<p>Here we go Jumbos 2016!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted into Tufts/SMFA Dual Degree With Academic Scholarship from SMFA</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2100 (didn’t send)
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 730 physics, 760 US History, 690 Biology (didn’t send)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geography (4), Physics (4) US History (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Biology, Honors Latin III, AP Econ (Micro and Macro), AP Senior English, AP Spanish V, AP Drawing, AP Calc BC
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Presidential Volunteer Service Award, AP Scholar, Illinois State Scholar, PSAE Scholar, Spanish Honor Society, Latin Honor Society, National Honor Society, Artwork at Columbia College’s Manifest Art Show, violin/piano awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Prose Editor) for Literary Arts Magazine, Multicultural Club, Assistant Art Teacher Volunteer, Math Team, LD Debate (fresh/soph), Latin Club, Art Club, Fine Arts Booster Board, I work with an artist at his studio once a week (very serious art student but also enthralled by the sciences)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: First Job at age 15 at a Pumpkin Farm, age 16 worked at Delia’s in a mall, then got a better paying job at Francesca’s collections where I have worked for over a year and a half
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours (assistant art teacher, create a change board member…etc)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Taken Summer school while working every year of high school. Last summer I did an intensive chemistry course at Northwestern University with current university students.
[</em>] Essays: Very unique. I wrote one essay about eating bananas, the other about how collecting pigs when I was little shaped my intellectual curiosity. Common App essay was VERY abstract (started with a short story). One essay was very serious though and was about my mom’s disability. So they had a mix of abstract, light heated humor, and serious writing in my supplement! encompassed who I am!
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Fantastic! 
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Probably generic because I applied to so many schools and she hand writes all of them.
[<em>] Additional Rec: 
from a my fourth/fifth grade art teacher who I still volunteer with! Very touching
[</em>] Interview: …horrible. I mistakenly called my female interviewer a Mr. in an email, and I felt that I was very awkward during the interview. She was incredibly nice though and very patient with me!</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender:Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Art/Biology Student (rare combination especially since Bio isn’t one of their more common majors at Tufts)
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lower GPA because I work 30+ hours every week
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: It was a very holistic approach and I was sincere through my application
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Vanderbilt, U of I Honors program with James scholarship, Full ride to DePaul
Waitlisted at Northwestern (even though I did a class there and got an A in it…hmmm…), Uchicago, WashU, Brown, Cornell
Rejected: Princeton</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I am absolutely thrilled to be a part of the incoming class! Tufts and the city of Boston has so much to offer! At the beginning of this process Brown was my first choice, but after being Deferred ED and visiting Tufts, Tufts easily became my #1 school. I look forward to meeting you all next year!!!</p>
<p>Congrats to all of the acceptees!!! If you decide to attend Tufts, please come out to support the Men’s and Women’s soccer teams. They are very exciting and a great way to take a break from studying and meet students, and to enjoy the internationally recognized Beautiful Game. Support the Jumbo Nation!</p>
<p>To those rejected or waitlisted, we wish you the best!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 32 – one sitting, junior year
[<em>] SAT II: 790 (Lit), 730 (Bio), 710 (USH)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20th percentile
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 4, USH 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Govt, AP Calc AB, Honors Physics, Honors Latin IV
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Hispanic Merit Scholar</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President, Latin Club; Manager, Theater Costume Department (4 years); Water Polo Team Manager
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Swim instructor (four summers), Lifeguard
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer 2x/week at local hospital, other misc stuff
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview: Really good</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major(s): Bio/anthro (pre-med)
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private, all-girls Catholic
[<em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican-American)
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income bracket (if applicable): That middle ground where we don’t qualify for FA but really can’t afford $60k+/year
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Nothing outstanding, just a solid student
[</em>] Weaknesses: I love this school, visited twice from CA.
[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: [/li]Accepted: Tufts, Wesleyan, Fordham (full-tuition scholarship), Villanova, Loyola Chicago ($14k scholarship)
W/L: Amherst
Rejected: Yale, Duke, USC
Waiting: Georgetown</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Love Tufts, but have weigh whether or not it makes sense to go here versus Fordham @ $15k/year (room & board only due to full tuition scholarship). Waiting for FA details but not expecting anything.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 720CR, 670M, 770W (took once, sophomore year)
ACT: 34 (took once, junior year fall)
SAT II: Biology 800, Physics 800, Math 1 710, Math 2 770
Weighted GPA: 98.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics B (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Calculus AB, AP French 5, AP Literature, two orchestras
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Technical theatre (4 years, school and 3 internships, summer work), cello (9 years, principal cellist for school orchestras, TA for my orchestra teacher, various private orchestras), Science Olympiad (3 years), Student Government (3 years), school GSA (2 years)
Job/Work Experience: Worked at local library (3 years), local frozen yogurt shop (2 years)
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer for local fire department, library, etc
Essays: Strong.
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t read them, probably great
Counselor Rec: Didn’t read, probably great
Additional Rec: Orchestra teacher, didn’t read, probably great
Interview: Eh… not very good.</p>
<p>Other
Intended Major(s): undecided
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income bracket (if applicable): high enough that we don’t qualify for need-based, yet 240k will be a stretch
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: I think my dedication to a few unique extracurriculars helped me stand out
Weaknesses: SAT scores? I decided not to take it again.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Smith, SUNY Binghamton, Oberlin (w/scholarship), Brandeis (w/scholarship), Skidmore
W/L: Pomona</p>
<p>General Comments: I’m so excited to have been accepted!! Now I have to decide if it’s worth paying full tuition at Tufts when I have good scholarship offers at a few good LACs. Congrats to all fellow prospective 2016 Jumbos!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Accepted elsewhere: Haverford, Muhlenberg
Rejected: Brown, Yale, Amherst, Williams, Georgetown, U. Chicago, Vassar</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2240
SAT II: Eng. 730, US Hist. 720,
Weighted GPA: 4.57
AP 's: 10
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Gov, AP Enviorn. Science, AP French, AP Lit., Orchestra- all A’s
Major Awards: National Merit Commendation, AP Scholar with Distinction, Rotary Youth Leadership</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Violinist in city’s Youth Symphony, Chamber groups, Quartets, Lit Mag Lead Editor/ Pres., MUN, French Honors Society Pres., Girl Scouts 13 years,
Job/Work Experience: Teachers Asst. at private gifted school
Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts
Essays: Strong
Teacher Recommendation: great
Counselor Rec: great
Interview: great</p>
<p>Other
Intended Major(s): IR
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income bracket: FA recipient
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
Reflection
Strengths: Essays
Weaknesses: ?</p>
<p>Actually, above was wait listed Vassar and U Chicago-</p>
<p>Would someone kindly tell me why people are posting all their personal data here? </p>
<p>My kid got into Tufts. My whole family is thrilled. But does anybody here really want to know my kid’s GPA and test scores and what he did over every summer of high school? Really? What kinda person needs that kind of information? And why? What do you hope to gain from knowing all that about, or sharing all that with, someone you don’t even know?</p>
<p>It may not be intended this way, but posting this stuff comes off as bragging, and to a bunch of strangers no less. You might want to consider that before you post more of your personal details. If that is your intention, it’s kinda odd too. It’s off-putting, fyi. </p>
<p>If you want to make people feel bad or jealous, why would you want to do that? If you just have a need to talk about your achievements, just know that they’re probably a whole lot more interesting to you than they are to anybody else. And it makes you seem shallow, though you’re probably not! </p>
<p>You’re all successful, whoever you are, so good for you! I wish you all well, and continued success. Have fun. Have a real life. And stop caring that other people think you’re wonderful because of what you’ve posted online.</p>
<p>Check any school board on College Confidential, people post their stats. It’s not about bragging, its about students applying looking at these stats and seeing if they are comprable and are likely to get in. Granted, even if you have the same stats as someone it’s no guarantee that you’ll get in, but it may offer some hope for someone during the process. It’s also very helpful for a school like Tufts that has a holistic admissions process, because it shows the range of students that get in, perhaps not based on grades but on their ECs or other things.</p>
<p>I understand why applicants might want to see these stats but they really are meaningless without context, especially with Tufts. Naviance or even Tufts’s admitted student profile can tell you if your stats are in the ballpark. Beyond that, and especially with Tufts, it’s the stories each applicant shares in his or her essays, what their teachers say about their academic potential and character, how good a match the school is, and how they present themselves in their alum interviews. These are all intangibles that simply cannot be accurately described here. </p>
<p>Based solely on numbers, Tufts was a reach for my son. But he was ready to take on the odds. He’d spent three years challenging himself academically (even if he took a hit to his GPA) and he got to know his guidance counselor very well so she could write a knowledgeable rec for him when the time came. He put his heart and soul into his own essays and picked great teachers to write his recs (teachers who gave him high 80s/low 90s in their classes but knew the grades did not reflect who he was as a thinker), and he thought a lot about what he wanted his essays to say about him, and how they would fit into and augment the total package.</p>
<p>So, my advice to all future Tufts applicants is, or course, to earn the best stats you can but think at least if nor more about all those other elements of your application. Your application file is a self-portrait that you paint: what colors will you use, will it be light or cast in shadows, what will you wear, what’s the perspective, the size, the medium, the style? Abstract, computer-created, or Renaissance portraiture? Is there a soundtrack? Helping the reader to see, feel and hear all those threads of your life will go much farther than wondering if your stats are good enough. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Students post a lot more than numbers in these posts. I always kind of enjoy them. It’s good to see both the great kids who get in and the often equally great kids who don’t. Gives some perspective.</p>
<p>@hippups: in all honesty, i probably wouldn’t even have bothered to apply to tufts if i hadn’t seen the stats of accepted students on cc. i have a relatively low uw gpa, but seeing other kids’ info made me realize that i still had a chance. it’s not about bragging; it’s about giving prospective applicants a more accurate picture of what an accepted student looks like than what you typically find online or in college books.</p>