Can you confirm whether your senior grades are done by semester, trimester, or quarters and how many of those you were able to submit? I wonder if my son was deferred because we were only able to submit 1 quarter of grades so far (2nd quarter is released to colleges next week). ty!
Can you confirm whether your senior grades are done by semester, trimester, or quarters and how many of those you were able to submit? I wonder if my son was deferred because we were only able to submit 1 quarter of grades so far (2nd quarter is released to colleges next week). ty! ps: love the username lol.
we submitted Trimester 1 grades (all As). It didn’t help. Though the deferral is a little odd for ED2.
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My son was accepted and he only submitted first quarter grades, since he hasn’t received second quarter grades yet.
My second quarter grades were received this morning, so I doubt they got the chance to look at them but who knows
Good morning! We did not stay up for the decision (1 am our time), so we just found out…
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Male
3.81 UW, top 1% of class
Honorary mention
International student
Hispanic
Math Olympics (3 yrs)
State robotics champ
Elite basketball player, state team (15 h per week)
Legacy
Poor
We have officially entered the “I don’t care anymore. We’re all a bunch of numbers to them” stage.
At this point, I think he might choose to attend uni in Madrid.
Congratulations to those accepted!
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Rejected.
Asian International student requiring a lot of financial aid.
Intended Major: Computer Science( applied to the School of Arts and Sciences)
SAT: 1470
A-Level grades: Physics, Chem, Maths, Comp Science (A A A A)
decent recs
ECs: Two mobile apps( on Google Play), Project Leader at Science Fair( Built a carbon capture device that captured air pollution and converted it into ink), 12 Model UNs ( as delegate and as dais member in a few), Internship, Volunteer Teacher at an NGO
Congrats to all those accepted 
He submitted first semester grades. Stats are 1500 Sat (submitted), 4.8 uw, 4.4 w; 16 APs; nationally ranked fencer, involved with 2020 elections for Democratic Party in various roles; from competitive suburban public high school in Atlanta area; hang in there everyone, this is our second rodeo and the entire process is just nerve racking and sometimes not fair. You will all end up somewhere amazing.
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Rejected
Latino International student in need of a lot of FA.
Major: Econ and International Relations
SAT: 1470
GPA: 9.65 out of 10
IB predicted: 36
I assume good recs
ECs: Student Council president, MUN club president, Schools MUN Secretary-General, Math team, Tennis, some volunteering ECs, class government, journalism.
Honors: Silver medal in a national math competition, scholarships at school, best chair and delegate in MUN
Solid essays
Congratulations to the new Jumbos!
Accepted!
Applied for college of arts and sciences with astrophysics as my major
White female
I go to a relatively small private school in TN
GPA: 4.0 UW and 4.76 W
10 APs: AP World, AP Lang, AP US History, AP Seminar (4s and 5s on all), AP Research, AP Calc AB, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Lit, AP Gov, AP Micro (currently taking)
ACT: 34
My main EC was helping care for disabled younger brother (I wrote about this in my personal statement and additional information as well)
Other than that, I am in Colorguard and I’m involved in art at my school.
I also took a 7 week class over the summer through Harvard Summer School related to my major
No major awards
I submitted an art portfolio
I’d say my essays were pretty strong
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Rejected
From California private school
10 APs mostly 5s and only 5s and 4s as score
no SAT
4.00 UW and 4.314 W
Perfect As since 9th
Dual diploma with American and French high school diplomas
AP Scholar AP Capstone Diploma Honor Society
Good ECs (long time commitment to many clubs) and competitive ballerina
Fluent in 4 languages, grew up bilingual, nine years of Mandarin and taught Mandarin to children
Had a good interview (or so I thought)
I see the trend. Kids who have less than 1500 SAT or test optional are rejected. The most Californian kids may be affected by not being able to take tests. International kids who need a lot of FA get rejected. Typically International kids must pay full.
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I am not an international student and yes all my 7 SATs were canceled I could not take it. Terrible that that influenced the decisions.
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i also needed nearly a full ride, not sure if that impacted my denial or not though
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I am an INTNL student and did not request financial aid at all. No sat and got rejected 
Not seeing the trend yet, it looks like kids with and without scores were accepted.
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Really? Feels like more kids without scores or less than stellar score got rejected. My son applied without scores, so I felt he won’t have a chance. (He applied for RD)
I felt like a lot of kids this year don’t have good scores if they were lucky enough to take tests. They never know if they get to test even if they study for it. My son always knew that tests would be cancelled, and he did not have any motivation to study for it.
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congrats to all those who got in<3!
does anyone know approx how many students applied to tufts ed2 this year?
I’m not sure we’ve seen any break out between ED1/ED2 for Tufts for this year or any previous years.
The challenging thing is that we don’t have a full view of the applicants, what Tufts is seeking as it builds a class, and what it was seeking to fill-in as part of their ED2 round. Outside of hooks/demographics, etc., I continue to believe that essays and recommendations are not only critical, but are the hardest for us to attempt to compare. No doubt an easy alone can make an OK applicant an outstanding one. I’m sure schools are keen to compare applicants from the same high schools as well and could also consider that for SAT/ACT. We had around 15 applicants from our HS. If 13 of those provided SAT/ACT (esp from the same test dates which might suggest a school-based test), then that’s pretty telling for those 2 that did not. (I know that’s not your case, but just trying to see how Tufts might use different data points).
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