<p>GPA: 3.2
SAT: 1700 (Math-510, CR-570, Writing-620..Essay-10)
*First time taking it...will take again in October(expect to bring it up into 2000's and above)
Rank: School doesn't rank
Schedule: Taking almost every AP I possibly can
*I go to one of the hardest high schools in the nation...Ranked 26 in Newsweeks Top High Schools and Ranked 3rd in the state.
-Essay:Excellent
-Recs: Should be excellent as well</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule:
-AP Gov't
-AP Econ
-AP English Langauge
-AP Spanish
-Adv. Dance
-Pre-Calc
-Health Ed(Grad. req)</p>
<p>ECs
*La Raza Unida Club (4 yrs- community liason and sec.)
*Spirit Committee(Skit Leader for three years)
*Mock Trial (2 yrs)
*Red Cross Volunteer (since 9th grade, actively engaged with summer camp program-staff for 2 years, Serving on Board of Directors as Youth Representative)
* Internship summer before Senior Year at San Francisco International Airport</p>
<p>Race/Ethnicity-Hispanic
Location-California
*First to go to college, Parents are immigrants to the US and never attended college.
* Would need as much financial aid as is possible</p>
<p>I would not, however, expect that you would get in with a 3.2. The high school "rank"will not save you - those are entirely dependent upon numbers of students who take AP classes. Furthermore, your low SATs correlate to your grades - it's not like you're split high/low on SAT/GPA. </p>
<p>Frankly, I don't think that being Hispanic will really help much. I could be wrong - I'm not an admissions officer - but I know that all of my friends at Tufts who are also URM are still extraordinariliy talented people. SATs were 1400+ (old scale, math + verbal); they are all athletes or dancers; and they all did well at good schools. Tufts will make you work hard; they don't let anyone coast through. It is one of those places where the hardest thing about it is NOT getting through the door, but rather succeeding once you are there. </p>
<p>You should apply, however, if you love it. You might be a compelling enough person (in that your parents had not gone to college). As financial aid is a factor, do NOT apply ED. If your parents make very little money, financial aid should be excellent - Tufts is very generous to those with almost nothing. The middle class, however, gets very little.</p>
<p>Please scroll through the archives on this forum. You can find the stats and ECs of the kids who got in, were waitlisted, and who were rejected. That can give you an excellent idea of where you stand.</p>
<p>well if it makes a difference
SAT II SCORES:
Spanish-760
US History-660
*on the note of my lower GPA, I took some really hard classes and because of that my grades are lower. I have taken an AP/Honors in every single department except Math.
*also, the 1700 showcases the first time taking the exam and without studying. I will be studying all summer and I expect to raise it up to almost 2000 or perhaps above. Does that help at all?</p>
<p>-I have taken many AP Exams and done quite well on them...have passed all with at least a 3.</p>
<p>You can apply, but to be honest I don't believe that you have much of a shot. As with other top schools, Tufts expects applicants to take the hardest curriculum possible and do well in them. They will take into account that you have a lot of AP's under your belt, but that, in my opinion, will only go so far.</p>
<p>Right, but not everyone who's accepted enrolls. The point that AiresAthena was trying to make is that lots of kids want to go to Tufts. The actual acceptance rate was about 26% this year.</p>