<p>@PianoEtoile - I get that, don’t worry. It’s unlikely we’d make any move to admit until towards the end of May, but it’s possible we’ll release a large portion of the waitlist before then. We’re working hard to get everyone their final decisions - both sides of decisions- as fast as possible.</p>
<p>If you’d like, you can e-mail me and I can make a note in your file on the dates you’ll be away and the best way to reach you during that time.</p>
<p>Great, thanks so much! </p>
<p>Sorry if I sent the message twice, I’m new to CC and haven’t yet mastered the art of PMing.</p>
<p>If I only sent it once, feel free to ignore all but the first line of this post :)</p>
<p>Sure!</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>macboook, can you please pm me it as well? thanks! :)</p>
<p>^ There’s no point in PMing now. Dan has already made everything clear.</p>
<p>Is Tufts going to the waitlist? I’m starting to lose all hope in this waitlist lingo. :(</p>
<p>*limbo 10char</p>
<p>I haven’t heard anything yet either freakozoid. Try to get pumped about the school you’re currently slated to attend! After all, if you’re in love with Tufts (and who isn’t?), you can always apply as a transfer!</p>
<p>Is there ANY news from Tufts regarding the waitlist??? Thought we’d be hearing “toward the end of May”… tomorrow is June 1. I was lucky enough to be parked on four wait lists. Heard from three and still waiting for my fav.</p>
<p>Rejected :D</p>
<p>it’s not a rejection…no one’s getting off the waiting list this year</p>
<p>so… has there been any waitlist news?
just curious</p>
<p>^They sent an email on Friday saying they’re not taking anyone off the waitlist.</p>
<p>Revived for those who need some help, and for a thoughtful space for questions for those who have them. I’ll stress that every year is different, so try not to read into the results from past posters, but I think the info in the thread is still relevant.</p>
<p>How do you decide who (if anyone) gets off the waitlist first?</p>
<p>Dan,
Other than an expression of sincere interest, is there anything to be done to increase odds of being taken off waitlist if spots do become available? Update accomplishments or letters of recommendation? Try to call/meet with admissions rep? Stated differently, how are decisions made once spots open up.</p>
<p>@Hardysmom - the short and easy answer to your first question: no. Other than an explicit statement of interst, you (or your son/daughter) have already done the work. The waitlist is NOT a second round of admission in the way you might think. There’s no need to send us anything new.</p>
<p>What makes the waitlist different is that (and I cannot stress this enough) we already know you would be a fantastic Tufts student. We already know we would be proud and happy to see you as a Jumbo in the fall. The vast majority of the waitlist offers we’re made to students who were recommended for admission by the person who read their application. Speaking for my own territory, the waitlisted students are ones I pushed to admit. You don’t need to convince us anymore. </p>
<p>So, often, the waitlist is used (by us) in a more clinical way. Is the class properly gender balanced? Do we have enough engineers? Or too many engineers? Art History majors? Students from Massachusetts? Etc. And we can afford to be clinical because (and I’ll say it again) every student on the waitlist is someone we want. </p>
<p>Once you’ve sent us your waitlist form, you’ve done what you can, and it’s ok to move on. Start getting excited about your other options, and think of the waitlist as a potential exciting surprise, instead of a prize you must win.</p>
<p>Hi! I was recently waitlisted at Tufts. I was very disappointed as it was my first choice. For the waitlist I am curious if it matters how many students are attending Tufts from your high school. For example, I go to a relatively tiny private school. Four people were accepted to Tufts ED/ED2 and three were accepted regular. All three who were accepted regular are choosing to attend Tufts. Will this decrease my chances of getting off the waitlist? Would Tufts be wary to take 8 students from one, small high school? I really hope this doesn’t affect my chances. Also, how do coaches come into play during the wait list process? Does the admissions office take into account if you are a recruited athlete at this point in the admission process? Go jumbos!!</p>
<p>I would think that if Tufts was willing to take 7 people from your school, that one additional person would not tip the scale. I would follow Dan’s advice above and let the admissions office know explicitly that Tufts is your number one choice. As far as being a recruited athlete, I’m not sure how much a coach’s input has at any point in the process, let alone at the wait-list juncture. But it certainly wouldn’t hurt to contact the coach, let him/her know it’s where you want to go and would really appreciate anything s/he could do. Good luck.</p>
<p>I was wondering, the waiting list reply form asks what my tentative plan is at the moment, but I am not 100% sure where I am going yet as I am visiting the SoCal schools next next week (23rd-26th), so I was wondering if I just put a ‘likely’ plan (say I put Berkeley, but I end up not choosing Berkeley), would that be something horridly gone wrong? I know the deadline to send in the waiting list reply form is by the 27th, but I won’t have known where for sure until around the 26th/27th. Tufts is still a choice that I would love to have, and I don’t want that ruined because of a small technicality.</p>
<p>Also, as a follow-up question to that, does the date the waiting list reply form is turned in have anything to do with who gets pushed off the wait list (say would someone that turned theirs in April 1st have a greater chance of getting off the wait list than someone who turned theirs in April 26th), because that would make me very sad if the answer to my first question is, “No, that small technicality doesn’t matter.” Thanks for the time and effort you put into answering these questions!</p>