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

They don’t call it the “Tufts Syndrome” for nothin’.[/quote]

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”. [/quote]

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! [/quote]

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.[/quote]

I would agree that many schools WL top stats kids they think are aiming elsewhere. Tufts admissions made it very clear that you need to be very specific in the ‘why tufts’ essay why you want to come there. For our DC it is currently their top choice and we can afford to let them apply ED but I do feel badly for top stats kids that can’t do that and need to find other ways to identify their interest to avoid being assumed to be in that ‘ we’re your backup’ group. [/quote]

I agree that Tufts would WL a top stats candidate who wrote a mediocre "Why Tufts?" essay. They really screen for fit, and want to admit students who have done their research and really know they want to go there.

It was my DS's top choice as well, and we didn't allow him to apply ED. He applied RD, wrote his "why Tufts?" essay from the heart and had a hard time constraining it to the word count. It really is a fit school for him, and he did get in despite applying RD. He also got into a WASP but will likely choose Tufts.[/quote]

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