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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone one is disregarding the nieces URM status. If her mom wants her to stay close to home, Tufts may be a more welcoming place for her than some other schools. Niece should visit and draw her own conclusions. She could look at Amherst too. [/quote]

I don't think people are disregarding. OP waited till third or fourth post three or four pages into the thread to disclose that info. Until then, read as a troll post with someone throwing out potentially inflammatory bait to see the responses.

Agree with one of the PPs who mentioned that Tufts now has an 11% admit rate. Perhaps the school has some drawbacks of being a refuge for Ivy rejects and not being in Boston (though technically neither are Harvard or MIT), but enough seniors are throwing their hat in the ring to render it a highly selective school.

OP, perhaps you can ID a college counselor who may be willing to work with your niece pro bono. She could really benefit from a professional take on a very different college admissions landscape from when many here were in school. Even last year's admits may be the harbinger of a new trend rather than an outlier in terms of admissions.

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I don’t think she “waited” to disclose. Her post wasn’t asking for advice as to whether the niece has a chance of getting in. It was about the college and campus itself. [/quote]

She won't get in without top grades and scores and solid extracurriculars. That's just how it is there now. Tougher than schools like Georgetown, Emory and USC. [/quote]
Tufts is not harder to get into than Georgetown and Emory. Maybe USC but not the other two. Tufts uses yeild protection and has lower GPAs and class ranks than the Emory and Gtown. [/quote]

How hard a school is to get into is solely a factor of its acceptance rate. For 2021 Emory’s acceptance rate was 21.4%, Georgetown’s was 11% and Tufts was 14%. Sounds pretty selective…[/quote]
Emory acceptance rate is 13%. 
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://emorywheel.com/emory-college-admissions-rate-falls-to-13-after-receiving-record-number-of-applicants/&ved=2ahUKEwjv2YeXtr7xAhVvmmoFHTXnDv8QFjATegQIJBAC&usg=AOvVaw175xLutjl4-Z5n0O-Hti64[/quote]

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