Exactly how important are essay/recs for Tufts?

<p>REALLY bad. Like 3.2-3.3 UW, 3.7 W (only good thing is a big upward trend and hard classes).</p>

<p>SAT is 2300+ though. </p>

<p>And good extracurriculars, recs, etc. </p>

<p>Does having this bad of a GPA pretty much almost automatically screen you out?</p>