** Tufts Class Of 2012 RD Decisions **

ovester
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:10:09 +0000

Accepted: College of Arts and Sciences

Stats[ul]
[] SAT Total: 1390/2030
[] SAT II: 730/Math I, 700/US History, 680/Literature, 580/Biology (HAHA)
[] ACT: 29
[] AP/IB: 5/Language and Composition, 4/Human Geo, 3/Bio, 3/Chem
[] GPA weighted: 4.0 weighted, 3.76 unweighted
[] Rank or % estimate: Top 5%, 36/895

[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[] Essays: Main one was a bit purple and risky, supplementary essays were unique and very, very creative.
[] Teacher Recs: My AP Lang. teacher wrote an EXCELLENT recommendation (phD in literature from Notre Dame), my physics teacher’s letter was basically crafted from a template he made up twenty years ago
[] Counselor Rec: Excellent, even though she had over 200 to do. I made sure to visit her weekly so she’d keep me in mind.
[] Optional essay Yes/No: Yes
[] Important ECs: Amnesty International - President, Newspaper - Editor-in-Chief, Model UN - Security Council, Club Lacrosse (even though we’ve won the state title for three years running, the school won’t raise us to varsity status), Volunteering in China
[] Hook (if any): Volunteered in Nan Piao for 8 years, received an honorary title from the local government. I scream globalism.

[/ul]Location/Person[ul]
[] State or Country: Indiana
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian/Chinese
[] Gender: Female
[] Legacy Yes/No: No
[] Athlete Yes/No: No

[/ul]Other Factors[ul]
[] Will attend Yes/No/Undecided: Yes
[] If attending, why Tufts: Their international relations and study abroad programs are kickass.
[li] General Comments: Surprised I got in, because my senior year classes were less-than-impressive to say the least and I was very conscious of the fat C+ waving from my junior year transcript in AP Chem. Compared to the people who posted above, my SAT scores also seem to be below par. I also didn’t do an interview…even though I tried to get one.[/li][/ul]