2014-2015 Tufts University Application Thread
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Well they only have today and Thursday left to interview so I would assume not that many.
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I thought schools had to have made enough offers to fill their class by March 15? Are these interviews for wait list positions, then?
I'm not sure. I know schools typically "overaccept," e.g. extending 200 acceptance for 150 seats.
Exactly. Also, on March 15th, every school must report to AMCAS who they have accepted and make that visible to all other schools. Tufts now knows how many and where all their accepted students hold others offers.
What if you are waitlisted?... Are schools able to see if you are waitlisted or accepted at other schools?
Their timeline thus far would indicate another round of phone calls any day now, maybe a week. And then probably a final round near the end of April, but I'm less sure about that.
Just realized that this is messed up for another reason. Say you only have one acceptance... is that school going to report that to their finaid office and divvy out aid that way or is the data used only by admissions? If you can't compare aid offers between schools, then schools can technically give you less right?
to be honest, merit scholarship is to attract students who usually have multiple acceptances that are sought after by schools.
There's plenty of leeway in meeting purely financial need as well.
How, exactly, do admission committees view waitlisted or deferred applicants with no other MD acceptances compared to those with at least one MD acceptance? I understand that they don't hold applicants with another MD acceptance in an unfavorable light based on that information, but I'm curious to find out what that data actually means to adcoms.
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Have you actually been trying to call their fax line?
Haha I didn't even realize that line could be interpreted that way. No, I actually tried to fax a form over to their office.
I also interviewed during the last week of February and we were told we would be notified during the first week of April. Good luck! 🙂
Aw thank you!!! Good luck to you as well 🙂
Interviewed this week. The committee meeting will be next week, and decisions will go out the week after that.
Thanks for the info! Is this for regular track or Maine track?
Regular Boston track.
Pretty sure I know who you are lol. Did you interview this past Thursday?...
Yea, I remember you also. GL, I'm probably out of the running as I forgot my folder in a rush to catch my plane 🙁
PMed you bro
Just received my confirmation via email. I RSVP'd a while back.
Looking at last year's thread, it seems deferred movement didn't come until after the trafficking deadline... At this point, I would be excited just to get a waitlist notification. I think they do the last round of general interview acceptances this week so maybe we'll hear soon.
Just got accepted via phone call! I'm pretty sure plenty more are going out.
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Congratulations! When did you interview?
But i think someone mentioned they do batch acceptances from several dates.
Also accepted just now via phone call! I am ecstatic! Congrats to all of you who have been accepted and best of luck to those still waiting!
Congrats! So exciting!! Are you Maine track or regular?
Congrats! Could you share when you interviewed?
Thank you! I applied to the regular MD track.
Thanks! I interviewed on the last interview day, which was on March 26th.
Congrats to the newly accepted! Been deferred since October with a few updates sent along the way. I work in Tufts MC and seeing that phone calls are going out is killing me. Would it be completely weird if I just walked over and asked what my status is? Haha
Same boat. Popular opinion is that deferred is a tacit rejection. Frankly, I have no idea. I was speaking with a mentor of mine who is an adcom at a midwestern program and he found the deferred process to be odd and unique to Tufts.
My experience with being deferred is also unique to Tufts. At this point, I just need to know.
Give it to me straight, Tufts. I can take it.
Does anyone have any idea if acceptance phone calls go out in order based on interview date?
Congratulations!! Did you just get the call now?
Dr. Neumeyer tried to call me but (stupidly) my voicemail was full. So he sent me a personal email letting me know and that official notification would be sent over soon.
He's such a caring dean of admissions!
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Good luck! Really strange that they're still deferring people after the last interview. Wouldn't they just waitlist at that point?
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thats not good.
