My chances at Tufts?

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<p>Stats: </p>

<p>Rising Senior, just finished Junior year...</p>

<p>GPA: ~3.477 unweighted, ~4.0 weighted, these will hopefully be a bit higher by the end of first semester Senior year. </p>

<p>New SAT (First time taking it EVER, June 4th)
1910 Composite
710 CR
600 M
600 W (9/12 Essay)</p>

<p>ACT W/Writing (First time ever taking this as well, June 11th)
30 Composite
26 English (Not sure what happened here)
28 Math
29 Science
35 Reading</p>

<p>Haven't received essay score yet....</p>

<p>Classes this past year(Junior):
AP Psychology (A's)
AP US History (A's)
AP English Language & Comp. (A's)
Precalculus Honors (C-1st semester, brought it up to a B for 2nd semester)
Physics Honors (B-1st semester, brought it up to an A for 2nd semester)
Debate VI Honors (A's)
Government Honors (A's)
Health (A's)</p>

<p>Extra-Curric: </p>

<p>Debate Team (~325 NFL Points...for those who know what those are), this is my passion, I've competed in 5 different event categories as well, and placed in 3 of them (Student Congress, Oral Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Public Forum, Policy)
President of Debate
VP of Law Club
Mock Trial Team
Social Studies Honor Society
JETS </p>

<p>Community Service: Counselor at Summer Camp, ~125+ Hours
Work: Public Library (20 Hours/Week)</p>

<p>Background: Single-Parent Home, Dad pays no child support, etc. Roman Catholic, Irish-Italian, Public School in Florida </p>

<p>Looking to major: Poli. Sci., Government, Political Media
Minor: Journalism/Psych </p>

<p>Courses for Senior year:
AP Euro
AP US Gov
AP Microeconomics
AP Lit
AP Stats
AP World (Independent Study)
Debate VIII Honors </p>

<p>So, do I have a shot at Tufts, I know it's a reach, but just curious about your opinions?</p>

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<p>yeah just push up your GPA and aim for a 150-200 point improvement on ur SAT's... ur ec's are brilliant so no wrongs there.</p>

<p>make sure you visit the campus as they want you to show a lot of interest in the school..(this is considered very important in admissions to tufts).. apply ED to really increase your chances.</p>

<p>other than that write killer essays in your app. You do these things and you will have a great shot! Good Luck</p>

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<p>Yeah, I mean, I plan on submitting my ACT as my higher score as I'm going to take it again in September and expect hopefully a 31-32 Composite</p>