Chance me for Tufts!

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Hey guys,

I was applying to a bunch of good pre-med colleges as a biology or biological sciences major.

I want to minor in some sort of global or public health.

ACT (one-sitting): 34
Superscore: 35
Top 6% of class
Unweighted: 4.0 out of 4.0
Asian Female

SAT Bio: 770
SAT Chem: 780
SAT Math Level 2: 800

AP Biology: 4
AP Physics 1: 4
AP Chemistry: 5

National Finalist for Chemistry Olympiad
Won an Essay Contest to advocate education for poor kids
Was Part of Varsity Golf for Two years and won the Coaches and Scholar Athlete Award for Golf

Hospital Volunteering: 150 hours, still continuing

Shadowing: 40 hours

Research: Researched a popular disease at New Jersey Medical School with a biomedical team

I have strong essays (both common app and supplemental) and have a bunch of clubs and honors societies with 3+ leadership positions.

I have great recommendation letters and some ECs that I did not mention here that are really unique. For example, I am a part of the official Akhil Autism Foundation (out of school) and did my own awareness events for them.

With all this effort, do you guys think that I have a shot at getting into Tufts. I am not just going for Tufts because of its strong academic prestige, but I love the diversity and the fun feel of the campus.

I know Tufts is really competitive with kids with 1550s and 5 on AP Bio and numerous clubs and leadership positions, while I only had like 3. Also, I only took 3 APs, but its mostly because I chose which AP classes to pursue and I was passionate about science and I concentrated on those.

Do I have a good chance Tufts as a regular decision applicant? What about my chances at Rice or Rochester or Boston or Wash U at St. Louis or Emory or UNC Chapel Hill? These are the other colleges I am applying to, and I love the Massachusetts area, but Tufts remains as one of my top choices. I want to study Pre-Med, but I also want to get the whole college experience.

CHANCE ME! THANK YOU GUYS!

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I think you definitely have a shot. Your essays will matter because you have checked all the other boxes.

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I think you’re a good candidate for any of those schools. My daughter had similar stats and is graduating from Rochester this spring with a double major in microbiology and public health. She wound up applying only to Rochester because it was her favorite, but Tufts was also on her “short list” and discussions with admissions implied that she was a good candidate there as well. Of course, that was four years ago and things have tightened up somewhat, but I think that for someone with your accomplishments the difference will come down to recommendations, essays, and expressing interest for schools like Tufts, URoch, Emory, Rice, and WUSTL. (I’m less familiar with BU and UNC-CH.)