<p>First, Tufts really focuses on the “traditional” two parts of the SAT; I think the Writing score counts little or not at all (which is why they don’t even refer to it on their site).
Second, what I meant by “qualified” is that the applicant must be someone they would consider worthy of acceptance on RD (needless to say, all competitive schools have to reject a lot of kids who are worthy of acceptance; it’s a numbers game). Of course, a lot of factors go into this, and SATs are just one. The high school transcript is the most important. ECs, essays and recs are important. That being said, I think that an applicant with 1700-1800/2400 (it would be more helpful to know____/1600) would have a pretty low chance of admission, which could only be outweighed by something extraordinary elsewhere in the application.</p>