<p>I'm currently a college freshman, looking to transfer out. One of my prospective schools is Tufts, which I applied to last year as well. Unfortunately, even though I submitted the common app, I never submitted their supplement (long story), so my application ended up incomplete.
I somehow neglected to terminate my application, however, so I was sent a rejection letter anyway (of course). I feel like this complicates my answer to the previous application question, somewhat. Because even though there was an application, and there was a decision, the decision wasn't based off of the true entirety of my abilities. </p>
<p>I've seen other questions in the past about incomplete apps and this question, and the consensus seems to be that the answer should be "no", but those were in the case of vital documents missing and no decision on the part of the school being received. Can anyone shed some light?</p>
<p>Call Tufts and ask them. We can only assume how they would interpret it. If one were to use a strictly objective viewpoint I would say you HAD applied and been rejected (based on your receiving a rejection letter).</p>
<p>I’m not trying to deny that I had applied, I just meant to ask whether that particular question implies the submission of a <em>complete</em> application, as opposed to half of one. </p>
<p>I guess it depends on what that question is used for? If they’re only trying to gauge my interest, then it wouldn’t matter. But if they’re looking for context for my current application/abilities, then they’re going to be doing so while missing some info, and I don’t know what that would entail for me.</p>
<p>I’ll be sure to call them, either way. Thanks :)</p>
<p>Calling them is the best idea. We could speculate that because you got a rejection you “applied” but we could also say that because you didn’t complete an application, you didn’t really apply. There is no way for us to interpret this, so calling them, like they said, is the best option.</p>