Tuft Regular Decision

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Anonymous wrote:I will post here since so many love to post their kids' acceptances: REJECTED AT TUFTS! 3.59 GPA (probably lower mid semester senior grades--I didn't bother to look because I was too frustrated with DC slacking off) test optional, strong ECs and recommendations. Whatevs. Kid never visited or demonstrated interest.

I don't see that being a competitive app, sorry to say. The GPA is low and test optional. I hope your kid finds a place they are happy.

Yep! Kid has a lot of great options for average students! Plus Tufts would have given zero aid according to NPC.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC got IN. Has 3.9 UW GPA and 35 ACT.

Congrats! My DC got in with similar stats (3.95 UW, high rigor and 1540 SAT).

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Anonymous wrote:DC in at Tufts - 1580 SAT, 3.95 GPA (challenging classes), solid if unspectacular ECs, creative "Why Tufts?" essay, visited campus

Yay, welcome to the Herd! My DD is there (junior) and absolutely loves 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!

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My DS is writing a LOCI since Tufts is now his top choice and he was waitlisted. Anyone have any success stories on getting off the waitlist at Tufts?

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Our friend's DD was admitted off the waitlist in July last year!

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Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately DD was rejected in this RD round. Very depressed as she really loved this school and wanted to major in IR and Tufts' Fletcher School and professors were a real draw. Kids seemed to be really down to earth and nice.

But oh well, at least she has GW!

Her outcomes will likely be superior coming out of GW than a school in Boston. Make sure she hits the ground running in networking in DC to get the internships.

I think GW punches way above its weight in the USNWR rankings for literally all of the “DC things.” (Media, IR, lobbying, law, NGOs)
Their roster of professors and particularly connected, working professional assistant professors is almost unparalleled. They’ll hook you up with their professional contacts if you impress them. Congrats!

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Anonymous wrote:I guess they gave admission for those who they felt will accept.
Increased my hopes for Ivies next week after Tufts reject for GPA 4.45 / 1580 / Great ECs / NMF and seeing lower scores getting into Tufts

Demonstrated interest is "considered" on their common data set. It was a top choice for my DS, but he didn't want to ED anywhere. So he did whatever possible to show his interest short of applying ED. The things he did was: 1) visit in person, 2) attend a couple of virtual sessions, 3) attend the school rep session at HS, 4) attend a "mock class" on a cool topic of interest and referenced it in the essay, 5) focused a lot on writing a very customized "why tufts?" essay.

He had great stats (3.9 uw from a strong private school, 1550 SAT, leadership, etc. With Tufts, they really do want to see demonstrated interest. It doesn't have to be ED, as more than half the spots are offered RD.

Agree with this comment. DD has high stats (but so does her close friend has identical stats but got rejected). Tufts is very selective and they have a very intellectual student body, but AOs really stress that they look for "fit" and connection to their mission (look that up). For people applying next year, look up their mission, read the admission blog for tips, show why you fit and show your interest.

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DC was intrigued by the first 2 words on their admissions website: “Intellectually Playful”. Visited twice — first visit was in the cold rain, nothing special, tho did note that there were still groups of happy kids walking around outdoors together (vs alone staring at a phone, which we saw at other campuses) despite the weather. Still interested enough to go back a second time, and this visit was amazing — engaging students, profs took time to talk (not an open house, just ran into them while walking around), and DC was sold.

Congrats to your DC! Sounds like your DC found the perfect fit! I also felt the same way during our tour at Tufts.

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Anonymous wrote:

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!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess they gave admission for those who they felt will accept.
Increased my hopes for Ivies next week after Tufts reject for GPA 4.45 / 1580 / Great ECs / NMF and seeing lower scores getting into Tufts

Demonstrated interest is "considered" on their common data set. It was a top choice for my DS, but he didn't want to ED anywhere. So he did whatever possible to show his interest short of applying ED. The things he did was: 1) visit in person, 2) attend a couple of virtual sessions, 3) attend the school rep session at HS, 4) attend a "mock class" on a cool topic of interest and referenced it in the essay, 5) focused a lot on writing a very customized "why tufts?" essay.

He had great stats (3.9 uw from a strong private school, 1550 SAT, leadership, etc. With Tufts, they really do want to see demonstrated interest. It doesn't have to be ED, as more than half the spots are offered RD.

Agree with this comment. DD has high stats (but so does her close friend has identical stats but got rejected). Tufts is very selective and they have a very intellectual student body, but AOs really stress that they look for "fit" and connection to their mission (look that up). For people applying next year, look up their mission, read the admission blog for tips, show why you fit and show your interest.

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DC was intrigued by the first 2 words on their admissions website: “Intellectually Playful”. Visited twice — first visit was in the cold rain, nothing special, tho did note that there were still groups of happy kids walking around outdoors together (vs alone staring at a phone, which we saw at other campuses) despite the weather. Still interested enough to go back a second time, and this visit was amazing — engaging students, profs took time to talk (not an open house, just ran into them while walking around), and DC was sold.

Congrats to your DC! Our DC is headed elsewhere, but Tufts was one of her top choices and we noticed the same thing you mentioned - visited on two different days, one nice weather one not, and both days saw students walking around or sitting in the cafeteria and interacting and talking to each other rather than looking at phones. This made a big impression. They looked happy and social.

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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’.

Plenty of high stats kids get into Tufts RD. My DC was one of them last year (1550, 3.9UW). They simply can't accept all the high stat kids that apply there and do try to figure out who would really want to be there through demonstrated interest. The outcome is that they have a student body comprised of kids that are very happy to be there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess they gave admission for those who they felt will accept.
Increased my hopes for Ivies next week after Tufts reject for GPA 4.45 / 1580 / Great ECs / NMF and seeing lower scores getting into Tufts

Demonstrated interest is "considered" on their common data set. It was a top choice for my DS, but he didn't want to ED anywhere. So he did whatever possible to show his interest short of applying ED. The things he did was: 1) visit in person, 2) attend a couple of virtual sessions, 3) attend the school rep session at HS, 4) attend a "mock class" on a cool topic of interest and referenced it in the essay, 5) focused a lot on writing a very customized "why tufts?" essay.

He had great stats (3.9 uw from a strong private school, 1550 SAT, leadership, etc. With Tufts, they really do want to see demonstrated interest. It doesn't have to be ED, as more than half the spots are offered RD.

Where can I find out about the ‘mock classes’? We visited this week and Tufts is my DC’s current favorite so they definitely want to engage with as many possible ways to connect and demonstrate interest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess they gave admission for those who they felt will accept.
Increased my hopes for Ivies next week after Tufts reject for GPA 4.45 / 1580 / Great ECs / NMF and seeing lower scores getting into Tufts

Demonstrated interest is "considered" on their common data set. It was a top choice for my DS, but he didn't want to ED anywhere. So he did whatever possible to show his interest short of applying ED. The things he did was: 1) visit in person, 2) attend a couple of virtual sessions, 3) attend the school rep session at HS, 4) attend a "mock class" on a cool topic of interest and referenced it in the essay, 5) focused a lot on writing a very customized "why tufts?" essay.

He had great stats (3.9 uw from a strong private school, 1550 SAT, leadership, etc. With Tufts, they really do want to see demonstrated interest. It doesn't have to be ED, as more than half the spots are offered RD.

Where can I find out about the ‘mock classes’? We visited this week and Tufts is my DC’s current favorite so they definitely want to engage with as many possible ways to connect and demonstrate interest.

I think they are held every fall — a month of evening online classes in various majors. They will be publicized on the Tufts admissions website, and probably emails go out too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess they gave admission for those who they felt will accept.
Increased my hopes for Ivies next week after Tufts reject for GPA 4.45 / 1580 / Great ECs / NMF and seeing lower scores getting into Tufts

Demonstrated interest is "considered" on their common data set. It was a top choice for my DS, but he didn't want to ED anywhere. So he did whatever possible to show his interest short of applying ED. The things he did was: 1) visit in person, 2) attend a couple of virtual sessions, 3) attend the school rep session at HS, 4) attend a "mock class" on a cool topic of interest and referenced it in the essay, 5) focused a lot on writing a very customized "why tufts?" essay.

He had great stats (3.9 uw from a strong private school, 1550 SAT, leadership, etc. With Tufts, they really do want to see demonstrated interest. It doesn't have to be ED, as more than half the spots are offered RD.

Where can I find out about the ‘mock classes’? We visited this week and Tufts is my DC’s current favorite so they definitely want to engage with as many possible ways to connect and demonstrate interest.

I think they are held every fall — a month of evening online classes in various majors. They will be publicized on the Tufts admissions website, and probably emails go out too.

PP — I found the link. “Fall for Tufts”, including mock classes in September. Hope your kid enjoys! https://admissions.tufts.edu/visit/events/fall-for-tufts/

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Anonymous wrote:Is it typical that financial aid decisions don’t come out at the same time?? My kid loves Tufts but we have no idea if we can afford it yet?? So irritating.

We had a similar experience a few years ago--had to wait a few days to learn about the FA offer. Hang tight!