<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>
<p>"I keep reading this, but I don't see it in practice. The top applicants from my d's school were accepted, even if they went elsewhere. The complaints seem to come from students who assume that great grades/SAT scores alone should be enough to get into WashU. Like other highly selective schools, that isn't enough anymore."</p>
<p>Of course. Tufts and WUSTL are extremely selective, and frequently throw numbers-driven students off guard, because, like other highly competitive students, they're looking for the same qualities (and some others unique to each of them) that JHU, Duke, GTU, etc. look for = what sets student A above all the other highly qualified applicants. People who have not researched the schools or who believe all the rubbish online think that they have been denied because they were "overqualified." If someone was accepted at JHU and denied at Tufts, it wasn't because they were the victim of some "Syndrome," it was that they didn't fit the mold for that particular school, and vice-versa.</p>
<p>Anyone familiar with the "National Society of High School Scholars"? or "Who's Who Among American High Schools"? My child wants to attend an Ivy school, my gut tells me these nominations are not the same as say the California Scholarship Federation. Please let me know your thoughts.thank you!</p>
<p>Its a scam.</p>