregon State University |
| Pitzer College |
| Providence College |
| Purdue University |
| Ramapo College of New Jersey |
| Rhodes College |
| Rice University |
| Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Rollins College |
| Santa Clara University |
| Sarah Lawrence College |
| Sewanee: University of the South |
| Siena College |
| Simmons College |
| Southern Methodist University |
| Southwestern University |
| Spelman College |
| St. Edward's University |
| St. Joseph's University |
| St. Lawrence University |
| St. Louis University |
| St. Mary's College of Maryland |
| St. Mary's College - Notre Dame |
| St. Michael's College |
| St. Olaf College |
| Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Stonehill College |
| SUNY, Binghamton University |
| SUNY, Geneseo |
| SUNY, Maritime College |
| SUNY, New Paltz |
| SUNY, Oneonta |
| SUNY, Oswego |
| SUNY, Stony Brook University |
| SUNY, University of Albany |
| Swarthmore College |
| Texas A&M University |
| Texas Christian University |
| Texas Tech University |
| The College of New Jersey |
| Trinity University |
| Truman State University |
| Tufts University |
| Tulane University |
| Union College |
| United States Coast Guard Academy |
| University of Central Florida |
| University of Chicago |
| University of Colorado Boulder |
| University of Connecticut - Storrs |
| University of Dallas |
| University of Delaware |
| University of Denver |
| University of Florida |
| University of Mary Washington |
| University of Miami |
| University of Michigan |
| University of Missouri, Columbia |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| University of Carolina at Wilmington |
| University of North Texas |
| University of Notre Dame |
| University of Oklahoma |
| University of Pennsylvania |
| University of Pittsburgh |
| University of Portland |
| University of Rhode Island |
| University of Richmond |
| University of Rochester |
| University of San Diego |
| University of Scranton |
| University of Tennessee |
| University of Texas - Dallas |
| University of Vermont |
| University of Wisconsin |
| Ursinus College |
| Villanova University |
| Virginia Tech |
| Wake Forest University |
| Warren Wilson College |
| Washington & Jefferson College |
| Washington and Lee University |
| Wellesley College |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology |
| Wheaton College (IL) |
| Whitman College |
| Whittier College |
| Wittenberg University |
| Wofford College |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Xavier University |
| Yeshiva University |
Colleges that consider demonstrated interest NOT IMPORTANT
| Colleges |
|---|
| Albion College |
| Amherst College |
| Arizona State University |
| Belmont University |
| Bennington College |
| Berry College |
| Birmingham Southern College |
| Boston College |
| Bowdoin College |
| Brown University |
| Bryn Mawr College |
| Bucknell University |
| California Institute of Technology |
| California Poly, San Luis Obispo |
| Carleton College |
| Carnegie Mellon University |
| Centre College |
| Chapman University |
| Claremont McKenna College |
| Clemson University |
| Colgate University |
| Colorado State University |
| Columbia University |
| CUNY, Baruch College |
| CUNY, Brooklyn College |
| CUNY, City College |
| CUNY, Hunter College |
| Dartmouth College |
| Drake University |
| Earlham College |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University |
| Emerson College |
| Emory University |
| Florida State University |
| Georgetown College |
| Georgetown University |
| Georgia State University |
| Harvard University |
| Harvey Mudd College |
| Hendrix College |
| Hope College |
| Indiana University |
| James Madison University |
| John Hopkins University |
| Kettering University |
| Loyola Marymount University |
| Macalester College |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Miami University |
| Millsaps College |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering |
| Mississippi State University |
| North Carolina State University |
| Ohio State University |
| Ohio University |
| Penn State University |
| Pepperdine University |
| Pomona College |
| Princeton University |
| Ripon College |
| Rockhurst University |
| Rutgers University |
| San Diego State University |
| San Francisco State University |
| Scripps College |
| Smith College |
| Stanford University |
| SUNY, Purchase College |
| SUNY, University of Buffalo |
| Temple University |
| Towson University |
| University of Alabama |
| University of California - Berkeley |
| University of California - Davis |
| University of California - Irvine |
| University of California - Los Angeles |
| University of California - Riverside |
| University of California - San Diego |
| University of California - Santa Barbara |
| University of California - Santa Cruz |
| University of Cincinnati |
| University of Georgia |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| University of Houston |
| University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign |
| University of Iowa |
| University of Kansas |
| University of Kentucky |
| University of Louisville |
| University of Maine |
| University of Maryland |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| University of Minnesota |
| University of Mississippi |
| University of Missouri - Kansas City |
| University of Montana |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| University of New Hampshire |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| University of Oregon |
| University of Redlands |
| University of San Francisco |
| University of South Carolina |
| University of South Florida |
| University of Southern California |
| University of St. Thomas (MN) |
| University of Utah |
| University of Virginia |
| University of Washington |
| Vanderbilt University |
| Vassar College |
| Washington State University |
| Wesleyan University |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania |
| Williams College |
| Yale University |
Next Steps
If one of your prospective colleges ranks demonstrated interest as very important or important, check out our 5 easy ways to show demonstrated interest to a college.
For more expert guidance, check out our Roadmap to College program! Our expert college counselors will guide you from start to finish on your college applications to help you stand out and impress college admission officers.
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