<p>the reason tufts rejects “overqualified applicants” is because they know that their school is a safety school for prospective HYPSM admits…i am saying the same thing is true for Rice this year, they don’t want to admit students who will not attend their university</p>
<p>I know several people who got into MIT and one guy who got into Stanford but got waitlisted at rice. Rice saw the quality of these applicants and simply knew that they were using rice as a safety</p>