Tufts vs. Tulane

BeanTownGirl
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:03:20 +0000

I heard they are anticipating a 36% yield this year.

The following stats are from the blog of the Admissions department at Tufts ([Inside Admissions Tufts University Admissions Department](Sweet Sixteen by the Numbers · Inside Admissions | Tufts Admissions))

"Number of applicants: 16,378

Percent admitted: 21

Percent increase in applications since 1995: 92

Number of states represented: 50 (Hello, North Dakota!)

States with the largest number of acceptances: MA, NY, CA (CA was only 10 behind NY.)

Number from Idaho: 9

Number from Texas: 99

Number of high schools represented in applicant pool: 4,594

Number of high schools represented in the accepted class: 1,734

Percent who attend a public high school: 55

Largest number accepted from a single high school: 25 (It was a huge pool.)

Number of countries represented: 76

Percent who are foreign citizens: 10.5

Number who live abroad (includes American citizens): 485

Countries with the largest number of acceptances: China, Singapore, India

Number from the Southern Hemisphere: 32

Number from Africa: 21

Number from Afghanistan: 1

Number for whom English is not the first language: 522

Percent female engineers: 38

Percent first-generation college-bound students: 10

Percent who applied for need-based financial aid: 51

Most popular first name: Daniel

Most popular male first names: Daniel, Matthew, Benjamin (Hmm, we have four admission officers with those names…)

Most popular female first names: Emily, Sarah, Julia (And we have one of those, too.)

Average rank of admitted students: Top 5%

Number of admitted students with SAT (M+CR) = 1600: 42

Number of admitted students with SAT (M+CR+W) = 2400: 14

Mean SAT-Math for an accepted engineer: 759

Most popular anticipated majors (Arts & Sciences): International relations, biology, economics

Most popular anticipated majors (Engineering): Undeclared, biomedical, mechanical

Percent non-Caucasian: 38

Number who self-identified as LGBT: 58

Number enrolled in a Native American tribe: 16

Percent who say volunteering is their most important activity: 20

Number of applications received on 01/03/2012: 2,025 (Love those procrastinators!)

First deposit received for Regular Decision: 03/29/12 at 7:30 PM (Yes, that’s less than five hours after we released decisions. Love those early birds!)"