Admissions Factors

Colleges That Consider Demonstrated Interest

61 of 147 colleges say they weigh level of applicant's interest. 0 rate it very important and 86 do not consider it.

Very important (0)

No colleges.

Important (9)

Not considered (86)

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Which colleges do not consider level of applicant's interest?

86 of the 147 colleges here rate it "not considered": Amherst, Arizona State University Campus Immersion, Arkansas, Barnard College, Binghamton, Boston College, Brown, Buffalo, California Institute of Technology, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, California State University-Long Beach, Carleton, Carnegie Mellon University, Claremont McKenna, Clemson, Colgate, Colorado State University-Fort Collins, Columbia, Cornell, Emory, Florida, Florida State University, George Mason, Georgetown University, Georgia Tech, Harvard University, Harvey Mudd, Houston, Indiana University-Bloomington, Iowa, Iowa State, Johns Hopkins, Kansas, Kentucky, Marquette, Mississippi State University, MIT, NC State, New Hampshire, North Texas, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Penn, Penn State, Pomona, Princeton, San Diego State, San Jose State University, Stanford University, Swarthmore, The University of Alabama, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, UGA, UIC, UIUC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of California-Riverside, University of Chicago, University of Maryland-College Park, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Oregon, University of South Carolina-Columbia, University of South Florida, USC, UT Austin, Utah, UW, UW-Madison, Vanderbilt, Vassar, Villanova, Virginia Commonwealth University, Washington State University, Wesleyan, West Virginia, Williams, Yale University.

Which colleges rate level of applicant's interest as very important?

None of the 147 colleges here rate it very important.

Each college's own Common Data Set, Section C (first-time, first-year admission). Last checked 2026-10-08. Each rating is the college’s own answer on its Common Data Set. Colleges that left the row blank are left out.