Emory/Tufts/WashU

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obviously, if you live in Virginia, you’re crazy for considering any of these schools over UVA or William and Mary, which are both just as good if not better

In your opinion...

[Anonymous]

Not the OP but I actually don't see a lot of kids going to Tufts our school...I wonder if the kids who want to go to Boston are now preferring BU, BC, and NU...tons of kids go to those schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not the OP but I actually don't see a lot of kids going to Tufts our school...I wonder if the kids who want to go to Boston are now preferring BU, BC, and NU...tons of kids go to those schools.

Yeah I definitely think the schools you name are “hotter” now. But historically in Boston (I’m from there) it was always MIT, Harvard, Tufts, BC, BU in that order, in terms of “cache” (NEU was a commuter school.) They're all good schools with very different strengths and vibes. I made my DS apply to Tufts because it’s not as popular here and hoped to increase his chances. He’s a junior and loves it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously, if you live in Virginia, you’re crazy for considering any of these schools over UVA or William and Mary, which are both just as good if not better

In your opinion...

I don’t think UVA and W&M are “just as good if not better” but they are decent options if you live in VA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are they all equally hard for a standard smart DMV public school kid to get into ED? Does one give a bigger bump to an ED application than the others?

DD likes all three…the acceptance rates are shockingly low and I assume for an unhooked kid from this area all three are very reachy.

Wash U is located where?

You are absolutely a horrible parent to send a college student to Wash U at this point in time.

Have you not seen that state legislature?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are they all equally hard for a standard smart DMV public school kid to get into ED? Does one give a bigger bump to an ED application than the others?

DD likes all three…the acceptance rates are shockingly low and I assume for an unhooked kid from this area all three are very reachy.

Wash U is located where?

You are absolutely a horrible parent to send a college student to Wash U at this point in time.

Have you not seen that state legislature?

This is a joke, right?

[Anonymous]

I think Tufts is the hardest admit for the unhooked, is in the best location and a better experience. The ED1 has a lot of athletes (even for sports like sailing) that Wash U and Emory don’t have. Emory only has 400 athletes total, Wash U 750 and Tufts 1100.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP again...right now (the one SAT taken in March was 1440...hoping for 1500, which is where the practice scores have been around, in May). But probably won't take it again after that because has already done prep for a couple of months and so probably won't go up after May. So another question is whether submitting 1440-1500 scores at these schools in ED round makes sense or not...

Definitely submit 1500! DD got into Emory and WashU on RD and submitted 1500. Did not apply to Tufts, did not like it at all.

[Anonymous]

Shut/Them/Down

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think Tufts is the hardest admit for the unhooked, is in the best location and a better experience. The ED1 has a lot of athletes (even for sports like sailing) that Wash U and Emory don’t have. Emory only has 400 athletes total, Wash U 750 and Tufts 1100.

Well, you would be wrong about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Emory & washu will be harder than Tufts in terms of admission (Emory and washu are more selective)

Actually I think it's Emory and Tufts. They both received more applications than WashU

[Anonymous]

So much of this comes down to location. My kid never considered Emory or WashU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emory & washu will be harder than Tufts in terms of admission (Emory and washu are more selective)

Actually I think it's Emory and Tufts. They both received more applications than WashU

Do you understand how percentages work? WashU and Emory admit a lower percentage of applicants than Tufts. It’s a fact, not a matter of opinion. The number of applications received by each school doesn’t on its own tell you how selective the school is.

[Anonymous]

Tufts isn't ranked high enough to waste an ED on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emory & washu will be harder than Tufts in terms of admission (Emory and washu are more selective)

Actually I think it's Emory and Tufts. They both received more applications than WashU

Do you understand how percentages work? WashU and Emory admit a lower percentage of applicants than Tufts. It’s a fact, not a matter of opinion. The number of applications received by each school doesn’t on its own tell you how selective the school is.

And if you back out the ED1 athlete recruits, your stats start to fall apart.