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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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