Acceptance rates...

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tufts University
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<p>In the Tufts catalogue, (just visited last week! Was wonderful! ^^) Tufts claims to have an acceptance rate of 27% for the class of 2008. But if you read the small spiel by the dean of undergraduate admissions, he says that...</p>

<p>"At Tufts - where 14,729 students sought one of the 1,285 seats in the Class of 2008 - the statistics revealed that the clear majority can..." </p>

<p>If you do the math, the acceptance rate is actually ~8.7%, which is lower then even Harvard... crazy?</p>

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<p>No that's different. They accept 3x as many students than they need, and statistically guestimate who will matriculate (which over the past couple years has hovered around 25-30%?).</p>

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<p>Ah, I think I see... so the acceptance rate IS actually 27%, roughly 1/4 of all applications, and the 1,285 figure is the actual # of students that attend?</p>