Should I EDII Tufts? HELP ME :(

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tufts University
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<p>Hi I'm new to CC. Tuft is definitely one of my top choices. I would rather get go to Brown but realistically I probably wouldn't get in. I just got my acceptance to Northeastern (safety) with decent financial aid, honors college, and scholarships. I also applied for many big scholarships at BU and not sure if I should increase my chances at Tufts by ED'ing or just RD and compare my schools and financial aid packages. Money IS an issue, but not the biggest issue. Please help me I'm lost :(</p>

<p>State: MA
Race: Asian, Male
Public High School, dont know how competitive. ~3ppl enter top schools yearly
Rank 8/~330
Weighted GPA 4.5/5.4
2100 SATs: 630 reading, 670 writing, 800 math
SAT IIs: 740 math 2, taking bio M later. expecting ~700
31 ACT with 35 in Math. Just retook it and probably getting 32-33 comp</p>

<p>Current Schedule:
Senior Year: All APs (lit, psych, bio, calcAB, mandarin)
Junior Year: AP eng (5), school had APush but did not take</p>

<p>National Honor Society, foreign language honor society, one other honor society
science fair awards: local, regional, state</p>

<p>ECS:
4 years swimming
JROTC: group commander (#1 in charge, oversees 160+ cadets)
Math Team/Calculus Team: presdient
Debate Team: cofounder/ secretary
Kitty Hawk Honor Society (tutoring)- president
Academic Decathlon- numerous regional/state victories
Volunteering at hospital, summer school, community. over 500 hours</p>

<p>My essays were alright, wouldn't say spectacular
Recommendation letters pretty good, from Pre-Calc and Bio Teacher
Intended bio major and pre-med track</p>

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<p>You’re in JROTC; are you planning on continuing with ROTC in college?</p>

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<p>no, i will not be continuing rotc</p>

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<p>To be honest, I don’t see a particularly good reason for you to apply EDII to Tufts. It does not increase your chances of getting in all that much (the official line is not at all) and I’m not getting the sense that Tufts is anything more to you than a decently-sized good New England university. Certainly apply and come visit us in April if you get in, but I would apply regular decision if I were you.</p>

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<p>If finances are an issue, you should not apply ED anywhere. You need to compare FA offers from everywhere you can get in so you can fully analyze the relative tradeoffs of costs versus what you want.
Tufts does not award merit aid, just financial aid. So if your EFC is low, then Tufts may work for you, but if your EFC is not low, then Tufts will be very expensive.</p>