Chance me for Tufts (unusual situation)

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<p>Hello fellow Tufts lovers
So here are my stats</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 680 R, 710 M, 550 WR Essay 10(explain later)
ACT: Composite 30
English 24
Math 32
Reading 30
Science 34
SAT II:
Math 1 700
Physics 790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.1 UW 3.9 W (also explain later)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 30% ( very competitive high school)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP physics B (5), AP English III (4), AP World History (4), AP US history (4), AP Chemistry (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Psychology, AP Physics C, AP Calculus, AP English IV, AP Economics, AP Government, Speech
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National Latin Exam medalist 3 years in a row
State finalist for DECA</p>

<p>Extracurricular (place leadership in parenthesis):
Hafiz (memorized the Quran, this is also why my stats were low but I will explain at the bottom), Debate (congress captain), Junior State of America (President and founder), MSA (MIST coordinator), National Latin Honor Society (Webmaster), DECA<br>
Job/Work Experience: Conducted marketing research and designed my own professional survey under the guidance of a Professor from a university.
Volunteer: 400+ hours at my mosque, 40 hours at the library
Essays: Very good and my supplement is absolutely amazing (Show your nerdy side)
Teacher Recommendation: good not amazing 7/10
Counselor Rec: Standard 6/10</p>

<p>Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Physics
State (if domestic applicant): Texas
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 53,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hafiz, first generation</p>

<p>Ok so now here are the details, I never had a formal educational background. When I came to America my parents put me in a religious institution to memorize the Qur'an where I spent quite a long time. And when I was finished I never had the chance to get a formal education but I still had to go into high school which put me at a severe disadvantage from my peers (who were already competitive). I had to learn a lot of things like basic things like grammatical structures and syntax. To give you an idea, I was so confused as to why my math teacher used the letter "x" in a math class, I thought it was barbaric to use letters in math.<br>
I gradually adjusted and excelled later in my high school career but even today my speech and grammar are quite poor (my writing and English standardized test scores). My GPA also suffered quite a lot because I took classes because I enjoyed learning but I just realized that this caused my GPA to take quite the hit.
Do I have a chance? I applied to brown ED but got rejected :( Am I hoping too much?</p>

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<p>As far as your scores go, a 30 on the ACT is not horrible. It’s a little low but for Tufts you would not be discarded. Your UW GPA is really really low applying to Tufts, even from a tough private school. With that being said, you have good AP courses which will definitely help your cause. As far as EC’s go, you are definitely unique in that sense and if you really told your story and made it personable, I wouldn’t count you out. Again, you do have a very low GPA and that will really hurt you, but it is a holistic process. I would guess there is a higher chance you get rejected unfortunately, but I also am not an aficionado on this subject. I wish you the best of luck and hope you get in!</p>