<p>I was hoping a few people could 'chance' me for Regular Decision to Tufts. It's my first choice school, and I'm dying (not literally) to hear their decision. Here's a few things of my stats </p>
<p>GPA: 96.734 (Weighted, that's all my school gives)
Rank: 9/266</p>
<p>All Honors and AP</p>
<p>Fierce essays and letters of recommendation - when I say 'fierce' I mean like, Lioness-level of fierceness.</p>
<p>I did have an alumni interview, it went great. I was reading good vibes off of the alumnus. </p>
<p>Activities: President of Math Honor Society, VP Science Honor Society, President Spanish Club - Those are my main activities, I've committed most of my time to them, organizing food and toy drives and that type of thing. But, I'm also in NHS, Global Community Club, Safe Schools Ambassadors.</p>
<p>I worked at a major hospital in NYC for two summers interning in a Microbiology Lab and Cardiac Catheterization Lab. I've figure skated since I was little.</p>
<p>Your gpa/rank/activities all look good, but your test scores are all on the very low end of Tufts' spectrum. That doesn't rule you out, but it means your essays/recs are going to have to be incredibly impressive.</p>
<p>I agree.. plus you seem to have a great personality and sense of humor. But not to be harsh your SAT and ACT scores are really low for Tufts and seem unusually low if you've taken all honors and AP's.</p>
<p>number isn't everything -- lol, maybe you have a shot, but it would be an infinitely better shot with a higher SAT. but don't rule Tufts out just yet. because the only thing weighing you down is the SAT, in my humble opinion, so if they sort of look away from it and onto your ECs or recs, you can't go wrong there, it seems lol. Good luck.</p>
<p>Just to give some meaning to the fact that "voice" is profoundly meaningful to the Tufts application: that does not mean that numbers are not important. Keep in mind that the most competitive schools have way too many applicants with sterling credentials - including "numbers" - than they could ever admit. The point is that numbers alone will not get you into Tufts, even if your numbers are better than those of some other applicants. They look at the whole application, but the whole application necessarily includes the numbers too. And in this case, the "numbers" are woefully low for Tufts, exacerbated by the fact that the applicant is a white male from a NYC suburb, hardly the most interesting demographic. Tufts has more white applicants from the NY metro area with far superior board scores and comparable or better in-school ECs than it knows what to do with.
The hook, if any (and I am skeptical here because the board scores are just so low for Tufts), might be the out-of-school ECs.<br>
BOATSHOEINWINTER, could you expand a bit on those? Tell us about the scope and depth of your work at the hospital, and about your figure skating. Are you a competitive skater?</p>