username4321

Ha ha... so I got your attention (lame, I know.)

So I hate to do this, but I'm applying to tufts RD and am freaking out. please chance me! (I'll be your best friend?)

Female
White
Suburban
New England
Competetive Public HS
GPA: 4.67 W (UW, idk)
Rank: 7/470
SAT: 780 math, 790 w, 800 cr
SAT II: 780 ushist, 770 bio, 740 math2, 740 physics
AP: 5 bio, 5 physics, 5 ushistory (taking calc, eng, and span this yr)
prospective major: biomedical engineering (nerdy, I know)
taking an internship course as my science this year, am doing medicine-related clinical research (i.e., not in a lab) at a hospital.. it's so awesome; i love it!

EC's:
4 yrs field hockey... varsity 2 yrs. most improved award soph yr. we were conference champs all 4 yrs. we pretty much rock.

4 yrs yrbk editor, editor in chief this year.

3 yrs peer education, chaired a huge project

4 yrs key club, chaired a huge project

2 yrs big sister

2 yrs JETS... state winner last yr.

last year, i did a 7 week bio course at a local university. it was college-level

rec field hockey 4+ yrs., winter and summer

indoor track frosh and soph yrs

ccd frosh and soph yrs (made confirmation, so it ended)

orchestra, all yrs except soph, because scheduling wouldn't allow it. should i tell tufts about the schedule issue? is it really an issue? plz help... love you!

work:
lifeguard, 2 yrs
swimming teacher 2 yrs
babysitter 4+ yrs

awards:
nhs
flnhs
snhs
ap scholar
psat commended student
dartmouth book award
high honor roll
JETS state winner
ncte nominee
a math/science award
a physics award
AIME qualifier
2 jr. high awards (science and orchestra)

other apps:
lots of other kids from my hs are applying. most are ranked worse than i am, tho. but a few are applying ed, i think.

essays: hard to tell. I'm an excellent writer (I know, that made me soudn like a jerkhole), but they might not be amazing. we'll see.
interview:i'm not antisocial or anything, but i'll probably get nervous. we'll see (again!)
recs: ap physics techer, eng teacher, counselor, field hockey coach. all love me. two are good but generic. two are good and specific.(the eng. teacher and counselor) eng. is prolly awesome, but i haven't read it.

I think that's it. Be as mean as you want to be. Seriously. I probably won't cry, so it's okay.
Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

username4321

Oh, I and I like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain. Wow. That wasn't funny at all. It was in my mind. I tried. I should stop, because my fingers are getting cold. I think I have that thing where your fingers are always freezing. I should stop being schizophrenic now.

lolabelle

Username: I don't see why you wouldn't get into Tufts. Your SATs are great, your rank is good, and you are obviously very involved with ECs. Is Tufts your first choice? Are you applying anywhere ED?

username4321

It's one of my first choices. I'm trying not to have a first choice, that way I don't get uber disapointed if/when I get rejected. I applied EA to Yale.

lolabelle

Well, if you don't get into Yale, I certainly think you can get into Tufts RD.

snuffles

The secret to getting into Tufts is the SMFA LOL!

lolabelle

^ ^ A painful laugh was had, Snuffles. Thanks?

username4321

oh... thanks lolabelle

dsiw

Bummer about that 780 in math, and missing sophomore year of orchestra....



I am kidding.

username4321

bump. mainly because a friend of mine who is really awesome just got flat-out rejected ED. so I'm tweaking out a little. thanks, guys

Jacksonmom

O.k snuffles - that comment was hilarious. Thanks for the laugh. :-)

Username - I don't think you are going to have any trouble getting into Tufts.
Good luck with Yale too.

username4321

ugh I was deferred from yale. everyone from my school was. Thanks, though

Jacksonmom

I'm sorry you were deferred from Yale. I would have thought that you would have been accepted. Your SAT scores were amazing. I've heard about some other super qualified candidates that were deferred too. I think you might have a good chance in the spring. Good luck with Tufts RD. :-)

ClutchBaller

Unless you screw up on your applications, or there's a hidden factor that you didn't post, Tufts should be an easy safety school for you. (Of course you already knew this before you made this thread)

As for schools like Yale, stats only "qualify" you to be admitted, since GPA cap at a 4.0 unweighted and SATs only go up to 2400. It's the ECs, essays, and other factors that will actually earn you an acceptance.

username4321

Jacksonmom--Thanks There were 6 people who applied EA from my (northeast public) HS, and we were all deferred, including one with a sibling at yale, a 4-generation legacy, and a urm. The same thing happened last year... it's okay I guess, it's Yale, you know?
ClutchBaller--Tufts isn't a safety for anyone. I agree with you on Yale, though--it's kind of a shot in the dark.