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What is the Expression of Continued Interest Form (ECI)?
First-year applicants who are not initially admitted in Early Action will have the opportunity to submit an Expression of Continued Interest (ECI) form to include additional information that was not part of their original application. The ECI allows for an equitable experience for all applicants who desire to send additional information after their application is completed.
If you would like to submit additional information, our preference is to receive only the ECI form, grade updates, or any specifically requested information. You may submit recent high school grade updates by contacting your high school and having them send a Mid-Year Report showing any recent grades that are available before mid-February. Anything outside of this (extra recommendations, research papers, artistic portfolios for non-majors, etc.) will not impact your final decision.
In order to fill out and submit the ECI form, please log in to Enrollment Connect, navigate to the action items section, select Verify Continued Interest, and click the Expression of Continued Interest form link. You will be given a text box to write up to 250 words to express continued interest, to let us know about new achievements/awards, and/or to share additional information about yourself with us. If you choose to submit this form, it must be submitted by March 7.
The Expression of Continued Interest form is voluntary and is NOT required for us to consider your application in our decision process. Furthermore, no preference is given for the order or date in which the form is received. Additionally, please note that we will only allow for a single submission of the Expression of Continued Interest form, and you will not have access to edit the form after it has been submitted.
Why is the university providing the ECI form?
Historically, many Early Action applicants who were not admitted in Early Action, and some Regular Decision applicants, attempted to provide further information about themselves after their application was submitted. But we did not offer standard guidance on how to do so. The quantity and quality of the information varied greatly, and follow up with students was inefficient and cumbersome. The ECI allows for an equitable experience for all applicants who desire to send additional information after their application is completed, and provides guidance for the submission of that information.