Chance a Brotha at Tufts. Aw yea!

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<p>Hello. I'm trying to decided whether or not to apply to Arts and Sciences. I attend a public school in CA. Can you please estimate my chances?</p>

<p>-African American immigrant. Came here in 2nd grade. US citizen now
-3.65 uw gpa
-30 comp act. 28 e, 33 m, 30 r, 29 s
-800 math 2
-770 us history
-740 math 1
-took 11 ap's over the course of high school
-5 in us. 4 in euro, comp gov, eng lang. 3 in chem
-pres of 3 clubs including national honorary beta club. we do community service projects in our area and raise money for different causes. president of a cultural club. will relate diversity to why i want to apply to tufts.
-mentor for 2 years
-member of 5 clubs
-league champ in swim since freshman year
-200 hours of volunteering
-ranked ~85/680
-competitive magnet school</p>

<p>-plus psat national achievement schoolship outstanding participant. awarded to top 3% of black psat test takers</p>

<p>senior year straight a's with classes like ap calc bc, ap physics, ap lit, ap econ, speech</p>

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<p>Your chances are good. No reason not to apply.</p>

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<p>Even with my low gpa?</p>

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<p>Yes. You’re a solid applicant. Good luck.
By the way, what country are you originally from?</p>

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<p>I’m from morocco but at my district I’m listed as African American. Im pretty tan and I’ve never seen myself as Caucasian.</p>

<p>Btw. I have a book published in kindle. Will that help</p>

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<p>My son (white suburban New Yorker) had a similar GPA. Of course there’s no guarantee, but you can’t get accepted unless you apply.</p>

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<p>you obviously have a really impressive list of extracurrics (book in kindle = awesome!), and i think tufts loves that. an ex-admissions officer at williams told me that they (used to) use a flag system, where things like an 800 on sats or a book published in kindle get a “flag”. i think you have a lot of these, and your chances will be upped tons despite your lower gpa and rank.</p>

<p>make sure your essays show your personality and have fun/convey the fact that you’re having fun. for my optional essay i took a piece of paper and cut out little squares/made origami things out of them. think outside the box and don’t take it too seriously! college apps are pretty serious, but it’s not the end of the world if one school or another doesn’t work out.</p>