<p>Rejected…This is really dissapointing as Tufts was one of my top choices. Things aren’t looking too great for Dartmouth in ten minutes…</p>
<p>Rejected… all my reach schools rejected me but one… that one waitlisted me :(.</p>
<p>Tufts Sydrome went out with disco…It is just an excuse that rears its head every time there are certain rejections. Look at any schools, there are the same results of people with exceptional scores getting rejected. I know some who applied ED to Tufts with super super high scores and grades and he was rejected…Again, that was an ED decision…Tufts Syndrome is the same old song and dance for rejections. It is a fiction. As stated above, time to put it to rest…</p>
<p>Congratulations to all those accepted (from a '15 student):
I’ve seen a lot of talk about “Tufts Syndrome,” and this cannot be more false. Any person visiting this website should be made aware of the truth. Tufts has a holistic application process, and you are MUCH more than just a number. They didn’t accept you because they simply didn’t think you’d fight well here or think this wasn’t the place for you. Tufts absolutely does not discriminate against those with high scores. Trust me. I can name (of course, I won’t) many, many of my classmates with STELLAR statistics that are here. Many of them chose Tufts over Ivy League institutions. Tufts IS a great school. In fact, with the work I’ve seen at fellow colleges in the Boston area and Ivy League schools, we are, at the very least, on par with them education-wise. In fact, I find some of the exam materials over at MIT to be easy compared to some of the stuff here. Tufts is an excellent school, and this negative light is unfounded.
This has even been explained by a Tufts admissions officer himself: [A</a> Conversation with Tufts Admissions - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)
Do not use “Tufts Syndrome” as a crutch because you were not accepted. Just because you have good numbers doesn’t mean you’re the perfect applicant for the school, and it’s just that: You fit in somewhere perfectly, and admissions must have a reason to feel it’s not here. If you have these good numbers of which you speak, you are sure to get in somewhere wonderful regardless. </p>
<p>Anyway, to those who were accepted, I say: CONGRATULATIONS. You deserve it!
To those who, sadly, are waitlisted or rejected, I’m sure you have plenty of great decisions out there either now or in the future! This won’t break you. </p>
<p>Welcome, class of 2016 :)</p>
<p>…seems like I’m an outlier here, but I was accepted. :)</p>
<p>D accepted!!!</p>
<p>Accepted! Yes!</p>
<p>Rejected 
It really really sucks because Tufts was one of my top choices and I actually thought I’d fit in there more than some other schools I’ve been accepted to! Just goes to show how random decisions are!</p>
<p>But anyway, to those who have been rejected or waitlisted, keep your chin up! There’s a place out there that fits you perfectly, and maybe the Tufts admission officers thought you were better elsewhere. Either way, you guys are going places! ^^</p>
<p>And congratulations to those who have been accepted! Tufts is an amazing school and I’m sure you guys will love it :D</p>
<p>I wrote this for a blog last year, and every time we release decisions it’s hard to reconcile very different emotions I feel watching decisions go out and reading the CC forums (as well as FB and Twitter). Though I know none of this will made a disappointing decision any better, it might help illuminate the challenge of such a low acceptance rate. </p>
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This was Tufts’ most selective year, and seemingly as a result I feel strongly about every student from my territory admitted. But, to be honest, the increased selectivity was a struggle for me and many other admissions officers. We loved no fewer students, more actually, and yet that affection was tempered by the realities of the admissions process and the amount of space that exists at Tufts. There are students who will be, or have been (depending on when you read this), denied who I loved more than some of our admits, students that I passionately fought for and believe would make amazing additions to Tufts and yet will not receive happy news. I understand why those decisions stand, and may even agree with those reasons, but that doesn’t change my feelings about those people.</p>
<p>And if you were one of those students, you will never know how important your application was to me, and I will likely never be able to tell you.</p>
<p>I struggle with that because my own disappointment feels trivial in comparison to the disappoint that a student might feel seeing our decision, but I share this because one of the clich</p>
<p>Rejected- bit accepted on scholarship to NYU so I’m still happy. Congrats to those of you who got in! I bet you’ll do great, and have an incredible time. Enjoy some lobster rolls for me!</p>
<p>D accepted! Very excited - we all love Tufts!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2020 superscore; 690 CR, 700 M, 630 W
ACT: not sent
SAT II (if submitted): 640 Math 2, 770 Bio E
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85ish, 4.3ish weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):37/695
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (4), English Lang. (3), US History (3), Spanish (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Orchestra 4, Student Leadership, AP Calculus BC<em>, AP English Lit., AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Calc BC</em>, AP Econ/Gov
*I listed it twice because my school has a block schedule, so I have Calc everyday
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Don’t know where else to put this: Texas Music Scholar all 4 years, Won 1st all-around two years in a row in a junior international competition in gymnastics</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Community Service Chairperson), Hi-Q, Local Youth Symphony Orchestra (Honor Quartet the past 2 years), my schools Ultimate Frisbee club, French Honor Society, National Honor Society, Orchestra all 4 years (1st stand cello all 4 years), Piano lessons, Technology Club (VP freshman year), gymnastics for 8.5 years
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Elementary Schools for their fairs and such every month
Essays: CommonApp essay was about how Beethoven and his music have influenced me
Teacher Recommendation: Probably great! Both teachers know me very well as a student and as a person
Counselor Rec: Generic, but I’m assuming good
Additional Rec: nope
Interview: nope</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Biopsychology
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Large Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic/White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: over 125,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Hispanic</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: Probably my essays, course load/transcript, maybe recs?
Weaknesses: SCORES! haha
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my Tufts essays were very good. I easily took 4 months writing them and fixing them haha
Congrats to all who also got in!</p>
<p>Too bad… S rejected. Best wishes to all wherever they will be next year.</p>
<p>Waitlisted. I put a lot of effort into my Tufts essays, but honestly, I forgot I even applied until I got the email haha.</p>
<p>Waitlisted w/ 34, 3.9, 5 AP 5’s, optional essay, good interview
The syndrome exists! So off I go to Cornell…</p>
<p>TheRhino - I think it is unfair to tout the “Tufts Syndrome” and make people who got accepted feel inferior. I happen to have a 4.0 and a 2310 and was accepted here as well as Columbia. Tufts has one of the most holistic admissions processes out there…don’t be bitter.</p>
<p>Rejected. Fairly disappointed considering Tufts was my first choice by far. I was deferred EDII, poured my soul into my essays, had alumni relatives write recommendations, etc.
Apparently it wasn’t enough.
To all those accepted, I simultaneously wish you the best of luck and eternally resent you.</p>
<p>accepted. white girl, NJ, 2230, good grades, good extracurriculars but nothing outstanding. im going to go ahead and say it was my essays that pushed me over. i really want to go here but my parents are heavily pressuring me to go to princeton. good luck everyone and my sympathy to the victims of tufts syndrome</p>
<p>@SRHS12 - I’m not, and I’m not. 1. No one who got into Tufts should feel inferior. It’s a real good school. and 2. I’m not bitter, I really don’t care. I knew there was going to be some ups and some downs in this process. I just wanted to reference the syndrome thing cuz it seems like what happened.</p>
<p>I love how people who are rejected on here attribute it to Tufts Syndrome. Just goes to show that it’s an excuse made by bitter rejected applicants. It’s so funny how some people think it’s a fundamental right that they should be accepted. No one is guaranteed admissions at top universities. And that attitude is probably why you were rejected. </p>
<p>FYI, I can name many people at Tufts that took 11+ AP’s, where top of their class, and had 2250 + SAT score. But what sets them apart is who they are as people. And that means they aren’t brats. </p>
<p>So stop attributing your rejection or whatever on Tufts Syndrome. It’s as if you like to say that to help bring solace to your own insecurities. Just be humble and realize Tufts is a very competitive school. While you may have not been a fit, you will surely find your path in life. Best of luck to all.</p>