Tuft Regular Decision

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts is a top 40 school lots of money for that.

as someone in academia who's very familiar with these schools, tufts is arguably a top 30. that's where they generally were ranked consistently until USNWR changed its criteria a few years back. now larger public schools (like uc davis, and uc santa barbara and others) have been uplifted and risen and ofc there are others who have been better a gaming ranking. but it all depends on what criteria your student values. there are a lot of people who want a top academic experience with collaborative student culture and a middle (5000-8000 undergrad) size but it's too difficult to get into brown, penn etc. tufts ia good alt for that. I agree georgetown sfs is #1 for anything IR, but outside of that I may prefer the environment and community at tufts. and ofc tufts is no slouch in IR, although georgetown wins over all because of the advantages of dc location.

thoughts on Tufts vs. LAC for pre-med?

Depends on the LAC. If the LAC is rural, access to research and clinical experiences will be very limited. Tufts is urban and has a lot of LAC characteristics. I would pick Tufts.

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts is a weird one. My older daughter was waitlisted last year and she was accepted to Northwestern, Rice, Cornell, Williams, Amherst. She really loved Tufts, did the interview and visited.

They don’t call it the “Tufts Syndrome” for nothin’.

Yeah. 2024. My kid was accepted Pomona, Hopkins, Brown, Georgetown and WL Tufts. I expected it though because I had read of you don’t ED1 or ED2 and have very high stats yiu will get “yield protected”.

Not true. That is probably just a "cope" we as parents tell ourselves. It's hard to see our kids waitlisted when we think they are so accomplished. I think that Tufts really doesn't focus on high numbers alone, they really emphasize fit and look deeply at course choices and ECs (including civic life). They do have LAC-style distribution requirements and are very intentional about having students (even in engineering) take at least 1-2 semester of courses in everything: art, humanities, social science, science, math, etc. For my DC, this was a bonus and what he particularly liked but he's a kid who has an intended major but is also curious about so many other subjects. He cot into his top 2 top choices yesterday - tufts and pomona - and he's leaning tufts but will have some hard thinking ahead!

Congrats to your DC - seems like you have some nice choices on the list too!

That’s absurd. Tufts is a safety or target for a kid accepted to the likes of Hopkins and Brown. I have no dog in this fight, but Tufts knew that this student had more competitor options and chose to WL.

How can Tufts at once be both "a safety school" for the Ivies and famous for yield protection? The two cancel each other out! No school with a 10% acceptance rate is a safety for anyone, and if John or Jane Ivy were looking for a safety why would they apply to a school famous for weeding their applications out?

Tufts looks for excellence and fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts is a top 40 school lots of money for that.

as someone in academia who's very familiar with these schools, tufts is arguably a top 30. that's where they generally were ranked consistently until USNWR changed its criteria a few years back. now larger public schools (like uc davis, and uc santa barbara and others) have been uplifted and risen and ofc there are others who have been better a gaming ranking. but it all depends on what criteria your student values. there are a lot of people who want a top academic experience with collaborative student culture and a middle (5000-8000 undergrad) size but it's too difficult to get into brown, penn etc. tufts ia good alt for that. I agree georgetown sfs is #1 for anything IR, but outside of that I may prefer the environment and community at tufts. and ofc tufts is no slouch in IR, although georgetown wins over all because of the advantages of dc location.

thoughts on Tufts vs. LAC for pre-med?

Depends on the LAC. If the LAC is rural, access to research and clinical experiences will be very limited. Tufts is urban and has a lot of LAC characteristics. I would pick Tufts.

Poughkeepsie - I guess it’s suburban?

I’m guessing less access to research/clinical experiences there than Tufts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts is a weird one. My older daughter was waitlisted last year and she was accepted to Northwestern, Rice, Cornell, Williams, Amherst. She really loved Tufts, did the interview and visited.

They don’t call it the “Tufts Syndrome” for nothin’.

Yeah. 2024. My kid was accepted Pomona, Hopkins, Brown, Georgetown and WL Tufts. I expected it though because I had read of you don’t ED1 or ED2 and have very high stats yiu will get “yield protected”.

Not true. That is probably just a "cope" we as parents tell ourselves. It's hard to see our kids waitlisted when we think they are so accomplished. I think that Tufts really doesn't focus on high numbers alone, they really emphasize fit and look deeply at course choices and ECs (including civic life). They do have LAC-style distribution requirements and are very intentional about having students (even in engineering) take at least 1-2 semester of courses in everything: art, humanities, social science, science, math, etc. For my DC, this was a bonus and what he particularly liked but he's a kid who has an intended major but is also curious about so many other subjects. He cot into his top 2 top choices yesterday - tufts and pomona - and he's leaning tufts but will have some hard thinking ahead!

Congrats to your DC - seems like you have some nice choices on the list too!

That’s absurd. Tufts is a safety or target for a kid accepted to the likes of Hopkins and Brown. I have no dog in this fight, but Tufts knew that this student had more competitor options and chose to WL.

How can Tufts at once be both "a safety school" for the Ivies and famous for yield protection? The two cancel each other out! No school with a 10% acceptance rate is a safety for anyone, and if John or Jane Ivy were looking for a safety why would they apply to a school famous for weeding their applications out?

Tufts looks for excellence and fit.

Agree with this.

[Anonymous]

Tufts was always my DD's 1st choice and she got in RD!!! She's still on cloud nine and looking forward to attending a Jumbo Day in the next week or so.

Tip: Definitely request the interview and be very authentic in the "why Tufts" supplement.

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Solid school with bland campus and no school spirit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tufts was always my DD's 1st choice and she got in RD!!! She's still on cloud nine and looking forward to attending a Jumbo Day in the next week or so.

Tip: Definitely request the interview and be very authentic in the "why Tufts" supplement.

Congratulations!!! My DS also had Tufts as his first choice, and is excited for Jumbo Day too!

[Anonymous]

Overpriced for not much prestige.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts was always my DD's 1st choice and she got in RD!!! She's still on cloud nine and looking forward to attending a Jumbo Day in the next week or so.

Tip: Definitely request the interview and be very authentic in the "why Tufts" supplement.

Congratulations!!! My DS also had Tufts as his first choice, and is excited for Jumbo Day too!

Congrats to your DS as well! We've been so impressed with everything learned about Tufts, and especially the other students there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Overpriced for not much prestige.

People like you who are loud and obnoxious on DCUM are always socially stunted in real life