Tufts, chance me please?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tufts University
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<p>I'm a senior and I plan applying RD with an intended major in econ. How are my chances?</p>

<p>SAT superscore: 2340/1600
SAT I CR 740, M 800, WR 710 (10/68)
SAT I CR 800, M 760, WR 740 (9/74)</p>

<p>SAT II's: Bio M 800, Math 2 800, Chem 800, US 770, World H, 720</p>

<p>AP's:
Chem 5
Macro 5
Micro (taken as independent study) 5
Govt US 5
US history 5
Calc BC 5, AB subscore, 5
Bio 5
English lang. & comp. 5</p>

<p>Taking this year: AP Stats, AP English Lit., AP Spanish (I have taken 8 years of spanish), AP Physics C (both), AP Euro, Humanities H, Sociology, Senior Capstone Project, GYM</p>

<p>GPA 96.80/100
Rank 9/350 (top 3%) school does not report though</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Model UN, President
Amnesty international club, President
NHS, President
Las Voces (spanish language club) President
Science olympiad: two gold medals at CT state competition
Moody's Mega Math Challenge
SPHERES programming challenge
Mock Trial
Math Honor Society
Spanish honor Society
JETS (engineering competition)
Tutoring at inner city school
Intramural Golf
Literary magazine</p>

<p>White male, good public school in CT</p>

<p>I plan on applying to Harvard EA, UNC Chapel Hill EA Uconn EA, and RD to BU, Brown, GW, Georgetown, MIT, Penn, Princeton, Tufts, Wesleyan, Yale</p>

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<p>Your grades are fine and your ECs look fine. How much time do you spend on your core extracurriculars a week (e.g. Model UN, Amnesty International, SciOly, Mock Trial, Tutoring, Golf, and LitMag)?</p>

<p>And why Tufts in particular? From your list, which includes some vastly different schools (by local culture), and from your post, I don’t see anything that stands out as you being particularly interested in Tufts.</p>

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<p>I think if you apply to Harvard early, you can’t apply EA anywhere else.</p>

<p>Hard to know if being so well-rounded will count for or against you!</p>

<p>The list doesn’t seem too unreasonable, most of the schools are urban or inner suburbs - medium sized universities. My son had a similar list with Vassar as an outlier in case he changed his mind about smaller schools.</p>

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<p>“If I apply single choice early action to Harvard may I apply to another college’s Early Action program that is not single choice?
No - unless the college is a public institution.”-Harvard College FAQ</p>

<p>I had thought the same as you about applying early to both, but they recently clarified their policy with an FAQ on the admissions website.c</p>

<p>Also, I found the X college intriguing(I would love to take classes their!), loved the campus when I visited, and liked the all around “mediumness” of Tufts.</p>

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<p>I sense you’re fishing for compliments.
As you undoubtedly know, you’re a very competitive applicant everywhere.
Good luck.</p>

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<p>yes, and he deserves every one.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>

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<p>you’re definitely good. with all of those schools as RD’s you definitely don’t need to apply to BU, why do the extra work with the essays when you have other options that with your credentials would be better choices for you!</p>