Rejected for being too good?

dufus3709
Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:16:55 +0000

I didn’t pick up on the fact that it was Colorado College until I reread it. Colorado College is private. In PR’s Best Colleges Guide it says: “Students who view Colorado Colleges as a safety, beware — the admissions committee employs a policy of denying candidates who, though strong academically, demonstrate little real interest in attending.”

This is a trick of “Tufts Syndrome”. In order to avoid it, you have to visit the college, order the video, and write an essay about why you want to attend that shows a deep knowledge of the college. Also, sometimes people are waitlisted as part of “Tufts Syndrome” and then they have an opportunity to demonstrate their love of the college.