<p>swarthmore</p>
<p>I got tufted at Reed big time.</p>
<p>UCI most def..</p>
<p>How does Swarthmore have it?</p>
<p>They have a low acceptance rate and some of the most highly qualified applicants in the country. I got waitlisted and just accepted the fact that I am not as qualified as I should have been (though it makes this much easier to swallow considering I would have had to say no to their acceptance).</p>
<p>UNC Chapel Hill does this instate? Not to be a prick, but I have a hard time believing this (I live in NC, and was accepted [with lower stats granted]). Everyone who was 'tops' at my school and surrounding schools got in. Though they do tend to be a little harsher on schools sending many qualified students, they do not reject kids if they think they are a safety (what is tufts syndrome).</p>
<p>well, Tufts used to have it, and probably still does, hence "Tufts syndrome"! in addition to ones qualifications, there's a lot to be said about SINCERE INTEREST as committees view this in the applications. when they screen/read thousands of apps, it becomes clear(tho not always) who adores their school, would do anything to get in vs a perfectly written app with no passion for the school. i really don't think the stats are always behind it, as all schools want some of those very high performers. the ad coms have just gotten really good at reading between the lines.</p>
<p>Definitely not Swarthmore. Nobody is overqualified in that pool of applicants. </p>
<p>GW & WashU, I believe.</p>
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<p>I REALLY don't think this is an issue at Reed. I mean, the theoretical reason schools gets Tufts syndrom is they want to protect their yeild, which mainly matters for the US News Rankings...which Reed doen't participate in. </p>
<p>Reed cares about fit, and part of fit is interest, so they will reject applicants, overqualified or not, who they think won't fit or doesn't have real interest in the (very specific) Reed culture, while accepting "underqualified" students they think have a lot to offer. But this isn't the same as rejecting overqualified students because they don't want to be thought of as a safty/are afraid of having a low yeild.</p>
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<p>I hope you were kidding. UChicago should have a name for its own syndrome-not caring about yield and accepting all the qualified applicants.</p>
<p>UC Davis .</p>
<p>Lehigh, mos def.</p>
<p>uci this year...lol..</p>
<p>johns hopkins, although i love how everyone posts colleges here that they were rejected/waitlisted from, comforting themselves, like me</p>
<p>I second hopkins ^^|||
UCLA and Davis this year seemed kind of quirky as well.</p>
<p>And WashU will exhibit signs of Tufts syndrome unless you show you are genuinely interested in the school.</p>
<p>Absolutely Kenyon. I didn't apply, but if you are seriously interested and don't live like, 800+ miles away, visitation is essentially required. They expect demonstrated interest.</p>
<p>can we rename this thread "i got waitlisted and i'm bitter about it"?</p>
<p>if you show genuine interest in a school (and why not? ...you could be spending the next 4 years of your life there) and have incredible scores, they would love accept you and boost their averages. in this day where so many people are applying to 10+ schools, interest should be assumed to be a part of the application for any school that you are seriously considering. otherwise, you're just asking for it.</p>
<p>Harvard</p>
<p>j/k, but seriously, Lehigh.</p>
<p>To minimize Tufts syndrome, make sure you show "interest" in the school. Visit, call, take a tour.,,, and make sure they know you are doing all that!!</p>
<p>I sent this question about Tufts Syndrome to my freshman son at Harvard so he could ask his floor mates.</p>
<p>Yes, he quickly found a handful of examples of kids getting into several top tier schools and then getting rejected by lower schools and in one case even their safety school(!) probably because the schools could tell from the student's profile that there was no chance that the student would go to their school if they accepted him/her.</p>
<p>Yield percentages are important to schools so why accept a student who is almost certain to turn down the acceptance, hurting their yield %.</p>
<p>BTW, my son got accepted at Tufts as well as Harvard so maybe they didn't think he was too qualified.</p>
<p>UCLA, not much but somewhat.</p>
<p>now, I think at some of these schools, it's less that you are overqualified, but rather you don't show as much interest as other students. I would throw Swarthmore into this (note: I do have a bias, having been rejected - will know from others Monday). I say this not because I think I'm overqualified (certainly not!) but that I or others didn't quite show enough interest (I visited, but that wasn't recorded, I'm sure, and I didn't send any letters). On a side note - they (the admissions committee) kind of hit the nail on the head, because Swarthmore, in fact, was not my first or second choice. Oh, and let's not label everyone 'bitter', please. It doesn't do any good.</p>