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<p>Well Tufts is my dream school. Had I have known more about it, I would not have been so lazy. Here are my stats:</p>

<p>ED
Private Catholic School
GPA: About 3.2 UW
Class Rank: 32/177....but 7th boy?
ACT: 30</p>

<p>Classes:
Spanish I
Algebra II Honors
Human Biology Honors
English I Honors
World History Honors
Religion I
Information Technology Expo (Independant study)</p>

<p>Geometry Honors
Biology Honors
American Civilization Honors (Double class English/History)
Spanish II Honors
Religion II
Band</p>

<p>AP US History
Honors Intergrated Math/Physics Technology (Double class Calc/Physics, hardest class in the school)
English III Honors
Spanish III Honors
Religion III</p>

<p>AP Calc
AP Chem
AP English
Bioethics Honors
Psychology
Sociology</p>

<p>ECs:
2006 MA HS Varsity State Powerlifting Champion 165 lb class....multiple National rankings and other high placing meets
Varsity Football
Drummer in multiple rock bands
LOTS of Community Service
NHS
Physics Team
Amnesty International</p>

<p>Really excellent recommendations...a world-famous physisist/nun who taught HIMPT and AP Calc, my principle who has a PhD from Harvard and teaches my Bioethics Class, and my English III teachers who is a great writer and absolutely loves me.</p>

<p>I'd have to say my essays are really good. I wrote about being the only Jew at a Catholic school, my passion for philosophy, and my "who are you" essay is extrememly powerful. My common app essay is a personal reflection on why I chose psychology/philosophy...about a friend who I tried to help but ended up in rehab, and how I want to reconcile myself by helping others.</p>

<p>My interview also went awesome. I had my interviewer asking me about where he could buy quality protein...he was very interested and amazed.</p>

<p>So what do you think? I know it's a reach...but I really hope I get in!</p>

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<p>You've got about as much chance as I have at winning the bronze medal for the womens 200 M relay.</p>

<p>You haven't a ghost of a chance man, seriously. Get off these boards. </p>

<p>Really hope you didn't drop $65 on an application.</p>

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<p>ur stats are kind of low for tufts, but you may have a shot if your essay, interview, and recs are strong, and if you show you can contribute something to the class that nobody else can.</p>

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<p>rightbackatyou....I haven't seen you say anything nice to anyone. Who are you anyways?</p>

<p>If it helps, my GPA is low because I got a 3.0 freshman year. However, first term this year I recieved a 3.67.</p>

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<p>MLevine07: ignore him.</p>

<p>Anyway, so you do know Tufts is a real reach. However, by applying ED I, you probably are giving yourself more of a chance of getting in. At this point, all you can do is wait a week and see what the results are... Question though, are you planning on playing football at Tufts? That would help you because I know it isn't particularly easy to attract academically-qualified athletes to a DivIII school. Also, how well have you done on your APs?</p>

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<p>mlevine07 what school?</p>

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<p>By the way, I just noticed you never gave us your SAT II scores either...</p>

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<p>They told me they wouldn't use my SATIIs because I didn't use my ACTs. They were 670 LIT 680MI 610M2.</p>

<p>I go to Coyle Cassidy.</p>

<p>I bombed US History...but that was because our teacher refused to teach to the test. We all bombed it sadly.</p>

<p>I may play football, and talked to my interviewer about telling Tufts I'd like to do crew.</p>

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<p>Oh yah...I have two part time jobs. I work as a Physical Therapy Aide and also work at a gym.</p>

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<p>I don't understand - you're not submitting ACT or SAT IIs? What standardized test scores are you sending in?</p>

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<p>Ahhh. I meant I couldn't use my SATIIs because I wasn't using my SATIs. Sorry.</p>

<p>Forgot to add this EC also...I'm part of the Leadership Assembly and was Junior Class Treasurer.</p>

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<p>Of course you can. I submitted ACT and SAT IIs.</p>

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<p>^^ She's right -- I did the same thing.</p>

<p>Anyway, you're not a shoo-in, but you never know.. Good luck, buddy.</p>

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<p>I emailed them, telling them to please ignore my SATIs when they were recieved. Here's the responce:</p>

<p>Hello Michael,</p>

<p>Thank you for your application.</p>

<p>We will not consider SAT II scores without the SAT I. If you have taken the ACT with Writing, you can have us use that score instead of the SAT I & II. </p>

<p>I hope this is helpful. We wish you well in your college search.</p>

<p>Ellen Mounteer </p>

<p>Tufts University </p>

<p>Undergraduate Admissions</p>

<p>Yah..so that stinks for me, because I did decent on the SATIIs.
LIT 670 MI 680 MII 610</p>

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<p>If you did well on the SAT II's, they will still see them, they just won't really use them to count for admission, but they will know that you did well on the SAT IIs.</p>

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<p>"We will not consider SAT II scores without the SAT I"</p>

<p>That's wrong. You can combine option 1 and 2</p>

<p>"Applicants are free to meet the testing requirements with more than one of the options outlined above, as long as the requirements for a least one option are met in full. The Admissions Committee will use the highest individual scores for each section of the SAT Reasoning Test."
<a href="http://admissions.tufts.edu/?pid=119%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.tufts.edu/?pid=119&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>So Admissions told me the wrong thing?</p>

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<p>Sounds like it</p>

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<p>Sorry about that MLevigne. I really am, pretty sure I was hammered when I wrote that so sorry. I was just looking for someone to vent on.</p>

<p>Folks here have gave you alot of good advice that I doubt I would've been able to come up with so yeah, might as well ignore me.</p>

<p>I sincerely hope everything works out for you and if you need some extras please PM and I'd be more than happy to help you in any way I can. Again, feel sorry about that, I'm a stain on humanity I know. But yeah, if you questions say word.</p>

<p>Good luck yo :)</p>

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<p>Try looking at state schools and realistic colleges, unless you want to keep wasting your time.</p>