<p>What are the chances that someone who got Bowdoin Early Write will also get into Tufts? I'm really nervous about Tufts. I really want to go..</p>
<p>I think you are comparing apples and oranges, even though both schools are excellent. </p>
<p>Bowdoin seems to admit, from my experience, academic, sporty kids (are you one of those?). Tufts has less predictable admissions. Yes, most kids are in the top whatever % of their class, at Tufts, and the mean SAT is high at Tufts, but a lot of the admitted applicants seem to have had some global interaction/commitment, passion for foreign language and some sort of interaction with a project/program, internationally. I am not saying all, just that all the acceptees I know of, and, of course, I don’t know all of them, seem to have had such a background. As well, Tufts, like no other school, puts a profound emphasis on the essay(s), thus their holistic approach to admissions. The essays seem to be a deal breaker for a lot of applicants.</p>
<p>Bowdoin is a great acceptance–wonderful academic, beautiful (!) campus, nice peer group. My neighbor is a graduate of Bowdoin and relished her time there, and she was launched into a very fine law school from there. Tufts, to quote my daughter who was admitted ED1, is “magical” (for her needs and requirements).</p>
<p>Really, congrats on an already wonderful acceptance, and I think you end up falling in love with, usually, where you end up going.</p>