<p>Is there a statistics on how many ppl got rejected and how many ppl got waitlisted?
I mean,,, some ppl told me that waitlisting is the polite way of saying that you are rejected....
I am waitlisted.. but do i have a hope to get in?</p>
<p>It depends on the matriculation rate of the students who were accepted. Your best bet is to try to prove to admissions that Tufts is your first choice and that you would instantly take a position if it becomes available.</p>
<p>Yeah. I really really really want to go to Tufts... I hope admissions office could see that....</p>
<p>I wish I could know that too....another waitlist. I'm really confused right now...</p>
<p>Your best bet is to continue showing strong interest. Unfortunately, Tufts hasn't used the waitlist much (or at all) lately because classes have actually over-enrolled. But you never know. Good luck to you all. :)</p>
<p>They used it extensively for the class of 2010... and I have a feeling they'll use it again this year because there simply is not enough rooms on campus for another year of over-enrollment.</p>
<p>We sophomores already got screwed out of housing because the class of 09 and 11 were so huge.</p>
<p>It seems you two have different definitions of what it means to "use the waitlist." I think lolabelle means admitting people off of the waitlist, while Chapst1ck is saying he thinks that more people will be put on the waitlist...</p>
<p>No I mean admitting people off the waitlist too.</p>
<p>If Tufts admits less people this year, and end up using the wait list, then they could control exactly how many people they want in the Class of 2012. There were already about ~90 forced triples this year. So, I cannot imagine what they would do with a second over-enrolled class in a row.</p>
<p>It would be nice if AdmissDan@Tufts could post past waitlisted statistics. Like # waitlist offers, # waitlist accepted, # waitlist applicants and whatever else there may be. Thankss in advance~~</p>
<p>I don't think numbers are necessarily what's important about the waitlist. The waitlist is usually full of kids who would are of the same caliber as the accepted people. Now let's say that this year, not enough people enroll, and there are about 60% girls and 40% boys. So they'll take some more boys to even it out. Then let's say less hispanic kids enrolled than they'd hoped. So they'll take hispanic boys. And then some athletes they were recruiting went elsewhere. So it'll be a hispanic male athlete. And not enough Physics majors enrolled, so they'll look for a hispanic male athlete who wants to study physics maybe? I think it's that kind of deal, personally. You'll be taken off the waitlist if they feel there's a shortage of people like you among those matriculating.</p>
<p>I could be wrong, of course, and that at Tufts it doesn't work this way - perhaps they just take the next-most-qualified, regardless of their profile. But I was under the impression that this was the purpose of the waitlist. So the waitlist is even more of a crapshoot than admissions, because now you're hoping that people like you are opting for other schools, haha.</p>
<p>Don't hang on to the waitlist too hard. Best to dive into the schools you've gotten into and learn what there is to love about them :-D</p>
<p>^^^^^^^ Exactly right</p>
<p>We are not expecting to use the waitlist this year. I know there are school out there that have, as part of their strategy to deal with this year's changes, plans to use their waitlist. We don't have those plans.</p>
<p>Of course, what we are expecting to do, and what we will actually have to do may not be the same thing - especially with so many shifts in the landscape of college admissions this year. That's why the waitlist exists. The waitlist is full of people we really REALLY liked, but we don't have room. Accordingly, the number of waitlists we offer is small - it is the least used admissions decision. We would be happy to take any of the applicants on the waitlist if we end up with room (that's why we offered it), but don't get caught up in the waiting.</p>
<p>If you would come to Tufts if offered, stay on the waitlist, but even then you have to move forward assuming you're NOT going to be taken. If we're you're first choice, still, then tell us. But don't think of this as a 'second round' of admissions - that isn't healthy for you and it won't be helpful to us. Getting in off the waitlist shouldn't be your goal at this point - learn to love the options you have. </p>
<p>I know this isn't exactly words of encouragement, but I promised when I started posting on CC to be honest about the process and to provide understanding.</p>
<p>And just to supplement that even more - I really want to underscore the importance of not having high hopes for the waitlist. Because people, that is what I did, and it is not pretty.</p>
<p>In my school, people had high expectations for where I was going to go to college. So when people popped The Question, I felt the need to say "Well, I sent my deposit to Tufts, but I'm still waiting to hear from Dartmouth and Columbia about the waitlist." It was more satisfying to be able to bandy about names like that to the people who expected me to go somewhere brand-named. I wrote multiple letters to both schools telling them how much I wanted to be there - and I mean, I wrote a 1-page PLAY about being waitlisted, which featured my AP Bio class singing songs to the tune of the "Friends" theme song and such. I refused to really conceptualize myself as a future Tufts student. Everyone was set on their schools, and I was still firmly believing that I might be headed somewhere else. It wasn't until summer, when I was taken off both waitlists, that it finally hit me that I was actually going to Tufts, and that I had better like it. So, together with some other Jumb09ers, I finally started to get excited about Tufts, as all my housing questionnaires and advising options came in, and began to discover how lucky I really was to be heading up to the Hill. I think I would have been much, much happier if I had just embraced Tufts at the start, rather than subjecting myself to that psychological limbo. And hey - you're witnessing me, posting how much I love Tufts on this board all the time. Clearly it worked out for me, and the waitlist is a footnote on my college experience.</p>
<p>I wanted to share that with you, because I really feel that the waitlist is like this half-blessing, half-curse; some people see it as an insult, and others see it as their golden ticket into the school of their choice. It's not; it's a way for admissions to potentially plug up the holes in their class, and that's only if less people enroll than they expect. So instead, focus on the schools that really thought you had merit and want you there - they think you'll thrive there for a reason!</p>
<p>And I'm sorry I sometimes treat this board like my own personal stump. And make long posts. But hopefully it'll change the mindsets of people in the right way, and that's all I'm out to do.</p>
<p>Truly inspirational, bluirinka.</p>
<p>LOL! If you're serious, then thanks. If you're being sarcastic, then I'm seriously laughing my ass off. :)</p>
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<p>Awww :(</p>
<p>Incomming freshman,</p>
<p>If you're stuck in a forced triple next year, you know whom to blame :P</p>
<p>I still like Tufts, but I decided to withdraw from the waitlist. Good luck to those who will be waiting.</p>
<p>attagirl heartless_tin... keep em comin people!</p>
<p>just kidding, but on a serious note, thank you for noticing your other opportunities and minimally reducing the stress on the people who haven't accepted their fate at a less than ideal school quite yet... that's me</p>
<p>Being waitlisted at a professional school is worse than teetering between several institutions as an undergrad. Most of the waitlists don't start moving until the month before classes start and can even advance up to (and beyond) the first day of class as schools scramble to take the best students left over. I think someone from our class at Michigan fled back to UCSF once he/she got off the waitlist and forfeited her deposit/rent/and had to move everything back to California.</p>
<p>I am staying on and hoping that the next few days will go by quickly</p>