Regular Decision: Class of 2011 Results

Colleges & Universities A-Z Tufts University
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: w 4.4, uw 3.95
[<em>] Rank: 2/250
[</em>] ACT: 28
[<em>] APs (including this year's): psych, govt, and calc (my school does not offer many challenging courses)
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Hispanic Scholar, Boys' State</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] ECs listed on app: Peer Mediation, Peer Mentoring, Key Club, Theatre, Track, Cross Country, NHS, lots of community service
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: just summer jobs
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): on how my parents have inspired me and shaped who I am. I thought it was good. haha
[</em>] Teacher Recs: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): had to do it over the phone because of my remote location, but it went very well. I think we clicked nicely.
[li] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): I don't know. Maybe small-town kid with limited opportunities? National Hispanic Scholar might have helped.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] State or Country: Nevada
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): small public school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Upper Middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none?
[<em>] Strengths: EC's, essays, interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: test scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My interview and essays were both pretty good.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I can finally breathe. I am trying to decide between Tufts and USC (spring 08 admit)</p>

<p>Other Schools:
Accepted: USC, Wake Forest, Pepperdine
Rejected: UCLA, Cal, Northwestern</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] Fee Waiver Used?:NO
[</em>] SAT I (by section):800 MATHS. 610 W. 540 CR
[<em>] SAT IIs:700 Chem. 710M1. 690M2
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:None
[<em>] Rank:None
[</em>] ACT:None
[<em>] APs (including this year's):None
[</em>] IBs (including this year's:None
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload:None
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School:2-3
[<em>] Number of Acceptances At Your School:1
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.):Olevel - 8As
[/ul]</p>

<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:Pakistan
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): ---
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
Fee Waiver Used?: no
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: W 3.8, UW 3.7...(averaged an A-)
Rank: My school does not calculate it but I know I'm in the top 10
SATI: 730CR, 740M, 670W
SATII: 800US History, 760Chem, 700Math
APs (including this year's): Psych, Gov, Calc, Chem, and US History
Other stats (Awards, etc.): Boys' State, other random awards that Tufts probably didn't care about. (what does winning a principal's award really say about me as a person, anyway?)</p>

<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: President of JSA, Treasurer of Student Government, Drama Club, Treasurer of National Honor Society, Eagle Scout (BSA), Board Game Club ;)
Job/Work Experience: worked at restaurant and for my mother's accounting firm.
Essays (subject and responses): I talked about my mother/family background and about a risk I took. I have not looked at the essays in 4 months so I don't remember the exact storyline.
Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: great
Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): Was not offered one.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Massachusetts
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): small but well respected public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Top 5%
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Strengths: Test scores, essays, ECs
Weaknesses: Being an upper middle class white suburban kid from the South Shore (I assume they had hundreds of applications like mine)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My essays were good...apparently.</p>

<p>Other Schools:
Accepted: BC, BU, Northeastern
Waitlisted: Northwestern
Rejected: Yale, Cornell, UPenn</p>

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<p>USC-wannabe Totally differnt types of schools....................better think about what kind of environment you want. My D got into both USC and Tufts. USC offered BIG money, but she chose Tufts because.........no big football/sports emphasis; no big Greek emphasis; very much "east coast" compared to USC which is very very Southern Cal (we live in So Cal)..........kids have very different attitudes about what is important (that Tuft's world view thing).</p>

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<p>thanks for the input blucroo. USC was always my top choice, but this year I really fell in love with Tufts. I am visiting Tufts on the 20th, so I will see how comfortable I feel there.</p>

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<p>Hey, I'm also dealing with that USC vs Tufts choice.
Each is quite different, but with its merits. USC gets points for its weather, location: lifestyle things.
Tufts scores for its student body, not being a sporting college: Primarily academic things.</p>

<p>At this point I'm really comparing each college's weak points (in my opinion) against each other and waiting for financial info.</p>