<p>Despite the 3-4' tall stack of college mailings, none of those mailings are from Tufts (to the best of my recollection). S sent his scores to Tufts and has gone to Tufts presentations, but he has heard nothing from Tufts. He is a seemingly (over)qualified applicant, but has real interest in attending Tufts and plans to apply RD.</p>
<p>Will S be ok applying to a school that doesn't seem to know he exists or should he do something to put himself of their radar? (not sure what more he could do aside from signing up for their mailing list)</p>
<p>Any thoughts as to possibly why S has not received any contact from Tufts?</p>
<p>I’m glad to hear your son is interested in Tufts and as somebody unaffiliated with the admissions office I can’t explain the lack of mailings, but I just want to mention that I can’t think of anything that would make a student “overqualified” for Tufts ;)</p>
<p>OP, for what it’s worth, I don’t remember my D1 (now a happy freshman at Tufts) getting very much mail from Tufts, even though she visited, attended a local information session, and listed them as one of her top two schools on the National Merit form. So it’s a mystery to me, too. And very frustrating when you want to show the grandparents just what a pretty place it is, with all sorts of interesting academic opportunities, but all you have is just the brochure with all the clever things the incoming freshmen wrote in their essays. </p>
<p>Tufts is a place with a sense of humor, and they certainly understand the angst of applications and senior year. If your S emails his regional rep to say that he’s just checking in, he’s interested in the school and wants to make sure that he’s in their data banks somewhere because he hasn’t heard from them and it’s making him a little worried, then he should get a little reassurance back. And maybe some nice viewbooks.</p>
<p>Tufts does not send out lots of mail - I think we have gotten maybe one thing (and my daughter visited twice and put them on her National Merit list). I think there are just schools that send lots of mail (or emails for that matter) and schools that don’t and Tufts is in the second group. </p>
<p>I think I prefer the quiet it to the bi-weekly mail from NYU or the almost daily emails from colleges I never even heard of.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the replies. It looks like it isn’t anything to take personally :-). I had forgotten that Tufts is on the NM list. I’ll have to check out the award. </p>
<p>I get that a kid cannot be “over” qualified at Tufts, but I was refering to the “Tufts Syndrome” thread. I’ve heard similar of WUSTL. This is why I made the comment.</p>
<p>Yep - it’s true. We’re one of a rare breed of schools that doesn’t insist on spamming your mailbox (virtual or literal) with brochures and letters. If you’re concerned we’re missing him completely from our system have him register online with us - <a href=“Tufts User Authentication - Stale Request”>Tufts User Authentication - Stale Request;
<p>But I don’t think there’s anything to worry about.</p>
<p>The fact that Tufts hasnt sent my S a bunch of mail is actually a plus in our book! He has been bombarded with mail and 2 mid-west locations in particular and it is a turn off. He has decided that those schools are not environmentally responsible and are targeting him more as a direct marketer than an institution of higher learning.</p>
<p>Some schools manage to have their materials reflect very positively on the school and help you to learn a bit more about the atmosphere and philosophy. And some are just pitch materials.</p>