Regular Decision: Class of 2011 Results

<p>Hey everyone, fill this out when decisions come in. I copied this form from the JHU forum so we can use it here! Good luck to everyone:</p>

<p>You know the deal, the format is this, and REMEMBER TO remove spaces:</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?:
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year's):
[ *] IBs (including this year's:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] Number of Acceptances At Your School:
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

<p>Example:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: Yes
* SAT I (by section): 800M, 800W (12 essay), 810 CR
* SAT IIs: 800 Math I, 800 Math II, 800 Bio-E, 800 Bio-M, 800 Chinese, 800 Spanish, 800 Literature, 800 World History, 790 USH
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0UW/5.0W
* Rank: 1/589230
* ACT: 36
* APs (including this year's): 24 AP's, all self-study (I had to take IB classes at school), all 5's
* IBs (including this year's: 24 IB classes taken
* Senior Yr Courseload: IB Theory of Everything and Anything, IB Athletics, IB Lunch, IB College Tournament Pick'em, IB Roller Coaster Tycoon, IB Underwater Basketweaving (I had to take these b/c I already took all the other IB classes)
* Number of Apps from Your School: Just little old me
* Number of Acceptances At Your School:
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): I was picked most likely to commit suicide
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Varsity Track, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Softball, Crew, Lacrosse; President of Chess Club, Student Government, NHS, FFA, Captain of FCA; Founder of school's chapter of Model UN, Amnesty International; Over 500 hours of community service at local research center helping with cure for cancer
* Job/Work Experience: I hold down a 40hr/week job as a Fortune 500 marketing consultant
* Essays (subject and responses): I had them reviewed by old aunt Maya Angelou, she said they were astounding
* Teacher Recs: So-so
* Counselor Rec: Pretty good
* Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): I invited my interviewer to a restaurant I own, said I was the most outstanding applicant ever, and the meal was really good
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Nothing really stands out on my application, so I don't know
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: Wyoming
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Subpar
* Ethnicity: half black, half Native American, half Pacific Islander
* Gender: Undeclared
* Income Bracket: $5-10 per year
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I'm not sure of any
* Strengths: None really
* Weaknesses: My super low score on my SAT II USH, not too many EC's
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Divine intervention?
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Good luck to everyone! Hope to see you all next fall!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] SAT I (by section): M:770, V:740, W:690
[<em>] SAT IIs:MII: 710, eng:660, USH:660
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: w- 97.1 u/w- 3.95
[<em>] Rank: 7/460
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 4's on eng lang, USHist, Calc AB, this year- Stat, eng lit, govt, pysch
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:required computer class, AP eng, AP Stat, mock trial, varsity choir, (online) govt, AP Pysch
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: maybe 4-5?
[<em>] Number of Acceptances At Your School: idk yet
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): a lot of mock trial awards (state and national recognition as an attorney) also ill be graduation from my school's law academy, so that helped i think
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: mock trial, student council (VP), tons of community service, key club, nhs, etc..
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: right now im working for a state representative in the TX house, ive also been a waitress and cashier
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): pretty good, orginal anyways
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: not sure about the writing, but she loved me!
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): best one! i really emphasized my interest in going to Tufts! something the interviewer said sometimes wasnt brought out (like ppl used tufts as a back-up)
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): none i can think of
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: TX
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): large, public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender:f
[</em>] Income Bracket:100k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):nope
[</em>] Strengths: i think my focus on law and government really helped, i wrote one essay on my interest in international diplomacy- and my whole app kinda tied around that theme
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT II's ) :
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: IR is a top major there- and its what i've been wanting to do forever, and i think my app conveyed my passion for it
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: so thankful right now!</p>

<p>MTgodess how did u find out already?</p>

<p>I see you wholly trust that portal MTGoddess. Congratulations though! Ludacrispat267 check out the "get what..." thread</p>

<p>neverming MT Goddess, I saw how you got it. Also, I would wait until the real thing to post that. I know it might be true but I'm still not sure. I got the same "Congratulations 2010" page as she did, but Im still not sold.</p>

<p>Stats to follow..</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] </p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?:No
[ *] SAT I (by section):670 V 690 M 740 W
[ *] SAT IIs:660 M1C 660 LIT
[ *] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:94.33 UW
[ *] Rank:28/372
[ *] ACT:31
[ *] APs (including this year's):NOT OFFERED
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:debate, yearbook, website, sports, other stuff
[ *] Job/Work Experience:drug store
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):gooood
[ *] Teacher Recs:idk
[ *] Counselor Rec:idk
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location):very good and down to earth
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:ny
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):good catholic school
[ *] Ethnicity:white
[ *] Gender:m
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):cousin-alum who wrote letter?
[ *] Strengths:essays?
[ *] Weaknesses:scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:idk but idc</p>

<p>TUFTS CLASS OF 2011!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:YEs
[</em>] SAT I (by section): V/700; M/610; W/660
[<em>] SAT IIs: None
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.9 W and 3.8 UW
[<em>] Rank: 32/800ish
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 4 APs- Psych[5]; English Language[4]; English Lit.[pending]; and Art History[pending]
[li] IBs (including this year's: NONE[/li][</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English, Physics Honors, APArt history, Philo./World Religions Honors, Precalculus Honors, and Gov't/Econ. Honors
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: dunno. enough.
[</em>] Number of Acceptances At Your School: dunno
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Hispanic Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Piano, Languages [german, spanish], National Honor Society...
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): weren't bad; importance of diversity and the story of my life. lol not original but def. personal.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: really good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec:decent
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): None
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Hispanic
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Florida
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): sucky public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $40k a year
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Hispanic, first generation..
[<em>] Strengths: determination, strength, big boobs ;]
[</em>] Weaknesses: no self confidence
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: perhaps they noted the enthusiasm and the fact that I surpassed a trying past. ::shrugs:: Perhaps the decidee was drunk..?[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
.:.Congratulations to everyone who got accepted and a big hug to those who didn't.:.</p>

<p>Congrats everyone. Hope to see all of you matriculate next year :)</p>

<p>Accepted! Wooohoooo!</p>

<p>Those of you accepted should note where else you got in (and rejected) and how likely it is you'll go to Tufts. Those of you rejected/waitlisted should note the same and where you will probably go instead.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* Fee Waiver Used?: no
* SAT I (by section): M:760, V:720, W:650
* SAT IIs:MII: 740, USH 710
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: uw=4.0
* Rank: School does not rank.

* ACT:
* APs (including this year's): APUSH-4 Eng-3 currently Bio, Calc, lit
* IBs (including this year's:
* Senior Yr Courseload: AP lit, Calc AB, Spanish 3, Bio AP, elective.
* Number of Apps from Your School: maybe 4-5?
* Number of Acceptances At Your School: no clue
* Other stats (Awards, etc.):
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Mostly sports
* Job/Work Experience: Ccity!
* Essays (subject and responses): About changing schools, but written in extended metaphor, very funny.

* Teacher Recs: Good
* Counselor Rec: Good
* Interview: It was mediocore.

* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Athlete (track)? At least I think so.

</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: TX
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Small, Private, average SAT 1250ish (11-12), Small, Private, average SAT 1100ish (10), Medium, International average Sat 1330ish (9).

* Ethnicity: Azn
* Gender:Boii
* Income Bracket:150k+
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Athlete?
* Strengths:
* Weaknesses: Strength of Schedule
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Athlete probably, but then again I was only contacted once, whereas at CMC the coach called me a lot and I still didnt get in. On-par stats yeh?

</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Boston really likes me today, first BC then this. Rejected at Columbia, UCLA, waitlisted CMC. Accepted, UCI, UCSD, UTexas (instate), BC,. Waiting on Stanford, NYU. Though I really want to go to the east coast, my EFC is high, and the cost would put a real dent on my parents wallet. So considering, but money is the big issue.</p>

<p>waitlisted..
SATs 800 math 800 reading 760 writing
SATIIs 800 math 800 chem 770 lit
National Merit Finalist
kind of surprised... but I was accepted at JHU, and Tufts was really about my 5th choice... maybe it showed on the application... oh well... Good luck to everyone else!</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 600 M 750 CR 740 W
* SAT IIs: 700 History 700 Lit
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.7 UW 4.1 W
* Rank: 8 out of 230
* ACT:
* APs (including this year's): like 7 total
*IBs (including this year's:
* Senior Yr Courseload:Hardest possible
* Number of Apps from Your School: 2
* Number of Acceptances At Your School:IDK
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): FBLA, </p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:2 Varsity Sports, Class President, etc. etc.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: limited
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Very good but very last minute. My grandpa, who i am, a poster of an advertisement, and a common app one.
[ *] Teacher Recs: Alright
[ *] Counselor Rec: Never saw it
[ *] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Dentist from Woodbury, CT. Went Amazing.
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:CT
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): crappy, most going to a state school.
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Upper Middle Class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths: Essays, Interview
[ *] Weaknesses:SAT, EC's were so/so
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:Because i was voted man of the year for superlatives.
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>

<p>I got into Lehigh and am still waiting for Wesleyan and Colgate. I never expected to get into Tufts with my 1350 so now I have to think things over a lot.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 760M, 670CR, 720W
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800IIC, 680USH, 600Physics
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.8/4.4
[<em>] Rank: 3/326
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 6 - Gov, USH, ELit, Elang, Calc BC, Physics C
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Spanish 4, ELit, Calc BC, Advanced CAD, Gov, Physics C
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 3
[<em>] Number of Acceptances At Your School: Don't know yet.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Mu Alpha Theta President, Church Leader, a lot of leadership and community involvement
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard/Soccer Referee
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): They were my best.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): The best interview out of the ones I had.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): None.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NJ
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Average Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 80,000 (but both parents now unemployed)
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[</em>] Strengths: Essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT Physics
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Essays. It had to be. I'm so happy after not getting in to a bunch of other top schools. I may very well be attending next fall!
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>This definitely helps the sting of other rejections. I'm so happy right now!</p>

<p>As for others:</p>

<p>Cornell: Waitlisted
Duke: Waitlisted
Penn: Rejected
WUSTL: Waitlisted
Maryland: Accepted W/ Scholars and $20,000/yr
Delaware: Accepted W/ Honors and $13,000/yr
Vermont Accepted W/ Honors and $3,000/yr
TCNJ: Accepted W/ Honors and $8,000/yr
Lehigh: Accepted W/ $10,000/yr</p>

<p>Money is just merit aid. It'll most likely come down to Tufts, Lehigh, and Maryland.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: nope
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 760 m, 760 v, 700w
[<em>] SAT IIs:780 us history, 750 math i, 750 bio e
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.0 uw/ 4.6 w
[<em>] Rank: school doesn't rank - but at least within top 3%
[</em>] APs (including this year's): us history (5), enviro, psych, eng lit</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: a lot of community service, sadd, volunteering at animal shelter, etc.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I thought my essays were pretty good, some of my more creative ones
[<em>] Teacher Recs: never saw, but my teacher knows me pretty well
[</em>] Counselor Rec: never saw, but probably okay
[li] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): great! my best one!</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: MA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public school, fairly competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Strengths: writing, well-rounded
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied:no idea, but i'm EXCITED</p>[/li]
<p>Other Colleges:
Boston College - accepted
Bates - accepted
Colby - accepted
Bowdoin - waitlisted
Haverford - waitlisted
Dartmouth - rejected
Northwestern: ?
Connecticut College: ?
Middlebury: ?</p>

<p>Just another one of your 1,200 posts, eh lolbelle?</p>

<p>Don't know where you're going with that comment, Old Prof, but I mean, yeah I guess so.</p>

<p>Rejected, unfortunately. My college counsellor said it was only because I needed financial aid, which makes this seem so unfair...oh well.
Congrats to the accepted students!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: nope
[</em>] SAT I (by section): n/a
[<em>] SAT IIs: Bio E - 700 in frosh year
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: An A- unweighted average...I think (we're not big on GPAs)
[<em>] Rank: school doesn't rank
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5 Euro (soph year), 5 APUSH/English Lang & 4 AB Calc (junior year), French Lang and English Lit this year
[</em>] IBs (including this year's: none
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: lots of English, languages, history...I suck at science and math
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Um...I think I was the only one since everyone else got in early somewhere else and withdrew.
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Nothing special.
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Loads of theatre, loads of voice stuff, leadership positions in both but only school-wide.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Research for a professor at Princeton since the summer
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Common app one was on Freudian dream analysis and how it pertained to my life in drama (funny). I really liked my Tufts short essays...I did the optional one on the short-story subject of "Confessions of a Middle-School Bully" or whatever that was but I made it a monologue. Everyone really liked them.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Haven't seen them, but I assume pretty good. My professor whom I work for also wrote me a rec--he offered, so I assume that one's good as well.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: He read me this one--it was really good.
[<em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): At her house. She was a teacher at a local high school. Turned out that she teaches one of my friends who goes there. She was very friendly and warm, but a little professional.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I don't think I have one...?
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NJ
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Tiny tiny all-girls Sacred Heart school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Up there
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, recs, POTENTIALLY ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades, scores, ECs aren't that interesting
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I really showed interest in Tufts. And my essays were good.[/li][/ul]
Other Factors:**
*General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: * I'm VERY happy to be in--Tufts is one of my top choices!! Good luck everyone!!</p>

<p>Oh, and for the other decisions:</p>

<p>Yale - Deferred SCEA/Rejected (eh, who needs them)
Bowdoin - Accepted
Middlebury - ??
Swarthmore - Waitlisted
Vassar - Waitlisted
Oberlin - Accepted
Kenyon - Waitlisted
Colby - Accepted
American - Accepted
Dickinson - Accepted</p>

<p>I'll most likely be attending Bowdoin, but Tufts is definitely still vying for a spot.</p>