**** Tufts Class Of 2012 ED Decisions ****

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tufts University
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<p>I am so surprised that the ED decisions are out and this board is not buzzing with posts on the topic. Heck, there is not even an "official" ED thread for people to post their outcomes. Yes, stats are not the end-all of college admissions at the individual level, but when viewed as a collection they sometimes paint a useful picture. For example, this year's UChicago thread seems to suggest that in addition to going to the Common App next year, Chicago seems to have swung to a far more "by the numbers" approach to admissions, befitting any "top 10's" institution's obsession with admitting mostly over-achievers who have cured cancer by the age of 16. Let's hope that Tufts does not follow the trend :-).</p>

<p>Without further adieu, here is my attempt at gleaning what RD may look like. Please read and follow the instructions, many people on other boards seem to miss the requirement to remove the spaces within the square brackets.</p>

<p>Good luck to everyone - Da Geek</p>

<p>Copy and paste the text below the "====" into the reply, then fill in the answers. First decision, then SAT scores, etc. Remove the first space after EVERY opening square bracket to make it work. </p>

<p>Let's make it a little more easier to read by making ACCEPTED green, REJECTED red, and DEFERRED blue. Do this by by putting Red, Blue, or Green in where the word "Green" is right now in the first line.</p>

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[ size=+1][ color=Green][ b]Decision:[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:
[ *]SAT IIs:
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA (uw/w):
[ *]Rank (uw/w):
[ *]Other stats:[ /list]</p>

<p>[ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:
[ *]Teacher Recs:
[ *]Counselor Rec:
[ *]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please)
[ *]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides, etc)
[ *]Extracurriculars: (top three only, please, no laundry lists of everything you ever did)[ /list]</p>

<p>[ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location (state/country):
[ *]High School Type:
[ *]Ethnicity:
[ *]Gender
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no)[ /list]</p>

<p>[ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Major strength/weakness:
[ *]Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted to Engineering :)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2300 - 800 CR, 760 M, 740 (12) W
[</em>]SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 800 Math II, 760 Bio, 750 Math I
[<em>]ACT:N/A
[</em>]GPA (uw/w): 3.67 UW (out of 4.0), 4.43 W (out of 5.0)
[<em>]Rank (uw/w):school doesn't rank (probably in the top 5-10%)
[</em>]Other stats: not sure what to put here...[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays:
-Common app: short one about playing music, long one about being a triplet
-Supplement: wrote optional essay #2 about imagination/invention
[</em>]Teacher Recs: got one from my math teacher from last year who really liked me (I didn't see what he wrote though)
[<em>]Counselor Rec: not really sure
[</em>]Hook: the only big thing is that my dad went there for med school and my grandfather went there for undergrad and med school
[<em>]Supplementary Material: nothing?
[</em>]Extracurriculars:
-Captain of XC team; run varsity XC, indoor T/F, outdoor T/F
-play Clarinet and Alto and Bari sax in jazz groups in and out of school
-still go to Hebrew School[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location (state/country):
Massachusetts (suburb of Boston about 30min from Tufts)
[</em>]High School Type:
Medium-large sized Public (~1800 students); one of two in the city
[<em>]Ethnicity: white
[</em>]Gender: male
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: no [/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>]Awards:
-Got a silver medal on the National Spanish Exam
-I've made the honor role at my HS every term
-Commended on PSATs
-Got the fall MIAA sportsmanship award (given to two seniors at each school)
[<em>]Major strength/weakness: I think my biggest weakness is that I did hardly any community service
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I think I was accepted because I've excelled in all of my classes related to my prospective major (engineering), but I've still done well in all of my other classes as well as extra-curriculars
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I don't really have any advice, just make sure you put time into the essays, and you should probably write the optional one[/ul]</p>

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<p>To quote a respected member of this board</p>

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<p>Congratulations! Third generation Jumbo, that's pretty cool. :-)</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:n/a
[</em>]SAT IIs: 700 math IIc
[<em>]ACT: 30 composite
[</em>]GPA: 3.7 or 3.8... i dont really know for sure
[<em>]Rank (uw/w): 2
[</em>]Other stats:[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: In my opinion, my essays were AMAZING! The main one for the common app was about how solving complex calculus problems makes me think of oranges...
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Really good. My teachers love me :)
[li]Counselor Rec: Same as above.</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Extracurriculars: I'm involved in an international peace program that I've traveled with to different countries. I've done A LOT of community service. I tutor kids 3 times a week.... etc.[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location (state/country): Texas
[<em>]High School Type: Private
[</em>]Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>]Gender: Female
Other[list]
[</em>]Awards: Awarded Texas Prodigy Scholarship for co-enrollment at UTD (I take my math class there because i took BC calc last year)... 4th place @ state for Advanced Mathematics. 1st place in district for calculator and 2nd place district for advanced mathematics... etc... um 1st place sonnet award for texas society of poetry. Mu alpha theta... etc.
[li]Major strength/weakness: Weakness- I switched schools during my sophomore year. However, I explained the reason why in an additional essay. [/li]Strength- I'm really good at math? lol [/ul]</p>

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<p>Sorry.... I just realized that I messed up on the personal part for my stats so i hope you don't mind.
Oh and I was accepted into Engineering as well</p>