<p>Hey new people! what are your majors?
And my reason was basically the same as DesiCollegeGal’s in terms of the late realization- I always thought that ED was stupid and I didn’t understand why anyone would commit to a school like that…until I saw Tufts for the first time, fell in love, and realized the ED1 deadline was 4 days ago. If I was only four days earlier in touring the campus, I would know by now if I was in, instead of having to wait an agonizing 29 more days!</p>
<p>Sort of both for me… I had tried to avoid falling in love since it was my mom’s alma mater and just didn’t want to give her the satisfaction, hahahaha. But I wouldn’t have applied ED1 anyway because I needed to finish up my subject tests in November and wanted to retake the SAT1 in December.</p>
<p>And I agree Desicollegegal (would you be offended if I abbreviated that to DCG?), Harry Potter is where it’s at :)</p>
<p>DCG’s fine, Diana! It sounds…eloquent. 
And you’re a Tufts legacy then? Damn, I really wish I had that advantage! 
You have a REALLY good chance, then! </p>
<p>To the new people, why did you guys love Tufts?</p>
<p>Yikes…only around 28 days left…this is nerve wracking!</p>
<p>Heyy everyone, im also applying EDII to Tufts and I have a quick question for you guys. I clicked “yes” to an alumni interview, but today I received an email from Tufts saying that all the slots are full for interviews… you guys think this has to do anything with my application or really just is that there are no more interviewers?</p>
<p>@pbarnuevo I don’t think you should worry. Tufts doesn’t “prefer” to give a “strong” applicant an interview or “reject” an interview to a “poor” applicant. I think you were really, and truly just denied because there wasn’t enough space. Interviews at Tufts are not based on selection of “strong” or “weak” applicants (Tufts has a holistic selection process anyway) , and honestly, they really are not given much weight in the admissions process. Your ECs, essays, test scores, and grades are a more deciding factor in admissions than the interview. Don’t worry! :)</p>
<p>@DCG: Hey there HP fellow 
Potterhead all day everyday huh xD</p>
<p>Well, for Tufts I’m interested in either International Literary & Visual Art or International Relations.
And to tell the truth, one of the reason why I fell for Tufts is because I love the view from the library roof. Lucky you @diana2012 (:</p>
<p>DCG-- the nickname’s set then! haha (: good for lazy people like me. and yeah, i’m legacy, but that’ll just make it more embarrassing when i get rejected :/</p>
<p>hpdaking-- ah tell me about it! nothing better than grabbing some friends, getting burritos from ana’s, and taking your food up to the library to watch the sun set over the city and then see all boston’s lights turn on. hopefully that’s what i’ll be doing this time next year *crosses fingers</p>
<p>so how have you guys been distracting yourselves from the anxiety of the wait? i’ve been cramming a bit for midyears and trying to finish up 2nd quarter with decent grades, but most of my time has gone to rewatching the first season of lost xD</p>
<p>@diana2012: I’m not from Boston, I only had chance to visit Tufts through the Voices of Tufts program last October. But I spent my 2 nights there to look at the Boston skyline while it was snowing, pretty breathtaking for me, literally. And from that moment I know I gotta be a Jumbo and spend more time here xD</p>
<p>I actually didn’t know the exact date the decision comes out at first so I never count down, only find out it’s Feb 15 when I got on this forum. Daydreaming about how my life is going to change after that date distracts me from the reality sometimes lol</p>
<p>@king: ah man, don’t i know that feeling <3 the snow’s particularly great, although this year has absolutely sucked-- only times it’s snowed were halloween (crazy snowstorm with cancelled school, i got stuck at a party!) and last night. i swear, if i only get 1 snow day my senior year, i’m gonna kill someone.</p>
<p>and same, i keep spacing out in all my classes and dreaming about decision day. if i get rejected, my friends and i are skipping school and going for a “consolation day.” said day involves the boston aquarium and duckboats (which i’ve never been on for fear of looking like a tourist haha)</p>
<p>haha you thought one day of school was crazy? I missed seven, my power was out for TEN DAYS. the octobor snowpacalypse was INSANE!
and I keep having dreams about getting rejected and having everyone laugh and say “we knew this would happen, you’re not that smart” :/</p>
<p>damn, seven days?! and i thought we had it bad in MA :O</p>
<p>oh god, same… i just keep imagining everyone being like, “oh, no surprise”</p>
<p>Alright so now we’re talking about our nightmare right 8->
Mine is a little bit different. Since almost everybody who knows me is also aware of my big obsession on Tufts so if they find out I get rejected, they will all try to show me sympathy and that seriously would freak me out the most.</p>
<p>@diana2012: I like your “Consolation Day” idea hahah. Actually I just started making a plan of what I would do if I get rejected. It’s a good way to distract myself though.</p>
<p>Oh my god I have a similar, but different dream every night in which someone I know tells me I shouldn’t have even tried for Tufts, why would they want me?
I also have dreams about people I really hate getting into Tufts and everyone being like “Oh its because they’re so much more likeable than you”</p>
<p>@hpdaking: SAME! i’ve worn a damn tufts sweatshirt like 3 days a week for ages, so everyone (including teachers) knows. if i get rejected, the sympathy is really going to be the worst part (hence the skipping day after decisions-- i just won’t be able to face it). and yeah, planning the day is actually really fun! my best friend got deferred from brown so he and i went to porter square and got frozen yogurt and bashed brown. very therapeutic :)</p>
<p>@laura: i’m trying to decide what’s worse: the horrible anxiety dreams, or the tufts-driven insomnia. haven’t gotten a good night’s sleep since last summer D:</p>
<p>What I’ve been doing recently, besides daydreaming, to distract myself from the anxiety of waiting, is reading books [highly recommend John Green’s books such as “Will Grayson, Will Grayson” or “Looking for Alaska” xD] or wandering on Tumblr.
And same with you@diana, I’ve been wearing my Tufts hoodie, T-shirt and lanyard in school like everyday so even the one who has no idea what Tufts is know how much I’m crazy over the school.<br>
Yogurt for a skipping school day would be fun too [:</p>
<p>I love reading, but lately, even that hasn’t helped with my Tufts worry/obsession. Ah well 
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<p>And I’ve been having nightmares of checking my TAMS constantly and and getting rejected at the last minute while everyone I know gives me symapthetic looks because they know how much I am in love with Tufts!..EEK. Worst feeling ever! I hope we all get in…</p>
<p>@HPDaKing Well, hey there, fellow prospective Jumbo and Potterhead. ;)</p>
<p>And yeah, I have so much Tufts hoodies and stuff that I keep on wearing for good luck. And I’m not even superstitious lol. The things I do to become a Jumbo…smh.</p>
<p>@hpdaking: ooh thanks for the book suggestion! reading is the best way to distract yourself, but i haven’t found many new authors i like recently. going to the library today so i’ll definitely check those out. and yeah, i’m not super into tumblr but stumbleupon has been the BIGGEST time suck ever…</p>
<p>and yep, yogurt was really nice! it cheered him up a lot, and it was nice to get away from school, where everyone was talking about brown decisions all day. i still stand by my duck boats idea, though. no shame hahahahaha.</p>
<p>haha I’m from CT, we don’t have duck boats 
I’ll probably just bake when I get rejected! I bake all the time, it’s such a stress reliever. And I haven’t bought any Tufts apperal yet because I don’t want to seem like I’m obsessed then have to deal with pity when I’m rejected. Only like 10-15 people know I applied ED, I plan on being nonchalent about it.</p>
<p>ahahahaha at first i TOTALLY processed “bake” as something much more sinister than what you meant. do cupcakes! no one can be sad with cupcakes!</p>
<p>yeah i have been wondering what to do with the sweatshirt if i get rejected… burn it? i feel like i’ll just pathetically hide it in the back of my drawer or something. especially since i’m planning/hoping on transferring if i don’t get in.</p>
<p>HAHAHAHA yes diana. I am a mad druggie. Why did you think I wanted a degree in Chemical Engineering?
But cupcakes are a good idea. You’re right, I think it’s physically impossible to be both sad and eating a cupcake at the same time!</p>