<p>I'm a white Jewish female from the Philadelphia area. I attend a public high school, have taken 5 AP classes, and have taken mostly honors/AP all of high school except for some maths and sciences. Because i'm not very good at math and had some bad teachers, my GPA is a 3.2 unweighted(but i hear most colleges re-weigh them? so it should go up). In top 25% of my class. My highest scores on the SAT were 660 math, 700 reading, 740 writing. I don't do a ton of extracurriculars but I'm involved/have been involved in a few things. This is my list of schools I'm looking at, please let me know if you know any specifics about their admissions and how good of a chance you think I have of getting in.</p>
<p>I see no list, but I do not think that you will be a particularly strong applicant at Tufts. It’s not that you’re not a fine student, it’s that your GPA and 1360 SATs (not too mention your own description of your ECS as, essentially, unimpressive) will not measure up well against the competition.</p>
<p>I’m pretty much in agreement with WCAS. However, if you show a very strong interest in the school (that would mean applying EDII, maybe exchanging e-mails with an admissions officer to get your name out there, answering the “Why Tufts” question well), write very good essay(s), and get some great recs from your teachers and counselor, you may have a shot. Frankly, your lower GPA with decent SAT’s kind of speaks to unrealized potential, which is frowned upon by most schools, especially fairly competitive ones like Tufts, but if your transcript shows improvement, like getting some B’s/C’s early on in HS followed by nearly straight A’s your junior/senior year, they may look past it. Might I recommend retaking the SAT or taking the ACT, if you took the SAT over a few months ago. I retook standardized tests after almost a year and my scores vastly improved.</p>
<p>I agree completely will praisebetoFSM.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>