<p>If I decided to transfer to Tufts as say a Sophomore/Junior in order to save some money, is it of any advantage to me admissions wise that I was accepted as a freshman but didn't attend? I mean, it can't hurt, but would it really be easier to gain entrance to Tufts (or any other school for that matter) the second time around?</p>
<p>Also, are there any special circumstances for transfer students in terms of financial aid? For instance, I heard that transfers at Brown are not elligible to receive finaid.</p>
<p>If you were accepted out of high school I can't imagine why (outside of a newly aquired drug habit) you wouldn't be accepted as a transfer student. I was accepted as a transfer student. I've heard on these boards that as a transfer student the acceptance rate is around 10%, but I'd also note that the quality of applicants amongst transfers as a whole might not be as good as those coming straight out of high school. My reasoning being the likelyhood that alot of transfers just straight up didn't get into Tufts their first try or didn't even have the grades to apply to a school like Tufts coming out of high school. I would think that very few of the transfer applicants are folks who reapplied for financial reasons after having initially been accepted straight out of high school. </p>
<p>That might be wrong though so if someone thinks this isn't true go ahead and say word!</p>
<p>I agree with RBAY that if you got in as a freshman, there's no reason why you wouldn't get into Tufts as a transfer. The acceptance rate for transfers is, indeed, lower—10%—but again, you're probably highly competitive, especially because it's true that many transfers are kids who didn't get into Tufts as freshmen. In your transfer application, state that the only reason you didn't go to Tufts the first time around was because they didn't give you enough financial aid. Say it wa syour first choice, but money stood in the way. That might also motivate them to snag you the second time around, offering you a better finaid package.</p>
<p>I still think you should speak to someone at the Admissions Office and/or Financial Aid Office when you come to your overnight/Open House this week about the finaid situation. Tell them it's the /only/ factor preventing you from sending in your deposit and claiming your spot in the class of 2011.</p>
<p>burmell--I'm in the same situation as you, and I appealed my financial aid as well. My parents and I talked to the financial aid person, and she said that even though we SHOULD be getting more aid, the fact is that Tufts just doesn't have any more money to give out, since they have a relatively small endowment. Basically, your package isn't going to change, or only change by a couple thousand at the most if you appeal.</p>
<p>Yeah the endowment issue at Tufts is perplexing especially since there's 9,000 people who go to school there so it's not like it's a small school or anything. </p>
<p>Liberals aren't nearly as generous as they make themselves out to be ;)</p>
<p>Hey rightbackatyou -
There are actually approx. 5,000 undergrads at Tufts, so it's actually not that large.
Tufts has historically had a small endowment and has not had that much money to give out for financial aid. Btw, Tufts is NOT need-blind because of this. I think you already know that.
I wouldn't assume that just because you get in regular decision that it will be a slam-dunk to transfer to Tufts. That's a pretty low acceptance rate to transfer to Tufts. I hope that you are confident that you would be better than 90% of the transfer applicants. I wouldn't be.</p>
<p>The thing about to keep in mind when thinking about ransferring to Tufts is that Tufts' transfer acceptance rate is ridiculously low - the school doesn't suffer from attrition, which means that more people transfer to Tufts than from Tufts so there is a very limited number of places for transfer students.</p>
<p>Are you including grad students from all Tufts campuses, like Boston and Grafton? Because I find it very hard to believe that there are 4,000 grad students at the Medford/Somerville campus. When I went to school at Tufts there were probably only a few hundred grad students other than the Fletcher students. I'm going to check on this. :-)</p>
<p>Well, if you are going to discuss endowment and financial aid for undergrads, you should probably cite the size of Tufts based on the undergrad population which is approx. 5,000. The total student population at Tufts is 8500 undergraduate and graduate students divided among their three campuses.
Most of the graduate students are probably at the Boston and Grafton campuses. There are probably less than 400 students at the Fletcher school.
Financial aid for graduate students is a completely different matter than financial aid for undergrads. But you're a smart guy, I'm sure you know all this. :-)</p>
<p>The only reason I bring up graduate students is because they can contribute to endowment as well. It's not like Bowdoin for instance where it's just those 1,700 undergraduates contributing to the endowment and no one else.</p>