<p>Has anyone experienced Tuft's Syndrome related to Georgetown? Like if you were wait listed or rejected with really good scores? Also, What other school did you get into or rejected from? Thanks!1</p>
<p>Georgetown is very picky with its candidates for some reason, i.e. 2300+/top 5%+ have been rejected before for poor essays/recs/EC’s. But this isn’t Tufts Syndrome. </p>
<p>They tend to look for people with some sort of “focus,” which will depend partly on the school you apply to and the major you declare.</p>
<p>Okay thanks. But I was wondering if anyone has experienced Tuft’s Syndrome first hand at Georgetown?</p>
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What? That’s Tufts’ Syndrome exactly.</p>
<p>I thought “Tuft’s Syndrome” was when a student attends a great but lower ranked school (say Tufts) but had wanted to go to a more prestigious school (say an ivy league) where they were rejected. The syndrome is the bitterness/regret one has about not being able to go to the more prestigious first choice school, and having those negative feelings turn into an inferiority complex.</p>
<p>EDIT**** According to wikipedia and past posts on this topic, I am completely and utterly wrong haha. I don’t know where I got this meaning of “Tuft’s Syndrome”.</p>
<p>Tufts Syndrome is rejecting a very qualified candidate to protect yield percentages, i.e. the school is SURE that the student has applied and will be accepted to a school of higher rank/preference. </p>
<p>Having a great gpa/SAT and getting rejected isn’t Tufts Syndrome. It means there was something “missing” from the app. To be honest, I don’t think any schools really practice this type of admissions anymore. Certainly haven’t heard of Georgetown doing this sort of thing to protect yield.</p>
<p>I have a 2390… and I know many people with 1600 were accepted (me included), so… I don’t think it’s like Tufts.</p>
<p>Was there ever any evidence at all that Tufts specifically practiced this? More than anecdotes?
You hear about this sort of thing being practiced by other schools more than you hear about Tufts doing it.</p>
<p>from what I’ve heard, Gtowns very difficult to get in because they take students from private schools and from NY</p>
<p>“I thought “Tuft’s Syndrome” was when a student attends a great but lower ranked school (say Tufts) but had wanted to go to a more prestigious school (say an ivy league) where they were rejected. The syndrome is the bitterness/regret one has about not being able to go to the more prestigious first choice school, and having those negative feelings turn into an inferiority complex.”</p>
<p>Just to address this comment (I saw your EDIT), but generally speaking, Georgetown kids are VERY happy with being at Georgetown. Never heard of anyone complaining of not being able to attend H/P/Y (though I’m sure there are a few out there), in fact, I hear tons of ppl saying that they choose Gtown over some of the lower Ivies (will remain unnamed)…</p>
<p>All the students in my school who got waitlisted by Georgetown got into Harvard.</p>
<p>Georgetown isn’t the type of school to have Tufts Syndrome. Tufts Syndrome usually affects selective schools that are “backups” to other highly selective schools, like WashU (backup to Rice, Chicago, Northwestern) or Tufts (backup to Harvard, Yale). </p>
<p>Georgetown, however, is more of a niche school than a top-tier backup. For someone who wants to do government or international studies, it IS the top choice…ahead of just about anyone, including the Ivies.</p>
<p>georgetown was 1 on my list.
yale second.
columbia third.</p>
<p>after i got in early to georgetown, i didn’t apply to the other two, not because i feared i wouldn’t get in, but because i would never choose them over georgetown.</p>
<p>I’m nearly sure WashU (St Louis) still practices this. unless Harvard accepts WashU waitlistees everyday</p>