Exactly how important are essay/recs for Tufts?

<p>Don’t drown yet, Modadunn! You have months to get through! And all will work out…it really always does.</p>

<p>Did your son write/create something for the Tufts optional prompts? My guess is that those off-beat prompts do a lot to bring out that 17-year-old brilliance in a less-packaged way.</p>