Tufts for ED 1?? Any chance??

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I’m applying to Tufts for ED this november and I won’t be surprised if I get rejected, but why not give it a shot?

GPA: 3.41 unweighted /4.3[weighted]
Rank: top 15%
SAT: 2120 (superscore) (waiting back to hear my score from october)
SAT subject test: Math 1(800)
Math 2(800)
Chemistry (610)
PSAT: 214
TOEFL: 107(one sitting)
AP: 5 on AP Calculus AB, 3 on AP English(Lang&Comp), 5 on psychology and 3 on world history (will have taken 12 AP courses by graduation)

Race: Asian( I’m not a U.S.citizen since I came to America in 2007)
Geographic: Baltimore, Maryland
Income: Middle class (around 60,000)
Community Service: +400 hours
Personality/Characteristic: I’m not the most outgoing person, but people say that I’m a great listener and always willing to help others

Leadership: -Autism Youth Ambassadors Club (Vice President)
-Empire club (President)

Award: -maintaing 3.5GPA or higher during sports season (Tennis)
-honor roll (9,10,11)
-County executive award for serving the Korean community
-U.S.Senator (Ben Cardin) award
-County Governor (Larry Hogan) award
-honorable mention in National Spanish Exam
-AP scholar with honor
-national merit commended student
-nominated for All Eastern Band (top musicians from states in East Coast have a chance of playing in the best band from East Coast)

Extracurricular activities:
-National Spanish Honor Society
-Autism Youth Ambassador Club (vice president)
-Key Club
-Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra (Clarinetist) [Very selective group of musicians from all over the region]

  • BCPS Side-By-Side Orchestra (Clarinetist) [Very selective audition process (top two clarinetists in the county)]
    -BCPS All County Honors Band
    -BCPS All County Honors Orchestra – first chair clarinetist two years in a row
    -Maryland All State Junior/Senior Band [Highly selective audition process (top eleven clarinetists in the state)]
    -Hanul-Sori Gayageum Orchestra [Year-round practice and performance at senior centers, Korean festivals, and local churches, teach how to play traditional Korean instruments to people of all ages ]

Volunteer/work experience:
-intern at a rehabilitation center in Korean hospital for the summer
-intern at local medical Center for the summer
-set up chairs for orchestras every sundays
-pot spring tutor (teach Kindergartens every week)

Teacher’s recommendation: -my english teacher who knows that i’m a hard worker
-my math teacher who knows that i excel in math area
(i’m also getting one from my mentor who i interned at the local medical center)

Essay: how my autistic sister shaped my attitude and helped to broaden my perspective

I also worked with the researchers in writing a scientific research paper(if that will boost my acceptance rate)

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Not going to happen. Way too low GPA and SAT is not over-the-top for Tufts. I’d say your wasting your one ED option in this case.

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Hi again, @pastalover0495 :slight_smile: I’m really happy I happened to come across this post because the answer above couldn’t be more wrong. If you’ve done any research on Tufts and explored their websites and blogs at all, you’ll see it’s so blatantly obvious that they care about the way you present yourself in an application as a living, breathing person with hobbies and interests, and not as a number or statistic. If you’re worried about your scores, don’t be. Your GPA and SAT scores are great and your math subject test scores are fantastic. And if you come from one of the best high schools in the nation, they will definitely know about your rigorous curriculum and they’ll know that you’re pushing yourself. Your extracurriculars are fantastic too. You’ve shown that you’re consistent in your activities and you’ve got some leadership, music achievements, and lots of community service.
Honestly from what I’ve learned in my research, the Tufts people just want to see your personality. As long as you wrote an essay that really showed who you are as a person, your character, and your values, and your supplements were creative or honest and revealing, I think there’s a good change you’ll get in. I think the writing really matters for Tufts because they seem to want to accept interesting people and not just numbers. And although the admissions officers would never directly say it, the ED application definitely adds an edge to your application. It’s the highest level of interest you could show :slight_smile:
So while nobody can say your chances of admission (because it depends on your essays and supplements and also really depends on the rest of the applicant pool), I would say to not entirely lose hope. Who knows :slight_smile:
-From a fellow Tufts hopeful :slight_smile:

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Hi @CluelessCathy (again haha)! I really really appreciate your input!! :smiley: I was originally planning on applying for ED 1, but I decided to push back to ED 2 because I want to prove to Tufts that I’m working hard in my senior year. Have you applied already?? If so, I hope Tufts sees your genuine personality and hopefully see you as a member of Tufts, Class of 2020!!

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@pastalover0495 I already applied! :open_mouth: I’m feeling really nervous about it because there are so many aspects of ourselves to show and it’s so hard to show all of yourself in a couple of supplements. I really hope I showed enough of my personality… I know my essay and supplements were well written, but it’s hard to make something stand out when 20,000 people apply :confused: Oh well, all I can do is hope for the best :slight_smile: I’m really happy I’ll get the result early though, it’s so hard to wait such a long time for an important decision to come out :stuck_out_tongue: I think it was a really great idea to push your application to ED 2! More time is always good to improve your application. Good luck!! I hope you get in :slight_smile: