Most surprising rejection?

[ucbalumnus]

<p>Actually, most UCs and all CSUs do not consider “level of applicant’s interest” in admissions. The likely reason for Mangiafuoco’s results is that computer science is a popular major, so it tends to have higher admission selectivity than other majors at the same UC or CSU campus. Additionally, UCs tend to weigh GPA more heavily than test scores.</p>

[Mangiafuoco]

<p>@PurpleTitan‌
I think that is essentially the purpose of this thread–to find cases that support the existence of the Tufts Syndrome. However, I have not yet seen any evidence that truly supports the existence of the Tufts Syndrome. Tufts is a selective and highly ranked school. I see nothing surprising for such a prestigious school to reject students with high stats.</p>

<p>@ucbalumnus‌
I agree.</p>

[ucbalumnus]

<p><a href=“http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=475”>http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg02_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=475&lt;/a&gt; indicates that American University has “level of applicant’s interest” as “very important”. Perhaps examples are easier to find there.</p>

<p>Also, Lehigh rejects applicants who do not show enough interest, according to <a href=“Inquirer.com: Philadelphia local news, sports, jobs, cars, homes”>Inquirer.com: Philadelphia local news, sports, jobs, cars, homes; .</p>

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@Philadephia Inquirer

The New Jersey high school student was on the fence by a lot of measures, and as a result drew one of the longest conversations of that day.</p>

<p>But one thing that really got the team: He never opened his portal. The portal is the online site where students check on the status of their application and receive updates. The staff sees it as a major indicator of how serious a student is about Lehigh. The teen also never visited.</p>

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<p>The case drew one of the closest votes of the day, 9-7, to wait-list.

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[Mangiafuoco]

<p>Level of applicant’s interest seems to only be important when a student has borderline stats, but I really doubt applicant’s interest matters much when a student wins Intel or Siemens. In my opinion, a college would care less about yield than about the controversy that may result if it rejects someone who is internationally known for his/her academic achievements.

@Philadelphia Inquirer

As the team evaluated a candidate who had little demonstrated interest in Lehigh but quite a service record, Bunnick, the director, quipped: “Five hundred hours of community service? That’s like Lindsay Lohan.” He got in.

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[PurpleTitan]

<p>@Mangiafuoco:</p>

<p>What controversy? A parent/kid who won Intel/Siemens and got in to HYPSM but complains about a rejection from another school would seem like a blowhard.</p>

<p>And the school can always say that the applicant wasn’t the right fit for them (which may be the case). Schools aren’t compelled to take a competition winner.</p>

[Mangiafuoco]

<p>@PurpleTitan‌
I do not think Tufts University enjoys having the Tufts Syndrome named after it. If it becomes known that some medium-ranked university rejects someone amazing, then it may not be good for the university’s reputation.</p>

[PurpleTitan]

<p>@Mangiafuoco:</p>

<p>I don’t think that Tufts Syndrome (which few people outside of the rather rarefied CC-world have heard of, BTW), actually hurts Tufts.</p>

<p>Tufts has carved out a nice little identity and ultimately, their reputation is going to depend on what their students and faculty do, not who they reject. Companies don’t stop recruiting at Tufts because they heard of Tufts Syndrome. They decide whether to come or not depending on the student body at Tufts and the quality of candidates that they can pull from there.</p>