2014-2015 Tufts University Application Thread

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Has anyone heard anything regarding the number of remaining spaces in the incoming class?
 
beems901 said:
I thought schools had to have made enough offers to fill their class by March 15? Are these interviews for wait list positions, then?
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I'm not sure. I know schools typically "overaccept," e.g. extending 200 acceptance for 150 seats.
 
beems901 said:
I thought schools had to have made enough offers to fill their class by March 15? Are these interviews for wait list positions, then?
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biodome92 said:
I'm not sure. I know schools typically "overaccept," e.g. extending 200 acceptance for 150 seats.
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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.
 
CyrilFiggis said:
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.
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What if you are waitlisted?... Are schools able to see if you are waitlisted or accepted at other schools?
 
Has anyone had any luck contacting the financial aid office this past week? Both my email and phone call have gone unanswered.
 
Try (617) 636-6574. I've called a few times today, and they always pick up. Their fax line, however, is another story.
 
Anyone know when we should expect to hear back post-interview? I interviewed 2/27 still nothing
 
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.
 
CyrilFiggis said:
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.
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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?
 
ridethecliche said:
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?
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to be honest, merit scholarship is to attract students who usually have multiple acceptances that are sought after by schools.
 
TheSummit said:
to be honest, merit scholarship is to attract students who usually have multiple acceptances that are sought after by schools.
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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.
 
cap08017 said:
Anyone know when we should expect to hear back post-interview? I interviewed 2/27 still nothing
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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! 🙂
 
cap08017 said:
Anyone know when we should expect to hear back post-interview? I interviewed 2/27 still nothing
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Interviewed this week. The committee meeting will be next week, and decisions will go out the week after that.
 
I believe that interviews have concluded. Maybe we'll start to see some movement on the deferred list.
 
Has anyone received confirmation about their RSVP to Second Look yet?
 
biodome92 said:
I believe that interviews have concluded. Maybe we'll start to see some movement on the deferred list.
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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.
 
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 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
 
HardcastleHoos said:
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
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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.
 
Any Maine track acceptances today? Interviewed 2/27, hoping for good news!
 
CyrilFiggis said:
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.
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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?
 
kewlboy88 said:
Accepted! I LOVED Tufts - the students seemed genuinely happy.

Interviewed early March for regular Boston track. Good luck to all those still waiting!
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Congratulations!! Did you just get the call now?
 
Called admissions and they told me I was deferred, so I'm guessing deferral emails will go out today
 
cap08017 said:
Called admissions and they told me I was deferred, so I'm guessing deferral emails will go out today
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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?
 
Do all the acceptances usually go out on the same day? Aka does no call = automatic deferral/rejection?
 
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