How much ED2 boost does Tufts provide?

[Anonymous]

Tufts RD is a crapshot. For a deferral from WUSTL or other T20, how much does ED2 help at Tufts? Tufts does not break out ED1 and ED2 data.

[Anonymous]

It seems to be very little which is why we are considering dropping Tufts from DC’s list. If you make it to ED2 I would rather a school that gives a clear advantage.

[Anonymous]

I heard ed2 has a lot of very strong applicants that were rejected from ed1 at super top schools so it's very competitive. I dont know about tufts, but last year we were told ed2 at vandy was risky - that they also use ed2 to fill institutional priorities and have been known to reject very strong students (told to rd there instead and work the waitlist if that was the result). I think Emory may be a school where ed2 helps but confirm with your school counselor since it's very high school specific. I think the most important thing is to honestly look at fit and alignment between your kid's app (what they have done and what is their future plan) and what the school values/invests in, etc. That may help. My kid got into a super reach, but their app was a great fit for a specific program. I think it was easy for admission officers to see how my kid would fit into the community academically and able to make an impact. Make sure the essays are strong and show fit to the school, the community, etc. Good luck!!!

[Anonymous]

No one really know because Tufts doesn’t release such data anymore. But the last data available shows that Tufts hovers in the 35% range across both ED1 and ED2.

[Anonymous]

Our kid got in RD. Worked really hard on their essays and did an excellent job on “why Tufts”. The one area your kid has to show themself is in the essays. Kids just really spent time on them (and no, we distort outside consultant.). We felt our kids needed to put the time in on their applications because they were the ones who would be going to college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard ed2 has a lot of very strong applicants that were rejected from ed1 at super top schools so it's very competitive. I dont know about tufts, but last year we were told ed2 at vandy was risky - that they also use ed2 to fill institutional priorities and have been known to reject very strong students (told to rd there instead and work the waitlist if that was the result). I think Emory may be a school where ed2 helps but confirm with your school counselor since it's very high school specific. I think the most important thing is to honestly look at fit and alignment between your kid's app (what they have done and what is their future plan) and what the school values/invests in, etc. That may help. My kid got into a super reach, but their app was a great fit for a specific program. I think it was easy for admission officers to see how my kid would fit into the community academically and able to make an impact. Make sure the essays are strong and show fit to the school, the community, etc. Good luck!!!

Can you share more about your kids program and the reach school? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

We know two kids who were admitted to Tufts ED2 in the past couple of years. And several admitted RD. They all seem similar in stats and EC's. Very high stats including test scores, strong and interesting EC's. Happen to know because DC is close with them and they all talk about this stuff apparently. We know a few kids rejected RD last year, and they all had comparable EC's the to the admitted kids but lower rigor and (and I suspect had lower test scores or went TO).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We know two kids who were admitted to Tufts ED2 in the past couple of years. And several admitted RD. They all seem similar in stats and EC's. Very high stats including test scores, strong and interesting EC's. Happen to know because DC is close with them and they all talk about this stuff apparently. We know a few kids rejected RD last year, and they all had comparable EC's the to the admitted kids but lower rigor and (and I suspect had lower test scores or went TO).

What are very high stats?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We know two kids who were admitted to Tufts ED2 in the past couple of years. And several admitted RD. They all seem similar in stats and EC's. Very high stats including test scores, strong and interesting EC's. Happen to know because DC is close with them and they all talk about this stuff apparently. We know a few kids rejected RD last year, and they all had comparable EC's the to the admitted kids but lower rigor and (and I suspect had lower test scores or went TO).

What are very high stats?

NMSF (one admitted ED2, one RD), 1550+ SAT, 4.0 UW, 10+ AP's.

[Anonymous]

I'll add that these are considered "very high stats" from our large public.

[Anonymous]

From our private, TO to tufts in ED2 has been successful - so don’t need the super high scores - for humanities/social sciences.

Also TO to Vandy in ED2 is a popular option, recognizing they will defer and then admit or WL in RD. Something similar happens for WashU ED2.

I think this is school specific for our private. I would ask your CCO and look at last few years of high school specific ED2 data (check those IG lists and have your kids search for those kids on LinkedIn - you’ll have a sense how comparable the backgrounds are easily).

[Anonymous]

I think the boost at Tufts for ED2 is much less than WashU at ED1 unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

Tufts ED2 is full of ivy rejects.

[Anonymous]

There is a lot of interesting information in this chain. But I’m not sure it’s responsive to the specific question. The OP wants to know if Tufts ED2 is a bump over Tufts RD and if so how much, is it worth the ED commitment? We all know ED overall at Tufts is a big bump, and obviously ED1 is going to be more so than ED2. Does anyone have any specific info that can inform the choice between ED2 and RD for Tufts?

[Anonymous]

I don’t have specific info about acceptance rates but my child was accepted ED2 to Tufts last year and is extremely happy there.