Demonstrating interest in a particular university can earn you bonus points in the admission process but it is important to note that not all colleges consider it. In this article, the top 100 universities ranked by the U.S. News & World Report will be separated by their policy on demonstrated interest. This will save you time and allow you to readjust your college plans if needed.
Considers Demonstrated Interest:
- American University
- Amherst College
- Baylor University
- Binghamton University
- Boston University
- Brandeis University
- Brigham Young University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Clark University
- College of William and Mary
- Colorado School of Mines
- Drexel University
- Duke University
- Elon University
- Fordham University
- George Washington University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Gonzaga University
- Grinnell College
- Lehigh University
- Marquette University
- Michigan State University
- Middlebury College
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- New York University (NYU)
- Northeastern University
- Northwestern University
- Oregon State University
- Purdue University
- Quinnipiac University
- Reed College
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rice University
- Saint Louis University
- Santa Clara University
- Southern Methodist University
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Stony Brook University
- Swarthmore College
- Syracuse University
- Texas A&M University
- Texas Christian University
- Texas Tech University
- Tufts University
- Tulane University
- University of Arizona
- University of Chicago
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- University of Connecticut
- University of Delaware
- University of Denver
- University of Florida
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- University of Miami
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Rochester
- University of San Diego
- University of Texas, Austin
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Villanova University
- Virginia Tech
- Wake Forest University
- Washington and Lee University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Wellesley College
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Yeshiva University
Does not Consider Demonstrated Interest:
- Arizona State University
- Bowdoin College
- Brown University
- California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech)
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Claremont McKenna
- Clemson University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Emory University
- Florida State University
- Georgetown University
- Harvard University
- Indiana University-Bloomington
- John Hopkins University
- Loyola Marymount University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Miami University
- North Carolina State University-Raleigh
- Ohio State University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Pepperdine University
- Pomona College
- Princeton University
- Rutgers University
- San Diego State University
- Scripps College
- Stanford University
- Temple University
- University of Buffalo
- University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of Georgia
- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- University of Iowa
- University of Maryland-College Park
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
- University of Southern California (USC)
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington
- Vanderbilt University
- Vassar College
- Williams College
- Yale University
