Who would you rather be?

<p>For admission to Tufts, which student would you rather be? </p>

<p>Student A:
SAT: 620 CR, 700 M, 670 W
SAT II: 740 Bio M, 730 Math 2
AP: Bio - 5, Stats - 4
GPA: 4.11 W
Rank: 6/522</p>

<p>Student B:
SAT: 760 CR, 780 M, 800 W
SAT II: 760 Chem, 780 Math 2, 710 Lit
AP: Chem - 5, Stats - 5, English Lang - 5, English Lit - 4, Calc AB - 5, Comp Sci - 3
GPA: 3.75 W
Rank: 66/522</p>

<p>Who would you rather be if you were trying to get into Tufts?</p>

<p>Student 2 for sure</p>

<p>Not really enough info, but if this is all we get, I agree: Student 2</p>

<p>Student 1 is almost the same as me (got in). Just sayin’</p>

<p>Bump? Anyone else (thanks so far to respondents)?</p>

<p>I’d actually choose Student A, especially if I were applying with high interest for some kind of natural science major. They might overlook your poor CR score, and to be honest, a 6/522 is a lot higher than a 66/522.</p>

<p>What is the point of the exercise? With a fuller picture of each candidate both students might be good admits. Multiple ways to the same destination…</p>

<p>@ bluebubbles
by the same logic, wouldn’t student 2 be much more favorable if s/he is applying for a chem engineer/chem/math major?</p>

<p>I was pretty close to student A and I got in.
A lot of it is dependent on the extracurricculars and essays etc.</p>

<p>And the difficulty of your curriculum. If Student A got that high GPA by avoiding available challenging classes, the result is not as impressive as the number alone seems.</p>

<p>^ It does seem that way, as student 2 has taken a ton of AP tests.</p>

<p>But I could be wrong - student 1 could have just opted to not take AP tests.</p>

<p>Student A took 2 APs in her junior year with the corresponding tests. Student B took 3 APs in his junior year and 3 additional exams.</p>

<p>In that case, Student B.</p>