**TUFTS RD Results Class of 2015**

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<p>ACCEPTED </p>

<p>Objective
SATs: 2150
SATIIs: 700 eng, 730 math II
GPA: 3.5
Rank: NA
APs: APUSH,Studio Art,Latin V, Calc AB, micro/macro econ
Awards: A bunch of football awards, art awards, community service</p>

<p>Subjective
Extracurriculars: Football QB/ captain, 100+ hours of community service, photography
Work experience: none
Volunteer/community service: ^
Summer Activities: Training, Camp counselor for blind
Essays: Very strong/ personal
Teacher recommendations: probably good
Counselor recommendation: bad
Interview: yes, went well</p>

<p>Other
Applied for financial aid?: No
Intended major: undecided, econ
Country: US
School type: Good private school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: boi
Income bracket: 250++
Hooks: none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses: grades
Why you think you were accepted: well rounded
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: UCSB, BC, Cornell, Lehigh, Michigan, NYU, Pomona, USC, Trinity, Wisconsin/ WL: Berkely, Johns Hopkins, Wesleyan/ Denied: Brown, UCSD, Chicago, Duke, Gtown, MIT, Penn, Washu,</p>

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<p>Choose One:
Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (700 Critical Reading 710 Math 770 Writing)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT Subject Tests: 750 Math II 660 Biology (Molecular)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[<em>] Weighted GPA: School doesn’t do this
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Biology SL, Spanish B SL, English HL, Mathematics HL, Economics HL, and History HL
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Subject Awards in History and Spanish, Nominated for Female Athlete of the Year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Student Council (Executive Council in Junior Year, President in Senior Year), NHS (Treasurer), Basketball (Placed top 3 for all years I have participated including 2 championships, All Tournament Player, equivalent to MVP, in Junior Year and Coaches Award in Senior Year), 5 MUN Conferences, Soccer, Volleyball (Coaches Award in Sophomore Year), Writer for School Magazine, Participated in various theater shows
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Law Internship. Interned at the Bombay High Courts for 2 weeks and then at the Delhi Supreme Court for 1 week with the former Attorney General of India
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours in Community Service. Worked on an HIV/AIDs project in conjunction with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, tutored poor children in Math and English. Also participated in 2 Habitat for Humanity projects.
[</em>] Summer Activities: See Job/Work Experience
[<em>] Essays: I thought my CommonApp was pretty good. I talked about moving from America to India and what living in two different places taught me, and ultimately how this shaped me into a global citizen. I can’t really say the same thing for my Supplement Essays since I wrote those in 2 hours, and at the complete last minute (Literally turned in my application a minute before it was due) But I wrote about things that I thought would appeal to the admissions office and I showed that I had done my research on Tufts.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation 1: Assuming it was solid.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation 2: Same as above.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Must’ve been solid.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From the former Attorney General of India, was pretty good.
[</em>] Interview: None
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): India, but am an American citizen
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, Community Service, Challenging Courseload
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA and SAT II’s
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Overall I’m a really well rounded student. My course load is also pretty challenging with 4 HL’s. I think my essays appealed to the whole active and global citizenship that Tufts seems to appreciate.[/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>cfxdct:</p>

<p>You sound like an introspective and bright guy and after reading what you wrote, I had to respond. My son was accepted to Tufts last year and is currently a college freshman. I remember all the rejections, acceptances and waitlists that all came at once.</p>

<p>He also loved Tufts and couldn’t imagine going anywhere else. You got accepted at some excellent schools and I’m sure you will fit into one of them very well.
And you will have a better understanding of what to work harder (or better) at in college academically. </p>

<p>Lastly, my son, who could never have imagined going anywhere but Tufts, ultimately he chose to go to UC Berkeley. He loves it at Cal and never looked back.
You won’t either!
Best Regards, a mom with a son in college</p>