Tufts ED 2024 Results only

clarisity145
Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:02:25 +0000

Accepted!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t submit
ACT (breakdown): 34 composite, 36 english, 31 math, 36 reading, 33 science
SAT II: 740 literature, 720 US history
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.7 (my school doesn’t calculate)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Latin (4), APUSH (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP art history, AP lit, AP physics 1, statistics, latin literature seminar (post AP)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): magna cum laude on national latin exam

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): not going to list everything but my main things that I’m a pretty serious violist (principal viola in school orchestra, member of youth orchestra, 10+ hours practice each week) and that I’m really good at quiz team (highest scoring player in the league). I do other clubs but none of them are particularly significant imo.
Job/Work Experience: summer job during the summer before senior year
Volunteer/Community service: none
Summer Activities: did music camp freshman + sophomore years, linguistics camp senior year
Essays (rating 1-10, details): idk how to rate them but i think they were very strong, otherwise I wouldn’t have submitted them. In my why tufts i talked about the perseus project and how it’s helped me in my study of latin, and for my other essay I picked “what is something you could talk about endlessly?” and talked about a show that’s had a big impact on my life. I was kind of nervous about that one but I guess it worked
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: didn’t read
Teacher Rec #2: didn’t read
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec: this is the only one I’ve actually read, from my viola teacher who’s known me since I was 7. I’d give this a 9/10 I thought it was very good
Interview: didn’t have one

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major and College: classics
State (if domestic applicant): IL (but I go to boarding school in another state)
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: all girls boarding prep school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths: my essays were very good and I got straight A’s for the first time in my first quarter grades which I think definitely helped. I don’t think I would’ve gotten in without that as my junior year grades were kind of weak.
Weaknesses: GPA, not enough ECs
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: strong essays, upward trend in grades, strong commitment to activities. I think I managed to convey in my application that I was a really good fit for the school
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: haven’t heard back from anywhere else and I’m withdrawing other applications

General Comments: I know I’m not really an underdog and my test scores are good but I freaked myself out so much in the week leading up to the decision. I know it’s easy for me to say having gotten in now but don’t worry too much if your gpa or test scores aren’t as high as you’d like them to be