Tufts ED 2024 Results only

bamboo55
Fri, 20 Dec 2019 01:23:15 +0000

Decision: Accepted

ACT (breakdown): 33 C (35E, 35R, 32S, 30M)
Unweighted GPA : 3.91
Weighted GPA: 4.44
Rank: Top 9%
AP: AP Euro (4), APUSH (5), AP Lang (4), AP Physics C Mechanics (4), AP 3D Design (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Gov/Econ, AP Physics 2, AP Lit, AP Drawing, ASG
Major Awards: 2nd Place Congressional App Challenge for California’s 26th District, PTA Visual Arts Silver Medal, 2017 Karate Junior Olympics Finalist

Extracurriculars: ASG (Student Body Treasurer), MAKER Club (President/Founder), Karate (First Degree Black Belt, Teaching Assistant), School Site Council (Student Representative), Design portfolio/blog
Job/Work Experience: Paid peer tutor at local student run tutoring business
Volunteer/Community service: Student volunteer at Science Discovery Center, City Council Youth Commission
Summer Activities: UCLA Engineering Summer Program (9th), Syracuse Industrial Design Precollege (10th), Interned at the Tufts CEEO in the Educational Robotics Lab (11th)
Essays: Why Tufts?: 9/10 (Wrote about my internship, specific major, clubs, excollege, classes, and the campus culture), Tell Your Story: 8.5/10 (Wrote about how being an introvert has taught me to advocate for others and how I have worked to make my school more inclusive for all students)

Teacher Rec #1: AP Physics C teacher - 8.5/10 (Worked really hard in his class, took advantage of extra projects and assignments, always asked a lot of questions)
Teacher Rec #2: APUSH teacher - 8/10 (Did well in her class but didn’t have a close relationship)
Counselor Rec: 10/10 (Really close with my counselor, she knows me very well)
Additional Rec: 9/10 (PhD student I worked with at the Tufts CEEO)
Interview: 8/10 (Went well but it was fairly short)

Intended Major: Human Factors/Engineering Psychology
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: Large competitive public school
Ethnicity: Asian and middle eastern
Gender: Female

Strengths: Submitted STEM/Visual Arts Maker Portfolio, showed a ton of demonstrated interest (also toured campus summer before junior year, contacted local admissions rep, went to a Tufts info session), strong Why Tufts essay
Weaknesses: Unweighted GPA maybe?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Strong essays, test scores were within range, since I spent my summer at Tufts I could really speak to why I wanted to go here and why I was a good fit for the school
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Withdrew all other applications after getting in

General Comments: So excited to be a Jumbo!