<p>I read on a thread that Princeton used to practice strategic admissions. What exactly is this ? (And What’s the tufts syndrome ?)</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Tufts syndrome refers to the (allegedly) disgruntled students at Tufts who are only at Tufts because they got rejected from Ivy League schools. I have no idea how true this is.</p>
<p>actually, I thought tufts syndrome referred to colleges such as Tufts and WUSTL who reject/waitlist overqualified students who they feel are only using them as safety schools.</p>
<p>Ok Thanks for clarifying the whole “Tufts Syndrome” stuff. Now what are strategic admissions ?</p>
<p>Admitting kids with lower-SAT scores because they WILL go to the set university (As they can’t get into a better university* ?) to improve yield ?</p>
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<li>Seen through the eyes of Uni.</li>
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<p>Jyankees is right. And anecdotal and statistical evidence would say that Tufts no longer rejects or waitlists overqualified students. WUSTL, however, seems to still do this.</p>
<p>Can someone clarify Strategic Admissions ?</p>