<p>BBWW, it’s February 15 apparently :)</p>
<p>Hi all, I know this is extremely delayed! To be honest, I’ve been hesitant about posting my stats on CC. My reason being that I dislike how people compare themselves to others and put themselves down (one of my essays was about that), and honestly, my stats are not all that impressive. However, I’ve decided that although this is over a month late, I want to post my stats to show to those who may not have extremely impressive stats that Tufts does look at each applicant holistically and to urge future applicants to not be intimidated. Here goes.</p>
<p>I feel like you can’t tell much about a person just my looking at their stats (which is why I believe chancing threads are basically duds on Tuft’s CC). I love the fact that Tufts’s adcom goes so in depth! </p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 580R, 630M, 670 W – 1880 superscore
[</em>] SAT IIs: 450 Lit, 550 Math L2, 520 US Hist
[<em>] ACT: 24 composite
[</em>] GPA: 4.2 W
[<em>] Rank: 29/455 (At time of applications, 32/455 now)
[</em>] Other stats: Horrible APs, all three were scores of 1, 2, and 3.
Horrible IB exams, 1 and 2. Can’t remember which AP/IB exam scores I did and didn’t send.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: /li My Common App short answer was about my 4 years in Student Government and the projects/committees I have been a part of. I talked about my involvement in campus climate activities, and how I grew as a leader over the years.</p>
<p>(2) I talked about my experience last summer at my Rotary Youth Leadership Conference which was one week, and I was one out of three students selected from my school to attend. I talked about how it was a life-changing experience, and how the ropes course was an emotional roller-coaster as it helped all of the 144 campers physically get over our “walls” and obstacles. I wrote about my own struggles and how this experience helped me overcome them. I’m very proud of this one.</p>
<p>(3) For my Why Tufts supplement I talked about my passion of traveling the world and how I believe Tufts can benefit me by being my first step in seeing the rest of the world. I talked about my first visit on campus and how I fell in love with the IR program.</p>
<p>(4) I talked about my unique childhood situation which defines my life. I talked about my aunt who raised me for a majority of my life before I was vindictively taken away by my biological parents, and my feelings afterward. I wrote about the long road to understanding why they took me and accepting the fact that I need to improve my relationship with my parents during the last year we have together with me living at home. I wrote about how my aunt majorly influenced my life.</p>
<p>(5) For my world within, I talked about being constantly compared to others (siblings and peers) in regard to academics. I talked about my difficulty in measuring up to the expectations of the “Asian model minority”. I expressed that I realized I should only compare myself now to how I was before, and not compare myself to the success of others. (I need to be better today than I was yesterday. I should start improving myself by looking at where I am, not where someone else is). I’m also proud of this essay.</p>
<p>[li] ECs: Interact Club President (Rotary International), ASB President (HUGE part of my high school life), Junior high mentor, volunteer at local hospital, California Scholarship Federation, Wrote for the school newspaper for a short period</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recs: One was from my ASB advisor, the other was from my APUSH teacher. My APUSH teacher really liked me, and I know he is a very good writer. I didn’t read his letter for me, but I one he wrote a friend and it was amazing.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Counselor Rec: I’ve worked closely with my counselor ever since my freshman year, so I’m confident that she did her best in selling me.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Hook (if any): Not quite sure what this means… However, I did apply to and was accepted for the Voices of Tufts diversity program and I attended in October.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Rural northern California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese and Lao
[</em>] Gender: M
[/ul]Other Factors: I submitted an awesome, insightful optional video!</p>
<p>General Comments: Unfortunately I wasn’t able to have an interview because there wasn’t an alumnus in my area. I am also an IB diploma candidate.</p>
<p>Also, my acceptance letter mentioned that I have been accepted as a BLAST Scholar (Bridge to Liberal Arts Success at Tufts), so I will be on campus the second summer session to take some classes to help me adjust to college life and get ahead on some credits! I don’t know of anyone else who is a BLAST Scholar so far, so please let me know if you are one too! :)</p>
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<p>FUTURE APPLICANTS: If you have the opportunity to apply for the Voices program, DO IT! I knew before Voices that Tufts was my top choice, but the overnight visit locked in my decision even more and allowed me the chance to fly out and visit once again! It’s definitely worth it! You apply in September of your senior year.</p>
<p>My intention of posting my stats is not to measure up to anyone, because I know how intimidating some of these posts can be. I’m trying to add diverse character to the Class of 2016!</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who was accepted, and good luck to the ED2 and RD applicants! I can’t wait to meet you all in the fall!</p>
<p>Dear @TuftsJumbo2016, your post totally made my day and gave me more hope. My stats are not that great either but well like you I believe that you can’t know how a person is like just by looking at the numbers. And personally, I hate the SAT with a passion because I just think the concept of it is so ridiculous d:
So did you go to the Voices of Tufts program because I did too :D</p>
<p>i really appreciate your post! i agree that sat scores are so unrepresentative of a person as a whole. it’s nice to hear that someone like you got in; my test scores are also not that good.</p>