<p>Hey, Dan. How are you?</p>
<p>I’m really, really, really interested in Tufts, and I started looking around CollegeConfidential to answer the many questions I’ve got about the whole admissions shebang. I found out that the optional essay is purely optional. Although the prompts were very interesting, I had a difficult time narrowing down which prompt I wanted, what to write about, what idea to use, etc. I started writing two of the prompts but scrapped them both. I guess you could say I came down with a stubborn case of writer’s block. =]</p>
<p>I was wondering then, even though it’s past the deadline, whether or not I could I still send in a supplemental essay considering that I did not send an optional. It’s on a topic that I wrote for the Commonapp but decided not to use—and I think it gives a different perspective of me, and it certainly brings out my more creative side! (And it’s also not a long read by any means)</p>
<p>I was also wondering…how much does Tufts weigh SAT scores? A person with a 1340 ish math-and-verbal SAT score, but with a disadvantaged background—low income, first generation, rural area (though not minority, but Asian, rather)… how would you view this SAT score? Does being “Asian” and having “lackluster” SAT scores mean terrible, ominous things? Haha, that’s certainly the impression that reading this forum gives me, and it’s slightly nerve-wracking, truth be told!</p>
<p>Sorry, I know this is a lot at once, but I just can’t help but to wonder! </p>
<p>But really, thanks for any answers, Dan—and good luck with the process!</p>