<p>I am very anxious right now; I don't think I could wait another 2 1/2 weeks :(</p>
<p>i got am email from them last year ... i found out online first.</p>
<p>yeah they do...I got one a while back.</p>
<p>yeah i just got in to tufts today</p>
<p>Really? Congratulations! How did you find out?</p>
<p>Aaaah, this makes me more nervous!</p>
<p>lol i was nominated as a balfour chenault scholar</p>
<p>if i get it, financial aid gets turned into a scholarship grant</p>
<p>and they are flying me out to have dinner with president Bacow</p>
<p>Congratulations!</p>
<p>Did you get the invite by e-mail or snail-mail? Also, if you got it by snail-mail, where do you live? I'm on the West Coast...so everything takes longer to get here.</p>
<p>yeah lewisloftus, i live like 15 minutes away from tufts, yet the letter was postmarked march 9</p>
<p>so if u got one it could take a little while</p>
<p>Congrats!</p>
<p>Are you guys athletes or other types of recruited students?</p>
<p>for tufts... I don't think you have to be an athlete or recruited student....I am an athlete but nothing of big significance or anything (I play soccer for my school).... However, I have other things on my application that may have helped?</p>
<p>sat scores? maybe... idk lol I don't really want to go to tufts though</p>
<p>Congratulations dayo! You got one of the coveted "private" scholarships!</p>
<p>haha yah i got into today too and got that scholarship thing! so dayo i guess ill be meeting you on the 30th! i love suprises.</p>
<p>um i think its just good applicants over all. i play vasrity basketball and track but i didnt apply as an athlete and my SAT scores were not THAT good. um yeah.</p>
<p>excited. the college hell i have been living in for the past year and a half is finally icing over. yay</p>
<p>congrats jenny! where do you live and are you going? I live in a suburb about 15 minutes away from Tufts..i think they had it on the 30th 2 so we can't check other colleges decisions lol</p>
<p>Can you guys explain more about the "scholarships" you got? I thought Tufts didn't give merit aid? Thanks and congratulations to you.</p>
<p>when is Tufts RD coming out?</p>
<p>I am creepy nervous!!!! OMG. I creepily don't want to face the Last Judgement Day.</p>
<p>I am quite nervous as well. I applied early and got deferred. =( Tufts still remains my number one though. =)</p>
<p>*cross your fingers, guys.</p>
<p>haha dayo yah thats i was thinking. F that, im bringing my laptop to check hahah. i have some big schools im finding out about then and i have been waiting for a LONG time.</p>
<p>apparently tufts does give merit aid becuase dayo and i were nominated. um idk what more i can say about it. they liked us they said we were outstanding applicant or something.</p>
<p>and i live in upstate NY, about 3 hours from boston.</p>
<p>jennyx06, The website says "no merit aid" so I 'm trying to figure out if these scholarships that you are talking about, although based on great academics, is because you also showed financial need, and applied for financial aid. Thanks.</p>
<p>perhaps. reading back on my post it sounded kinda snobbby. i didnt intend for it to be like that if u interpreted it like that. yeah on my app i checked financial aid . </p>
<p>the letter basically says:
you have been nominated as a Balfour-Chenault scholar, which recognizes outstanding applicants of african descent who demonstrate exceptional academic and personal qualities. the scholarship grant will replace the student loan portion of your Financial aid package.</p>