<p>im honestly a little surprised. my school has information on the average gpa/test scores for acceptances into individual schools, and my stats were above bucknells. i have good ECs, great essays, and awesome teacher reqs.</p>
<p>It makes me a little nervous for some of the harder schools i applied to...</p>
<p>Iuileb,</p>
<p>Yeah, I got into my other safety, so I'm feeling good about that.</p>
<p>Thanks, and congrats to everybody who got in.</p>
<p>Anyone else think some major Tuft's syndrome is up? I mean, a few of you and I clearly have stats that warrant an acceptance, but we were waitlisted...</p>
<p>Something else I did not include was that I am a URM.</p>
<p>GossipGirl17, I don't know who that was directed at but I had great essays... I got a 5 on my AP english lang exam and an 800 on the SAT writing section. And as for ECs... 3x varsity captain</p>
<p>yeah I don't even want to go there so badly but its also and ego blow and now im nervous about other schools. My stats weren't as impressive as yours though.</p>
<p>Sorry I'm so stupid, but what's the Tuft's syndrome?</p>
<p>Now I feel strange! From what I see, all your scores far surpass mine, and I would believe that Bucknell was a safety for all of you who were waitlisted!</p>
<p>GPA: 3.5 UW, 4.2 W
SAT I: 1960 (1350/1600)
I suppose it helped that I was an asian female applying into engineering? I also had a lot of good EC's and recs.....</p>
<p>Anyways, I hope those of you who were waitlisted get into some ivys instead. Life works like that sometimes. :)</p>
<p>Yeah as it turns out it's not my top choice... but that has nothing to do with it's rank. I hope they're not assuming that some people wouldnt want to go there because they supposedly will get in elsewhere</p>
<p>did anyone who got in hear anything about money?</p>
<p>Chronicfuture12,</p>
<p>Maybe. Its weird, I got accepted into a slightly more selective university, and bucknell (in terms of rankings, which aren't the greatest things but still) was towards the bottom of my list. weird.</p>
<p>Tufts Syndrome is a colloquial term that refers to colleges waitlisting or rejecting applicants that are significantly above average expecting that they will be accepted into some more prestigious college elsewhere.</p>
<p>We need to remember that Bucknell is a super small school with very limited spaces open.</p>
<p>Of course they will have too many qualified applicants for the few spots. Of course they will turn down kids who should have gotten in. </p>
<p>It's not like those of us who are waitlisted lost out to some loser who got a 1300/2400 and a GPA of 2.38.</p>
<p>I bet it was hard for those adcoms to pick which ones to take, waitlist, reject. Just wish they'd taken US.....right? ;)</p>
<p>"Your Web access has been disabled. Visit the Technology Desk at 1st Floor Bertrand Library with your photo ID card for assistance." What a rip off. This is what I get when I try to log in to check my admission decision. How do they expect me to visit the technology desk? I live in f***ing Minnesota!</p>
<p>alexofsyrr, thanks for the definition. Hope it works that way!!!</p>
<p>it seems like no one got rejected though...</p>
<p>swissmiss3,</p>
<p>i hope so too, otherwise ill be attending my in-state safety :(</p>
<p>good point...........at least, no one on CC was rejected</p>
<p>yeah if they didnt reject and only waitlisted people this year because less people applied or something that would make me feel really bad</p>
<p>I don't doubt that those who were admitted are qualified. I actually don't think it was Tufts Syndrome. I think Buck puts especial emphasis on interest.</p>
<p>skateboarder, what's your in-state safety?</p>