Yield protection

<p>According to FERPA, you are not required to tell your interviewer your the other schools for which you are applying.</p>

<p>Has anyone else experienced the Tufts Syndrome? Peddie rejected me, flat out. I found that a little surprising, but I guess they did not need me. </p>

<p>A few people have attributed that to yield protection, also known as the “Tufts Syndrome”.</p>

<p>What’s the Tufts Syndrome?</p>

<p>[GUIDANCE</a> COUNSELOR; The New Safeties - The New York Times](<a href=“http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5D61231F93AA15754C0A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all]GUIDANCE”>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5D61231F93AA15754C0A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all)</p>

<p>Articles about Yield Protection and Tufts Syndrome</p>

<p>[ul]
[li][Urban</a> Dictionary: Tufts Syndrome](<a href=“http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tufts+syndrome]Urban”>Urban Dictionary: tufts syndrome)[/li][li][Yield</a> Protection](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield_protection]Yield”>Yield protection - Wikipedia)[/li][li][UVA</a> Yield Protection](<a href=“http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2007/11/yield-protection.html]UVA”>Notes from Peabody: The UVA Application Process: Yield Protection)[/li][li][New</a> York Times: New Safeties?](<a href=“http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5D61231F93AA15754C0A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all]New”>http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5D61231F93AA15754C0A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all)[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Thanks(tenchar)</p>