Chances at Tufts

_hp
Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:40:31 +0000

Re-Posting.

Tufts, in-state

Tufts stats:
76% out of state
27% accepted out of 14,308
V 610-710
M 640-720

Top 10% of class – 72%

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Immigrant from Southeastern Europe. Lived in the States for 4.5 yrs.
White Male

SAT I
1st time – 680M 570V
2nd time – 680M 690V
January retake, SHOULD (keyword should) be able to break 700M, expecting less than 690 on January retake V

I feel way smarter than a 680 in math and probably do not deserve the 690 in verbal that I got, but I am not complaining. Probably some sort of a unexplicable phenomena, like why do they ALWAYS land on the peanut butter side.

SAT IIs:
Math IIC: 740 (started shaking when the test started) retaking in December)
Physics: Should get a 700+ (keyword: should)
Writing: I consider myself a pretty good writer, should be able by some miracle too pull off a 620+

GPA: 3.860
Class rank: 14/(284(?))
Been a little lazy in high school.

Will have 4 APs by end of HS.
Taken APUSH exam, got a 4.

Nearly all honors or AP classes since freshman year (was badly misplaced freshman year, becaue it was my first full year of school in the US)

Senior year classes & grades:
AP Calculus (officialy AB, will be taking the BC exam): 94 (this term: 96)
AP Physics C: 96 (this term 107)
AP English: 100 (class is really easy) (this term 95)
French IV: 95 (this term same?)
Chemistry: 86 (senioritis here) (this term 92-96)

EC’s:
Foreign Language Club
Mathletes
Tennis (since 10th grade – playing V)
Soccer (only in 10th grade)
NHS

Out-of-school:
Co-founded a small NP organization (IRS 501(c)3 tax-exempt status pending)
Worked as a cashier since 10th grade, about 20-25 hrs/week
Ran friend’s store (managed personnel, expenses, kept track of cash and alike) for 2 weeks

Currently weighing the essay topic between being shown as a strong leader with ingenuity or describe difficulties in moving from Europe to here

Recs should be good/great.

Any tips on what to put into the app, for the interview, the essays?

Is it pointless to include the honor roll crap?

Thank you.