<p>I never said never. Go back a number years (before the current administration) and Tufts had admissions practices that were, frankly speaking, opaque and frustrating. To be perfectly honest that’s before my time, and I’m not sure if waitlisting highly qualified applicants on the virtue of their qualifications was actually employed, but I’m certain that it’s an explanation to which many applicants gravitated in lieu of a clearer reason.</p>