Someone at my school is applying and got 3 D's Junior Year

rdh1991 · 08-27-2009, 01:57 PM

But he got a 1450 on SAT's of of 1600.

He doesnt try at all in school.

Please tell me that this person has no shot at getting into Tufts!

hebrewhammer · 08-27-2009, 02:37 PM

Not sure why you bothered to make this thread, but unless there's something else you're not telling us then this kid almost certainly has no shot if he got 3 D's for final grades as a junior.

Acceptd · 08-27-2009, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Not sure why you bothered to make this thread

Hahaha. 10char

beatfreaks · 08-27-2009, 02:50 PM

I like eggs.

skateboarder · 08-27-2009, 03:04 PM

my leather so soft; I go so hard.

and no, they won't. unless they throw dat cash the schoolz way. Like big $tack$ son, none of this scrub ish.

Snarf · 08-27-2009, 07:47 PM

1450 is like average for Tufts. It won't make up for a bad GPA.

rdh1991 · 08-28-2009, 12:05 AM

im just wondering because this kids is being extremly cocky about his chances, and I wanted to see if their was any possibility.

Snarf · 08-28-2009, 12:56 AM

If his parents donate, then yeah. Otherwise. . . maybe he has some trick up his sleeve?

Lightbearer · 08-28-2009, 01:40 AM

This guy you're speaking of sounds a lot like I used to be........ I got a 46 on 100 in Maths in class 11.......improved it to 74 the following year......still about 26 less than the highest.......
Yeah........I got in......

rdh1991 · 08-28-2009, 10:59 AM

but I presume that you didnt have 3 D's.

skateboarder · 08-30-2009, 01:42 AM

look, the real answer is he won't get in unless some serious money is involved, or he is a phenomenal (and i mean like yao mingin' it good) athlete who for some reason wants to play DIII

rdh1991 · 08-30-2009, 02:42 PM

good. just making sure. thanks

wrathofachilles · 09-28-2009, 01:27 AM

I'm also assuming from the fact that he took "maths" in "class 11" that he got his high school education in a non-American educational system, which is certainly a factor admissions would take into account

rdh1991 · 11-01-2009, 11:42 AM

thanks guys

praisebetoFSM · 11-14-2009, 10:49 PM

First off, I'm going to assume this isn't a "This guy I know did this thing..." situation and "your friend" isn't actually "you".

Secondly, Tufts is incredibly holistic and qualitative in their admission process. At the info session I attended, they made a point that they'll accept people with low SAT's if they show potential and are a good match for Tufts. On the other hand, they made it very clear that low grades + high SAT/ACT's = unrealized potential, which looks very bad on a College App.

If he applied Early Dec, got great recs from Teachers/Counselors (maybe onces which explained his low grades somehow), wrote great essays both on the Common App and the "Why Tufts" Supplement, and, perhaps, has some legacy or minority status (international/minority stats at Tufts are huge, so I've seen), he may have a shot. Otherwise, I wouldn't put too much faith in it.