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<p>No hard data, just “preponderance of observations”. Looking at this year’s ED/EA threads at a variety of schools — BC, NYU, Chicago, Northwestern — there seem to be a lot of deferrals/rejections that differed from admits mostly by unweighted class rank/GPA. Yes, yes, I know that “stats” are only part of the story, but the more I look into this the more I am left with the impression that intangibles (“voice”, in Tufts lingo) are used more as a reason to reject than to accept, at least for unhooked candidates.</p>
<p>The reason I started the “ED decisions” thread on this forum was to try to gauge whether my perception holds for Tufts too. At some level I am pleased that this thread got ignored. One of the things that I like about the Tufts board it that it rarely gets bogged down by “Chance me” threads or stats discussions.</p>
<p>Thank you Dan, for the detailed reply. As usual, it is very informative and helpful. I was going to ask about submitting additional material with the midyear grade report, but then I saw your post about a third teacher rec, and it seemed that all you would do is copy/paste that reply here, so I will do so for you in case anyone else is tempted to ask 
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