Deferred from Northeastern and Case Western.. Is it even worth shooting for Tufts ED II?

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To be honest, Northeastern and Case Western were my match school, so I was really bummed when I got deferred from both of them. If i get deferred from these schools, is it even worth applying to Tufts (reach) for ED II? Or should I just apply to Boston University for ED II
Here is my stat:
Ethnicity: Asian (moved to America in 2007)
Residence: Maryland
Income: <$60,000
Gender: F
School Type - Suburban Public (best school in county)
School size - around 1900 students

GPA: 5.3/6.0weighted
Rank: top 11% (out of almost 490)
SAT: 2110 (superscore)
ACT: just took it and probably won’t send it…i totally bombed that
SAT subject test: Math 1(800)
Math 2(800)

PSAT: 214
AP: 5 on AP Calculus AB, 3 on AP English(Lang&Comp), 5 on psychology and 3 on world history

Leadership: -Autism Youth Ambassadors Club (Vice President)
-Empire club (President)

Award: -maintaing 3.5GPA or higher during sports season (Tennis)
-honor roll (9,10,11)
-nominated for All Eastern band (top musicians from the East Coast are chosen)
-County executive award for serving the Korean community
-U.S.Senator (Ben Cardin) award
-County Governor (Larry Hogan) award
-honorable mention in National Spanish Exam
-AP scholar with honor
-national merit commended student

Extracurricular activities:
-National Spanish Honor Society
-Autism Youth Ambassador Club (vice president)
-President of Empire club (make tutorial videos for psychology/math every two weeks)
-Key Club
-Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra (Clarinetist) [Very selective group of musicians from all over the region]

  • BCPS Side-By-Side Orchestra (Clarinetist) [Very selective audition process (top two clarinetists in the county)]
    -BCPS All County Honors Band
    -BCPS All County Honors Orchestra – first chair clarinetist two years in a row
    -Maryland All State Junior/Senior Band [Highly selective audition process (been in it since 7th grade)
    -Hanul-Sori Gayageum Orchestra [Year-round practice and performance at senior centers, Korean festivals, and local churches, teach how to play traditional Korean instruments to people of all ages ]

Volunteer/work experience: (over 300+ hours of service learning hours)
-intern at a rehabilitation center in Korean hospital for the summer
-intern at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for the summer
-set up chairs for orchestras every sundays)
-pot spring tutor (teach Kindergartens every week)

Common app essay: wrote about how my autistic sister shaped my life

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I would go for BU. I think you have a better shot there.

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wow! you know what, we have so many things in common! We have very similar stats such as test score and EC’s, and I live in Maryland too. I guess you live in Baltimore County; I live in Howard County. Also I got deferred from Northeastern and Case EA as well. Just like you did, I thought applying Tufts after getting deferred from Northeastern and Case is basically a nonsense, but I applied ED2 anyway. Frankly, I already have prepared myself for a rejection letter because Tufts is becoming insanely selective these days. But who knows! I hope you get into Tufts :slight_smile:

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@BlueCosmos oh wow that’s so cool!!! Same, like I already know it’s either gonna be a deferral/rejection. Well I hope you get into Tufts too!! we’ll find out tomorrow :slight_smile:
Oh, and I made a thread for the ED 2 applicants: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/tufts-university/1841334-tufts-ed-ii-class-of-2020-applicants-thread-p1.html