Tufts ED 1 Class of 2020 Decision thread

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I saw this on the class of 2019 ED1 thread and thought it was pretty interesting.
so copy and paste this and then fill it out
Decision: Accepted

Objective:
[] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: Bio E 650, Math 2 750, US History 720 (but i didn’t send any of them in)
[] Academic GPA: 4.45 (out of 5)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[] Senior Year Academic Course Load: AP Environmental, AP Stats, AP Spanish, AP Lit, AP Econ
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): no major awards but some school awards[/li]
Subjective:
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Football (leadership council/captain), Marching Band (section leader for tubas), PE Leaders, Peer group Leader (class where 2 senior leaders run a small group with freshman), Onward House (inner-city tutoring program)
[] Job/Work Experience: No work experience prior to applying
[] Volunteer/Community service: I guess the tutoring
[] Summer Activities: Football and band
[] Essays: Common app essay about the mix of football+band; Supplements: Chose what is my dream- wrote about teaching
[] Teacher Recommendation: Great rec
[] Counselor Rec: Never got to read, but I’m sure was good.
[] Additional Rec: idk
[] Interview: n/a
[] Supplementary Material:n/a

Other
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: 3000 students, Public High School
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): <$50,000; applied for FA
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m first gen with Immigrant parents[/li]
Reflection
[] Strengths: Having done two very time consuming extra curriculars in band and football, which go on all year, and gets especially hard in the fall. Also leadership. Also my ACT
[] Weaknesses: gpa maybe
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I wrote a lot about character, so maybe that was it. I didn’t really go for the quirky approach, which made me really nervous because thats what the blog says the like.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to TCU
[*] If rejected, where are you looking now? n/a

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Decision: ACCEPTED!!!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): did not submit, 2240 (CR: 700 M: 780 W: 760)
ACT (breakdown): 33
SAT II (place score in parentheses): did not submit, 690 Math I, 690 Lit, 680 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calculus, AP English Literature, AP Spanish, Honors Anatomy and Physiology, Art II, Film Study
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): did not submit (4 years varsity soccer, 3 years JV track and field, Student Government secretary grades 11 and 12, Interact VP grade 11, Math Honor Society VP grade 12, Spanish Honor Society, National Honor Society)
Job/Work Experience: Summer internship for graphic design company, babysitting
Volunteer/Community Service: 4 years of spending a full week repairing homes in Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Project)
Summer Activities: snowboard camp, Pittsburgh Project
Essays: One of my English teachers said they were outstanding and my other English teacher cried. I was so proud of them
Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t get to read
Counselor Rec: Didn’t get to read
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: did not interview
Supplementary Material: n/a

Other
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Small public school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: too high for FA
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a

Reflection
Strengths: Essays, interest (visited 2 times, attended local information sessions, sat in on a class), very involved
Weaknesses: My scores were kind of average
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: My supplements were pretty creative (I like to think), I’m super involved in my school and leader of many clubs, interest
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UPitt Honors College
If rejected, where are you looking now?: n/a