2015-2016 Tufts University Application Thread

[Gingy]

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+2. I sure hope that surviving means an II!

This might just be the show's intermission...I don't think we're safe yet seeing as the portal is still down.

 

[FreckleFart99]

The portal is back up. REV UP THOSE REJECTIONS

 

[tetley]

Portal-gate resolved, brace yourselves for the rejections

 

[DrWaiting4ever15]

Congrats on your invite! Would you mind sharing your complete date/stats?

I was sent a completion notice early October!

 

[Silence in ER]

Pls, urgent question here. Does anyone know what the whether is like IN Boston right now? Especially speaking to whether the roads are cleared?

 

[NovaCat272]

Pls, urgent question here. Does anyone know what the whether is like IN Boston right now? Especially speaking to whether the roads are cleared?

It is flurrying but all major roadways are pretty clear.

 

[NeverStressedAlwaysHappy]

Loved this school. Interviewed on 2/2, anyone have any idea when I should be hearing back?

 

[CDWelsh]

Loved this school. Interviewed on 2/2, anyone have any idea when I should be hearing back?

I may be wrong but I think the admissions committee meets around the 24th of each month?

 

[CyrilFiggis]

Loved this school. Interviewed on 2/2, anyone have any idea when I should be hearing back?

Ms. Condon should have said during the interview day.... but it's typically either the last week of the month you interviewed or the first of the next.

 

[hopelesslyhopeful]

Does anyone know when tufts finishes interviews?


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[Jlove2]

Does tufts have internal rankings?

 

[linling]

II today
74
primary app complete late august i think, secondary probably a few weeks after
I'll likely be withdrawing my app

 

[CDWelsh]

II today
74
primary app complete late august i think, secondary probably a few weeks after
I'll likely be withdrawing my app

Congrats all the same! Similar stats and complete time...love me, Tufts.

 

[Kieyky]

In love with the school!

 

[FrizzyFryFro]

Do any Maine Track people have some advice for an upcoming interview, especially the MMI portion? Feeling very lucky to have received a II this late!

 

[emma2015]

Congrats all the same! Similar stats and complete time...love me, Tufts.

+1

 

[Kieyky]

What kind of experiences are the admissions committee seeking for the MBA program? Any insight from those that got in? I'm not sure if I qualify.

 

[dogsarecute]

Do any Maine Track people have some advice for an upcoming interview, especially the MMI portion? Feeling very lucky to have received a II this late!

Hi! I was accepted into the Maine Track in December. My biggest piece of advice for the MMI is to just be yourself, as cliche as it sounds. Do your best to relax, be confident, and remember that there is no one right answer to the questions and scenarios. My interviewers were all great and made me feel comfortable. After the first station or two you'll get into a groove, your nerves will settle down, and it is actually kind of fun! Best of luck with your interview!

 

[idontknowwhatnametopick]

Hi! I was accepted into the Maine Track in December. My biggest piece of advice for the MMI is to just be yourself, as cliche as it sounds. Do your best to relax, be confident, and remember that there is no one right answer to the questions and scenarios. My interviewers were all great and made me feel comfortable. After the first station or two you'll get into a groove, your nerves will settle down, and it is actually kind of fun! Best of luck with your interview!

Yeah my only MMI was at a different school but it's very true, you will feel so much more comfortable after the first one. My biggest worry was I'm not a quick reader and you only get 2 minutes to read the prompt and decide what your stance is on the issue, but actually that was plenty of time.

 

[Kieyky]

Who can we address update letters to? Dr. neumeyer?

 

[aesculapian]

Who can we address update letters to? Dr. neumeyer?

I addressed mine to Dr. Neumeyer. I think his information is on the website.

 

[Kieyky]

I addressed mine to Dr. Neumeyer. I think his information is on the website.

Thank you

 

[CyrilFiggis]

Who can we address update letters to? Dr. neumeyer?

You can simply address it to the Admissions Committee.

 

[tetley]

hey CF, you said you're a re-applicant and nontrad, right?
AND you got in to tufts.
how did you improve your app, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[CyrilFiggis]

hey CF, you said you're a re-applicant and nontrad, right?
AND you got in to tufts.
how did you improve your app, if you don't mind me asking?

Took a few classes and added 200 hours each of community service and clinical volunteering....

 

[Kieyky]

Did you all upload updates directly to the portal?

 

[emma2015]

Did you all upload updates directly to the portal?

I did - they didn't send a confirmation, but when I called they said they had received them.

 

[FuturePrimaryCare2727]

Do you think Student Interviewers have leverage in admissions? My faculty interview was solid, but my MS4 really, really like my application.

 

[chocolate23]

interview me plzzz!

 

[Kieyky]

Do you think Student Interviewers have leverage in admissions? My faculty interview was solid, but my MS4 really, really like my application.

Same here.

 

[emma2015]

interview me plzzz!

+1! (But I assume they're done sending invites 🙁)

 

[chocolate23]

+1! (But I assume they're done sending invites 🙁)

oh gosh, please don't be done. that would really hurt/be devastating.

 

[CDWelsh]

oh gosh, please don't be done. that would really hurt/be devastating.

+2, I'm hoping they might have one or two waves of invites left. But that might just be errant optimism haha

 

[Okazaki Frag Grenade]

I would think we all would have gotten the boot by now if they were done ...

 

[CDWelsh]

I would think we all would have gotten the boot by now if they were done ...

especially given the great purge of 2016 that took place two weeks ago.

 

[idontknowwhatnametopick]

There are 3 interview days in March that still have spots. So I'm guessing there will be a few more IIs but not many.

 

[CDWelsh]

Challenge accepted.

 

[emma2015]

I seriously feel that my app has just gotten lost in a pile somewhere. Complete since august and zilch!

 

[tetley]

they probably either screened out or just wont have time to get to the rest of the apps.
Which really sucks, because I know that all of us put a lot of time in to the secondary (not to mention $$$).

 

[daphne99]

for letters of intent, have people been sending them to the med admissions email or uploading them to the portal?

 

[tetley]

they always say portal, but call to check if you want to make sure it's seen

 

[CyrilFiggis]

they probably either screened out or just wont have time to get to the rest of the apps.

Why would you assume that they wouldn't have time to get to all apps? They've sent decisions to people complete in late November/early Dec. I can't imagine that more than a few hundred come in between Dec and Jan 15th.

 

[CDWelsh]

Why would you assume that they wouldn't have time to get to all apps? They've sent decisions to people complete in late November/early Dec. I can't imagine that more than a few hundred come in between Dec and Jan 15th.

Phrasing. (I just wanted to make an archer joke)

 

[tetley]

I was thinking on the fact that there are so many secondary applications that come in overall. 8-10k is just so much to get through

but if, like you said, they are telling people who finished in nov, maybe they picked them out for being special with high marks. Honestly, I don't know. It is just a way for me to feel better about not hearing back yet

 

[CyrilFiggis]

I was thinking on the fact that there are so many secondary applications that come in overall. 8-10k is just so much to get through

but if, like you said, they are telling people who finished in nov, maybe they picked them out for being special with high marks. Honestly, I don't know. It is just a way for me to feel better about not hearing back yet

I get it. I was just hoping we weren't devolving back into the whole debacle from two weeks ago.

 

[tetley]

What debacle?

*shifts uncomfortably"

I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about

I get it. I was just hoping we weren't devolving back into the whole debacle from two weeks ago.

 

[CDWelsh]

I was thinking on the fact that there are so many secondary applications that come in overall. 8-10k is just so much to get through

but if, like you said, they are telling people who finished in nov, maybe they picked them out for being special with high marks. Honestly, I don't know. It is just a way for me to feel better about not hearing back yet

There have been a couple people who were finished in August and got II's in recent weeks. It would appear there is neither rhyme nor reason to the process.

 

[qster444]

I know the adcom usually meets during the third week of the month- but do any recently interviewed applicants actually know when the committee is meeting? I'd like to know when I should start panicking...

 

[CDWelsh]

At this point I'm basically in 24/7 panic mode.

 

[chocolate23]

At this point I'm basically in 24/7 panic mode.

Story of my life. Every phone call and new email makes me go into such a frenzy [i. e. heart palpitations, sweats]When I see that it's a telemarketer or some random email, I get so aggravated!