<p>Why do people use the term "Tufts Syndrome" even when making accusations of yield protection against other schools. This may have happened at Tufts 10 years ago, but the average SAT scores and GPAs of both admitted and matriculated students have increased substantially in recent years. I don't think anyone can take admission to a school that accepts barely a quarter of its applicants for granted. Admissions is NOT a numbers-only objective game, as other facctors are taken into account. Besides, why are students bitter about being rejected by a school that's supposedly "beneath" them?</p>