Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tufts University
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<p>I was just wondering if i had a chance at Tuft's if i applied ED.</p>

<p>my ACT composite is 30
but i retook it last saturday with the writing section, and i'm hoping i raised my scores, but I am not sure.</p>

<p>my gpa is 3.84 unweighted (it would be higher but I had to move in the middle of Junior year and make up 4 weeks of school work),
and I am ranked 30 out of 529 students.</p>

<p>I have attended 3 different high schools in 2 1/2 years.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/Community Service:</p>

<p>9th grade (high school of 150 students in Texas):
- Varsity track and field (placed 6th in the all-district meet, lettered)
-Varsity Cheerleading (Co-Captain, team placed first in Dallas Cowboys comp., lettered)
-Student Council (class treasurer)
-National Junior Honor Society
-Spanish Club
-Habitat For Humanity
-Parent's Night Out (Childcare for mentally handicapped children)
-choir</p>

<p>10th grade (moved to Utah, high school of 2200 students)
-Varsity Track and Field
-Key Club
-National Honor Society (Officer)
-DECA
-Habitat for Humanity
-Debate Team
-Spanish Club
-Summer hire in Hill Air Force Base Public Affairs office, also volunteered there during the school year.</p>

<p>11th grade (first semester in Utah):
-National Honor Society (Officer, Service Project Chairperson)
-Key Club
-DECA
-FBLA
-Habitat for Humanity
-FCA</p>

<p>11th grade (moved to Illinois and started the semester 3 1/2 weeks late)
-Varsity Track and Field (Lettered, St. Clair County Champion in pole vault, placed third in conference)
-Campus Kitchen (Make food for underprivileged citizens in St. Louis)
-Intern at Public Affairs Office on Scott Air Force Base</p>

<p>12th grade (High school in Illinois, 2200 students)
-National Honor Society
-FCA
-Relgions United Interfaith Mosaic (newly founded club at our school)
-Campus Kitchen
-Intern at Scott Air Force Base Public Affairs Office (Official Photographer, and published in the Scott AFB paper).
-Plan to run Varsity track and Field.</p>

<p>I have also been on the Honor Roll all three years of HS, and i plan to be on the Honor roll this year as well. </p>

<p>Also, I have taken all honors classes offered and PAP classes.
I took AP european history soph year, it was the only AP offered.
Then Junior year, i took AP BIO, AP US History, and AP calculus.
My high school in IL does not offer AP classes,
and it does not have many honors classes.
but I am taking the honors classes that they do offer.</p>

<p>Could anyone help me figure out what my chances are, please??</p>

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<p>So I'm guessing you're an army brat. You should definitely talk about that experience in one of your personal statements. It seems that if your ACT score goes up, and you have good scores on your SAT II's, you could have a chance ED. You've managed to maintain relatively good grades despite the constant moving, changing schools, etc. and that will surely impress them -- your adaptability will be a good trait to have when you get to college. What is your GPA weighted? It seems you've done Habitat for Humanity throughout the years, so you should talk about that as well -- Tufts, as everyone else is saying on this forum, is really all about community/public service and civic engagement, so that's a big plus for you, if your involvement was more than a 3-week thing a year. Constant invovlement is key. </p>

<p>Anyone else have something to add?</p>

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<p>Very unusual background. I'd say you have a pretty good shot.</p>