Tufts Class of 2019 ED II Decision Thread

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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Deferred**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ *] Supplementary Material:

[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[ *] If rejected, where are you looking now?

[ /list][ b]General Comments: **

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[ ] SAT I (breakdown): Superscored: CR:740 M:720 W:730
[] ACT: 33
[] SAT II: Math II: 770 Physics: 760 Spanish: 600
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Estimate 3.6? Weighted: 4.17
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History-4 Physics-5 Spanish-5 US Government and Politics-4 English Language-5 (will take Psychology, English Literature, Art History, Calculus BC, and Environmental Science)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP English Literature, AP Art History, AP Calculus BC, AP Environmental Science, Honors International Issues, Nuclear Science (online)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar

Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Very involved in Cross Country and Track, Peer Tutor group, Peer leader (subset of student government), Student Mentor
[] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor in summer
[] Volunteer/Community service: Weekly at a Farmer’s Market in the summer, lots of work through church
[] Summer Activities:
[] Essays: Unique common app essay (I wrote a poem from first person point of view during a race), other supplements were good but not great, show your nerdy side was my best
[] Teacher Recommendation: Not sure, I think my Physics teacher wrote a good one though
[] Counselor Rec: probably better than average but not stellar
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: Went very well, I connected well with my interviewer
[] Supplementary Material: none

Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): 300k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Great athlete, but not heavily recruited (coach didn’t help in application)
Reflection
[] Strengths: My Common App essay and interview helped show who I really am
[] Weaknesses: My GPA was strongly upward trending, but my freshman year grades stunk, no real “hook”
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I communicated my personality well which Tufts values
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Since its ED I am withdrawing all of my other applications

**General Comments: ** Go Jumbos! Proud to be part of the class of 2019 :slight_smile:

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Edited because I can’t format.

Maybe this will help someone, I don’t know. Anyway.

Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 750 Math: 800 Writing: 680
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: Math II 740, Chemistry 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7-8ish
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): none given by school
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chemistry (5) Biology (4) Music Theory (5) Calculus AB (5), planned AP Composition and Literature, AP Physics 1, AP Statistics, AP Government and AP Macroeconomics
[] Senior Year Course Load: Physics Honors, AP Composition and Literature, School Paper, Choir, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics and AP Government)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist

Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Choir (student director), Newspaper (copy editor), solo pianist, Cross-country/track, Philosophy Club co-founder, Quiz Bowl team captain for C team.
[] Job/Work Experience: Piano tutor/teacher
[] Volunteer/Community service: Migrant Center volunteer, volunteer at homeless shelter
[] Summer Activities: Spanish class at local university
[] Essays: Very good! I thought my Tufts essays were the best I’d written for colleges.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Biology teacher and English teacher. I didn’t see them but I assume they were positive, both teachers seem fond of me.
[] Counselor Rec: This one I did see, from the National Merit app. Very nice, I thought it captured me perfectly. She gave me lots of praise and put me in the top 10% of students.
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: Went very well, we had a nice chat and she could tell I was interested in Tufts. I wore Tufts colors, might have been a bit too far but she seemed to like it.
[] Supplementary Material: Resume of piano awards, link to portfolio of journalistic work

Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White/Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): high
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation American, though both parents went to school in the US.

Reflection
[] Strengths: Great essays, test scores. Strong extracurriculars.
[] Weaknesses: 3 Cs on the transcript, 2 in sophomore and one in senior year. Entirely As otherwise.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good communication of personality and interest in Tufts. Proof of improvement- sophomore year grades were 3.7, junior year was 4.7.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Northeastern, Case Western and Willamette early action. I obviously am withdrawing all other applications, since it was an ED application.

**General Comments: ** I’ve been to Tufts twice before, and I can’t wait for my third, extended visit! I look forward to meeting all you Jumbos this fall.

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[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math, 760 CR, 720 Writing (1 sitting)
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II: 800 Math, 800 Chem, 780 Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4 cumulative; did very poorly freshman, 3.8 soph and junior
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): chem 5, calc 5, econ 5
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Stats, AP Comp Sci
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National merit

[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): nothing special, 4 years varsity tennis, Z Club (service club)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: summer internship at a Financial Advisory firm
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at a Senior Citizen home
[ *] Summer Activities: tennis camps (F&S), internship (J)
[ *] Essays: strong essay, talked about multi-dimensional aspect of living in Hong Kong
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: pretty good, English teacher liked me and busted my butt for AP Chem
[ *] Counselor Rec: good, she knew how I impoved and matured over the years
[ *] Additional Rec:

[ *] Interview: interviewed during school visit
[ *] Supplementary Material: n/a

[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Hong Kong
[ *] School Type: International
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate):

[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): sister attended Tufts

[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: test scores
[ *] Weaknesses: GPA and ECs
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good test scores. essay, spent a lot time with essays, lost count of the number of revisions I did!
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: RD: Northwestern, CMU, Emory, WashU

[ *] If rejected, where are you looking now?

[ /list][ b]General Comments: still shocked that I got in! visited campus when my sister was doing her college tours, but too young to care. after some self assessments, I narrowed my college choices to the following criteria: must be med size with college campus settings yet close to major city (I enjoy good food), stellar academics, international student body, and small class sizes. Tufts checked all the boxes; was also impressed with the engagement of the admission officers (they were very different from others). Congrats to all who have been accepted, look forward to meeting you all during Orientation and good luck to those still waiting for results…

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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (did not send/took once)
[ *] ACT: 32 (took once)
[ *] SAT II: bio (M): 740 math ii: 650 (did not send either)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.6
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): world history (5), us history (4), bio (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: ap english, honors physics, ap french, ap gov, religion, ap calc
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): award from state’s dept of higher education for high standardized test scores for my state, regional placement in national french exam, AP scholar award, commended student in national merit scholarship program,

[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): national honor society (secretary), math honor society, foreign language honor society (vp), conservatives club (PR), cross country, track and field, swimming, diving, gymnastics, mission trip to another country
[ *] Job/Work Experience: work at amusement park 1 year
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: hospital volunteer, intensely involved in fundraising for cancer research
[ *] Summer Activities: volunteering at hospital, work
[ *] Essays: what makes you happy- unique hobby; showed philosophical side/ why tufts- loved this one about how tufts was the perfect fit/ describe enviro in which you were raised- talked about being raised in a european family and english as my second language
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: sent two- one from teacher who loved me and one from teacher known for 4 years
[ *] Counselor Rec: alright
[ *] Additional Rec:n/a
[ *] Interview: n/a
[ *] Supplementary Material: n/a

[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: private
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): yes FA aid 200k+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

[ /list][ b]Reflection**
[ *] Strengths: essays are definitely what won them over, high gpa
[ *] Weaknesses: strong competition in my state from better schools, coming from weak high school, test scores not great
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: essays!
[ *] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to villanova, umd, fordham, bc
[ *] If rejected, where are you looking now? I’m a jumbo:)))))

[ /list][ b]General Comments: ** first off, please do not judge everything by cc and waste hours and hours calculating your statistics here like I did! You will end up exactly where you are supposed to! For Tufts, I read the admissions blogs religiously even the archives, googled everything about the university, watched interviews with admissions people, visited, and got a really good sense of what Tufts was about. I kept my essays true to myself but also made sure to tailor them to the college. For example, my essays for nova were pretty different than my essays for Tufts. I am SO beyond excited to be going to my dream school. Dreams do come true with hard work! I submitted my application at 11:30 pm when it was due at midnight, and wrote one of my essays the day of. I do not recommend procrastination haha. Good luck to all:)

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