<p>Did anyone else find it interesting that only 97 kids of the 1,280 new freshmen are children of Tufts graduates? Does this mean it's not particularly easy for legacies to get into Tufts? (For the record, I am not one, but I'd always thought legacies had it easy at most East Coast schools.)</p>
<p>P.S. And by "easy", I meant "easier."</p>
<p>I don't know. Depends on how many apply.</p>
<p>Actually, I just dropped my youngest off at Tufts. I am an alumnae, and at the reception for children of alumni, they said that 150 out of the freshmen class of 1500 were children of alumni or relatives former graduates.That is 10% of the entering class. I thought that number was high.</p>
<p>The class is definitely not 1,500: it's 1,283 (<a href="http://www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2006/08/30/News/Wake-Up.And.Meet.The.New.Freshmen-2251132.shtml?norewrite200608312312&sourcedomain=www.tuftsdaily.com)%5B/url%5D">http://www.tuftsdaily.com/media/storage/paper856/news/2006/08/30/News/Wake-Up.And.Meet.The.New.Freshmen-2251132.shtml?norewrite200608312312&sourcedomain=www.tuftsdaily.com)</a>. I can't find the 97 number anymore though... Though that would still make it a high percentage. At least it's not like Harvard or Princeton.</p>
<p>I think that legacies have about a 42% admit rate (maybe?). That's a healthy number. </p>
<p>Also depends on how you count "legacies." Neither of my parents went to Tufts, but my grandfather did; I'm a huge legacy, but wouldn't get into the statistics.</p>