<p>Does a rejection from Northwestern and a wait list from WashU bode ill for decisions from Tufts, Dartmouth, Boston College, Boston University and UPenn? Just for fun here are my stats:</p>
<p>Asian Male
Hoping to double major in music education and biology</p>
<p>GPA: 4.2 (Two B's in Honors English and AP English)
Weighted Rank: School doesn't rank, but top 10% I'm guessing
SAT 2: 720 Biology, 740 Math level 2
ACT: 33 Composite (34 English, 33 Math, 30 Reading, 36 Science)</p>
<p>Junior Year Schedule:
AP Biology (with 0 period Science Research)
AP US History
AP English
AP Music Theory
Pre-Calc
Spanish 2
Advanced Band
Advanced Choir</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Calculus BC (with 1 month AB intro)
AP Government (1 semester)
Honors Econ (1 semester)
AP English
Physics 1
Spanish 3
Biotechnology 1
Advanced Band
Advanced Choir</p>
<p>Activities:
Band
Choir (in and out of school)
Assistant Conductors of both band and choir
over 200 hours of volunteer work
School Plays and Musicals</p>
<p>Awards:
AP Scholar with Honors
Biology Science Department Award
Bank Of America Fine Arts
ACDA Western Division Honor Choir
California Scholarship Federation</p>
<p>Applying to:
Boston College- waiting
Boston University- waiting
Dartmouth College- waiting
Northwestern University- rejected
University of Pennsylvania- waiting
Tufts University- waiting
UC Davis- accepted
UCLA- accepted
UCSB- accepted
UCSD- accepted
WashU- wait listed</p>
<p>Tufts Syndrome for WashU I'd say, I think you have a fair shot like everyone else.</p>
<p>no. every school makes decisions independently of each other. i know it may seem that you will not get into anywhere else but trust me there will be light at the end of the road!</p>
<p>I feel the same way...confused.</p>
<p>You should be happy that you have 4 great acceptances with the UC schools.</p>
<p>i definitely would not say tufts syndrome for wash u.....princeton review ranks wash u as #9 for "hardest to get into"</p>
<p>although 4 people from my hs were admitted last week</p>
<p>WashU waitlists many people who go on to HYPS to protect their yield. I'd say so.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree, waitlist at WUSTL is Tufts syndrome. I'll bet you're in at BC and BU.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies! I think a rejection from any school is a blow to anyone's self-esteem.</p>
<p>i don't know why washu waitlists everybody. why not clear rejects? Wht's the deal??</p>
<p>They want to look better on USNWR :)</p>
<p>wait, i am confused. how does waitlisting tons of people make them look good on the rankings??</p>
<p>It's basically the Tufts Syndrome. If they wait list over qualified students who they think will get in and want to attend "better" colleges they wait list them. This way their number of students who decided to attend out of those admitted are higher.</p>
<p>It makes sure that their acceptance rate can remain low (it's one of the categories for ranking) and their yield remains high (not a category actually).</p>
<p>omg, tufts syndrome? i didin't know such thing existed!!! I heard my friends complaining and wondering why the heck they all got waitlisted, while they all felt that they were qualified..This isn't really fair. They should admit qualified students if they like these students, just like any other good schools. This seems really cheap, if this is true.</p>
<p>Not much you can do about it :)</p>
<p>To the Original Poster. May I ask if you are California In-state residence? I have similar stats with you and I'm highly considering UCLA. Except im Out of state :</p>
<p>i got waitlisted at wash u and rejected from northwestern too.</p>
<p>To vesper: Yes I am a california residence which may be why I got into schools like UCLA and UCSD but not Northwestern. Perhaps if I was out of state like yourself I would not have gotten in.</p>
<p>At UCSB, you could combine your interests in science and music in the College of Creative Studies.</p>