<p>I am an African American junior who lives in VA. I am really worried about my chances of getting into a university such as this one so I would appreciate the insight of students who have been accepted. Here are my stats:</p>
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<li>3.7 GPA</li>
<li>No SATs at the moment (will be taking them June 3rd)</li>
<li>I Co-Founded a not-for profit organization called Teens 4 Peace, which encourages adolescents in promoting human rights in the internatioanal community</li>
<li>Under Teens 4 Peace I was able to help organize a huge rally in order to stop the genocide occuring in Darfur, Sudan. It was a huge success, mostly becuase it was organized in Washington D.C.'s popular Dupont Circle</li>
<li>I am a regular Volunteer at the Amnesty International Headquarts in DC</li>
<li>I was an intern at INOVA Fairfax Hospital's Blood Bank</li>
<li>I Volunteered for Time Kaine's Campaign for Governor during the summer of 2005</li>
<li>I am a regular volunteer at my public library</li>
<li>I attended the Boston Area Darfur Activism Conference at Harvard University last Winter</li>
<li>I am taking a french literature course at George Mason University (dual-enrollment)</li>
<li>I will be teaching English at a Sudanese public school this summer when I go visit my famly there</li>
<li>I will also be shaddowing Sudan's Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs</li>
<li>I am the president of my local Sudanese Youth Group</li>
<li>I am the president of my school's French Honor Society</li>
<li>I am a member of Model United Nations</li>
<li>I am the president of my school's Young Democrats chapter</li>
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<p>My workload for this year has included
- AP Biology
- AP French Language
- AP Government
- Debate
- AP English Language & Composition
- Precalculus Honors</p>
<p>Please read my stats and candidly evaluate my chances! Thank you!</p>
<p>you sound ridiculously well qualified. even if you don't test amazingly, your background and amazing extracirriculars should boost you. tufts really looks for leadership and that, at least in my case, can help make up for less stellar scores. </p>
<p>anyways i think you sound really amazing. definitely not run of the mill. that should propel you ahead of a lot of people. i hope you test even just reasonably well. i can bet, if you do, you should have plenty of options.</p>
<p>Just try to do well on your SATs
Theres a kid in my grade who was 12/450 in our class and had great great ECs but got rejected .... he had a 1300 on his SATs
Another girl who was 21/450 also got rejected, she had a 1360.</p>
<p>yeah what seemed to decide it at my school was SAT scores</p>
<p>the only two people that got in were the ones who had the highest SATs, 2220, and 2170 for me. The others had much higher GPA's, but ultimately i guess that didnt matter so much, maybe Tufts is looking to boost their average SAT score. 1300 doesnt cut it anymore, try for 1400 and you should be fine for Tufts.</p>
<p>You can't get in with a "B average or something", citizenerased. unless if you've done something VERY extraordinary otherwise. </p>
<p>Anyway, your EC's sound great. Keep your GPA, rank, and class difficulty level up as high as possible - And do as well as possible on the SAT's and SAT II's (their avg combined M/V score for class of 2010 is a 1433. So, at least 700's on all but one of your tests.). And, as citizenerased said, focus on the internationalism for your essays; show them that you are a top student and committed to helping the world. And, of course, the more AP/IB's, the better :) Overall, I think you've got a really good shot. Best of luck!</p>
<p>well on the IB scale i got in with a 5.7 average over high school, and a 6.3 average senior year. Predicted 38 for my final exams. Its difficult to compare because its much more difficult than AP or just the American system in general. But the point is I must be extraordinary because I got in and I'm going next year.</p>
<p>Showing interest is also very important for Tufts. Make your short answers show that you are interested in what TUFTS has to offer, not just education in general</p>
<p>First off, I wasn't trying to be rude or patronizing in the least (it's just you didn't initially provide enough info, so I was somewhat confused. Sorry :)) All of the IB's that you've taken are what helped (course-load wise), along with your international status. So, if your taking many IB's (which I've heard are indeed harder than the AP's) the top universities (such as Tufts, etc.) will understand a few B's. Also, many other national education systems are viewed to be considerably more challenging than the American system (duh.) i.e. the British system, so a B overseas can easily calculate into an A here. </p>
<p>"Showing interest is also very important for Tufts. Make your short answers show that you are interested in what TUFTS has to offer, not just education in general" </p>
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<li>I agree 100%. Many of the best colleges in the US focus their essays and short-answer responses on forcing the student to explain why they are truly interested in the school (aside from its' name) and how they will fit as part of the community. The problem is, that when someone applies to a multitude of top colleges, they tend to write one formulaic response. Tufts will see through this. Hence, it is imperative that you show why you are interested in Tufts, and how the many opportunities and resources they have will be advantageous to you.</li>
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<p>Oh you should get in easily. I don´t think Tufts cares about SATs as much as ppl say. You should aim as high as possible, but I don't think they'll reject you solely on the basis of a bad SAT score. Then again, given what you´ve told us, I doubt SAT will be much of a problem for you.</p>