<p>Congratulations to all accepted kids – well done.</p>
<p>Daughter was waitlisted…whether due to a holistic approach or Tufts Syndrome, I certainly can’t say. End of the day, I guess it doesn’t matter. My d applied to Tufts due to genuine interest in the school. Her HS achievements (3.97 out of 4 un-weighted GPA, all 5’s in her AP’s, very good EC’s, 730/800/800 SAT’s, combined 2270 SAT2’s for 3 subjects) were such that we hoped an admission was a more likely outcome than a wait-list. Disappointing.</p>
<p>Daughter is moving on and will not accept the Wait offer. As a heads up for <a href=“mailto:DanAdmiss@Tufts…as”>DanAdmiss@Tufts…as</a> unfair as it is, my daughter’s friends, unprompted, all mentioned the “Syndrome” when told of her outcome.</p>
<p>regards,
lowdenf23c</p>
<p>Everyone is talking about “Tufts Syndrome”. But as I stated in my previous posts, my son had a 2290 SAT, 34 ACT, mid to high 700s on all his SAT subject tests, salutatorian of his class, 4 years varsity athlete, etc… According to the “Tufts Syndrome” he shouldn’t of been accepted, but he was!</p>
<p>When Tufts has average SAT scores and % of students in top 10% of their class at levels that match, if not exceed, ivy league and other competitive institutions, i wonder how such a thing can exist at Tufts and not at other universities.</p>
<p>Point is–all universities are competitive–if you got rejected or wait listed at Brown, what would you think (P.S. the average SAT score was higher at Tufts than Brown)? It doesn’t mean anything though–the average points, high school class rank, etc. are all trivial when you are dealing with a lot of smart people. Logically, there has to be something more. Food for thought.</p>
<p>i was waitlisted. do you guys think the yield will be higher or lower than last years? admissions office accepted only about 3,475 instead of the normal 3,750, which is strange. they must anticipate a high yield, but then again, from 2010 to 2011 the yield dropped from 37% to 35%.</p>