Daughter was deferred. She’s very bummed.
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I’m so sorry. But they defer a very small percentage so it does mean she still has a good shot in the RD round
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Accepted!!!
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Thanks for taking the time to write that. Do you know the percentage … I read somewhere that it was ~8%…but still. She really loved Tufts and she wrote a super thoughtful app. Now she’s faced with waiting and risking not applying ED2 to another school. I think she should move on. They had their chance.
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Congrats!
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Accepted! And we are low income so the great news came as a shock. Thank you to this community for the advice and handholding. I still believe in the advice I got here : love the school that loves you back.
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If it helps anyone, my neighbor was deferred from Tufts ED two years ago, and in the regular round got into two Ivy League schools. So one school’s deferral doesn’t mean that you won’t get in to other fabulous schools.
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D accepted! So thankful my D19 had gotten home from Tulane for winter break 15 minutes before decisions came out. She received not so good news 4 years ago but ended up in the school that loved her. Have faith for those that didn’t get the news they wanted. Life works out in weird ways some times.
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I think I read about 8% as well. At admitted students day last year, there was someone on our tour that was accepted after being deferred in ED1
When my D was deferred by another NESCAC school ED1 that had a similarly low deferral rate, I tried to convince her to apply to another school ED2, but she refused. It was killing me b/c the ED2 option was a school she loved and was hooked. She refused b/c she needed closure with her first choice.
She ended up being accepted, got into several other peer schools and decided not to enroll in her ED1 school.
From what I’ve observed over the years, qualified applicants like my D are often deferred by highly-rejected schools b/c AOs use ED to nail down hooked applicants, meaning recruited athletes, legacies, URMs, FGLI, geographically diverse applicants, and unicorns (IYKWIM). My D was an unhooked applicant from an overrepresented state, and IIRC your D is, too.
It’s such a hard time. I know that I wanted to spare my D (and me) the months of waiting and more possible rejection. Hang in there!
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So grateful that you took the time to post this. Thank you thank you thank you!
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Congrats to all that got accepted!
Can you please post your stats here for reference? Thanks.
I was accepted! Here are my stats:
Ohio resident, no hooks
34 ACT
GPA: 4.0 UW 4.4 W
ECs:
- Founded news broadcasting club at my school
- co president of marketing club
- 4 years varsity tennis
- tutoring Ukrainian student in English
- founded hiking club
- business club
- internship at marketing organization during summer
- two lead roles in school plays
- 12 years of piano lessons
- summer tennis coach
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My D21 was rejected by Tufts ED2 but ended up getting merit at Smith College in RD and absolutely loves it. She can’t imagine being anywhere else. I do recommend moving on (I may have this discussion with my S23 who is currently awaiting his ED decision which comes out Friday).
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Does anyone know the approximate percentage of ED1 applicants deferred by Tufts in a typical year? Trying to decide whether to wait or move on…
I don’t know that you will get that info. Often, when stats are released for ED, ED1 and ED2 are lumped together. And while schools report on their WL activity in their CDS profile, the nuances of what happens with ED applicants, beyond # accepted, is generally unknown.
You could ask your CC to call, but IME, they are most likely to answer this question when the deferred student has some link to the development office. But it’s still worth a try.
I had noted that 6 years ago, most who were not accepted at Tufts were deferred. Posters on this board have indicated deferrals have dropped. If a school doesn’t have unlimited FA (as is the case at Tufts), they should not defer students they will not fund (although I don’t know if that’s the case.) But in any case, not all deferrals are equal.
Sometimes, it’s a gentle way of letting down legacies, so a soft rejection. Sometimes, it’s a kid they really want (legacy, etc) but they need to see a little more evidence that they can hack it, usually in the form of strong grades. I have seen a couple get this feedback through the CC and get admitted RD.
Or maybe, genuinely, they want to reconsider you with all the RD applicants. Perhaps you look very much like many of the recruited athletes who came in ED and the school is holding out for students who bring something else. How that shakes out depends. Nobody can really advise on this.
If you were struggling to pick an ED school and Tufts had a strong competitor, it could be worth it to ED2 there. But if not, see what happens RD.
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Very helpful thanks. Not a legacy, no hooks, full payer from oversubscribed state. Very “Tufty” essays, activities, and recs. Sigh.
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If you can, provide some updates to your application. Awards, prizes, slight uptick in GPA, etc. If the application is just a bit better in the RD round, it can help. It makes it easier for the AO to advocate for you in committee.
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Thank you for sharing this. May I ask what a “Tufty” essay is?
The kind of essays that demonstrate the applicant would be a good fit at Tufts.