2015-2016 Tufts University Application Thread

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piii said:
I can break it down for you.
It depends on what neighborhood.

For back bay, BU, Allston, Brighton, Brookline, Mission Hill/Northeastern, you want to get on the jump now. Jan-April is prime season for college areas.

For Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Southend, Backbay, downtown, Beacon Hill, Cambridge, Somerville - prime season is May-July.

Boston is largely a realtor based market. You can look at padmapper/craigslist/zillow all you want but you are still going to see majority of leases with a broker fee. If that's the case, having a realtor find you apartments isn't too bad. I would decide on a neighborhood based on price and convenience. Then call a realtor office in the neighborhood and ask them specifically when you should be looking for the apartment. Typically the further away from downtown/backbay/kendall square/southend the cheaper.

Studios in the southend, backbay, downtown are going to be around $1,600 - $2,000. If you want cheaper but farther away places, Porter sq on the read line, or down the orange line are good choices. I personally think living near Mass ave by southend/backbay, or by central square is amazing for proximity to Tufts and happening things in the Boston area. You could also look for places on beacon street near park dr to coolidge corner. That is also a great location.
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Thank you for all the information! One thing that may complicate my housing decision timeline and location is that my partner is likely going to be attending Tufts University for grad school and will be at the Medford/Somerville campus. So, we are trying to find spots that are roughly centered between both universities that have easy access to public transportation. I guess I'm just antsy and want to make a decision and move-in and start school now, and being on the other side of the US doesn't help!

Again, thank you for your recommendations (and your time in putting them together) - they are very helpful!
 
Sommando said:
Thank you for all the information! One thing that may complicate my housing decision timeline and location is that my partner is likely going to be attending Tufts University for grad school and will be at the Medford/Somerville campus. So, we are trying to find spots that are roughly centered between both universities that have easy access to public transportation. I guess I'm just antsy and want to make a decision and move-in and start school now, and being on the other side of the US doesn't help!

Again, thank you for your recommendations (and your time in putting them together) - they are very helpful!
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Central, Porter, or Davis on the red line. You would get off at Downtown crossing and its 5 minutes to Tufts med. If you live in Central, itll be a 15-20 min commute for you and a 40 min commute for your partner (T ride plus bus/bike from davis to Tufts medford campus, or 20 min walk from davis to medford campus). If you live in Davis, it'll be a 10 minute bike/bus or 20 min walk for your partner to campus, and 30-40 min commute for you. All 3 locations are nice and relatively cheap. You should start looking like May/June
 
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piii said:
Central, Porter, or Davis on the red line. You would get off at Downtown crossing and its 5 minutes to Tufts med. If you live in Central, itll be a 15-20 min commute for you and a 40 min commute for your partner (T ride plus bus/bike from davis to Tufts medford campus, or 20 min walk from davis to medford campus). If you live in Davis, it'll be a 10 minute bike/bus or 20 min walk for your partner to campus, and 30-40 min commute for you. All 3 locations are nice and relatively cheap. You should start looking like May/June
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Thank you!
 
Waiting to hear back about financial aid/scholarship package from this school. Seriously weighing the pros/cons of accepting a $22,000 scholarship to attend a state school vs Tufts at this point. Having to ask lots of questions and getting varying answers. Decisions. Decisions!!!


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Did anyone that was deferred and accepted later on in the cycle submit a letter of intent?
 
february interviewee / deferred applicant here - is it worth sending the committee an update letter to remind them that I exist before this next review? Or should I wait until april ish when I will probably have more to say and they are closer to choosing deferred applicants for the waitlist?
 
daphne99 said:
february interviewee / deferred applicant here - is it worth sending the committee an update letter to remind them that I exist before this next review? Or should I wait until april ish when I will probably have more to say and they are closer to choosing deferred applicants for the waitlist?
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If you have a good update I think you should send it in now. You'd be getting ahead of a potential rejection and you don't want to regret not getting the chance to update if you do end up hearing bad news soon. IDK maybe someone else can chime in.
 
piii said:
If you have a good update I think you should send it in now. You'd be getting ahead of a potential rejection and you don't want to regret not getting the chance to update if you do end up hearing bad news soon. IDK maybe someone else can chime in.
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thanks for the advice !
 
daphne99 said:
february interviewee / deferred applicant here - is it worth sending the committee an update letter to remind them that I exist before this next review? Or should I wait until april ish when I will probably have more to say and they are closer to choosing deferred applicants for the waitlist?
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when was your interview in february?
 
daphne99 said:
I got deferred 3/1
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thanks for the response. i did not know how often the committee meets in one month. hoping to hear some good news soon. i second what another user said, and would definitely send the update sooner rather than later. best of luck to you!
 
msims62 said:
thanks for the response. i did not know how often the committee meets in one month. hoping to hear some good news soon. i second what another user said, and would definitely send the update sooner rather than later. best of luck to you!
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yeah they meet the 3rd week of each month I believe. Thanks for your feedback and best of luck 🙂!
 
NeverStressedAlwaysHappy said:
Is deferred the same as waitlisted?
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From what I've read- during the active season of interviews you can either be accepted, rejected, or deferred while they continue to interview. Post-April 30th the deferred applicants (if they haven't already been accepted) are added to the waitlist (not sure if everyone gets moved over), and then the waiting game continues.
 
I had a lot of time on my hands last night that I'm not proud of but here is the 2016 match list organized by specialty:
Statistics of note:

only one person matched path (dying specialty or does tufts train clinically minded students?)

15 Harvard affiliated matches

181 total matches. 90.5% seems low, perhaps less than 200 applied due to MBA, research, PhD students non-disclosures?

Excluding a few military matches, only 14 or so are at non academic hospitals. Everything else is mid to top tier academic.

Anesthesiology (20)
Beth Israel Deaconess – Boston (3)
Maine Medical Center (3)
MC Wisconsin
MGH (2)
Mt. Sinai
New York Presbyterian – Cornell (2)
NYU
St. Elizabeths Medical Center - Boston
Tufts (3)
UConn
U Maryland
UVA

Diagnostic Radiology (9)
BMC - BU
Brown (2)
Johns Hopkins
Maine Medical Center
New York Presbyterian – Cornell
U Florida
U Washington

Derm (3)
New York Presbyterian – Cornell (2)
UConn

EM (11)
Beth Isreal Deaconess
Hackensack MC – NJ
Northwestern U
Stanford
SUNY Brooklyn
UCLA – Harbor
UConn
UMass (2)
UMich
U Nevada

FM (14)
Dartmouth
Group Health Cooperative Program Seattle
Maine Medical Center (3)
Middlesex Hospital - CT
Mt Sinai
New York Presbyterian – Cornell
Tufts (2)
U Co Denver
UCSD
UVM - VT (2)

General Surgery (12)
Albington Memorial - PA
BMC – BU
Cedars Sinai – Los Angeles
Kessker Medical Air Force - MS
Lahey Hopsital – MA (2)
Maine Medical Center
U Minnesota
U Rochester
U Southern Carolina
UVM
Yale

IM (39)
Albany MC
Beth Israel Deaconess (2)
BMC – BU
Brown
BWH
Dartmouth
Duke
Kaiser - SF
Loyola – IL
Maine Medical Center (2)
MGH
Mt. Sinai (2)
Naval – San Diego
NYU
Santa Clara MC - CA
SUNY Brooklyn
Thomas Jefferson U - PA
Tufts (3)
Wright Patterson Air Force - OH
UCLA (2)
UCSF
U Maryland (2)
U Minnesota
UPenn
USC - LA
UT Southewestern - TX
U Wisconsin
U Utah
VCU
Yale (3)

Med/Peds (2)
Western Mich University
U Rochester – Strong Memorial

Medicine Primary Care (1)
Dartmouth

Neuro Surgery (2)
U Co Denver
UVM

OBGYN (15)
Albany MC
BWH (2)
Emory
NYMC
Tufts (2)
Washington Hospital, DC
U Cinci
UC Irvine
UConn
UMass (2)
VCU
Yale

Ophthalmology (7)
BMC - BU
Harvard/MEEI
U Illinois
U Miami
UPitt
U Rochester
Vanderbilt

Ortho (8)
Georgetown
New York Presbyterian – Cornell
Tufts
USF
U Conn
U Co Denver
UCSD
VCU

Otolaryngology (2)
Mt Sinai
UVM
Path (1)
San Antonia Military MC - TX

Peds (15)
Brown
Childrens Hospital Oakland
Kaiser Oakland CA
Maine Medical Center
MGH
Mt Sinai
Northwestern U
San Antonio Military - TX
UCLA – Harbor
U Chicago
U Colorado Denver (2)
UMass
U Wash
UVM (2)
Yale

Peds/Psych (2)
Brown (2)

Plastic Surgery (2)
Albany MC
UCSF

PM&R (2)
Northwestern U
U Miami

Psych (9)
Cambridge Health Alliance - MA
Harvard South Shore
MGH
Maine Medical Center
New York Presbyterian – Cornell (2)
San Mateo County – CA
UC Riverside
U Utah

Psychiatry/Neuro (1)
UMass

Surgery – Prelim (5)
Maine Medical Center
St Elizabeths – Boston (3)
U Colorado Denver

Thoracic Surgery (1)
Yale – CT

Urology (5)
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Maine Medical
NYMC (2)
UMass
UVM
 
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piii said:
I had a lot of time on my hands last night that I'm not proud of but here is the 2016 match list organized by specialty:
Statistics of note:

only one person matched path (dying specialty or does tufts train clinically minded students?)

15 Harvard affiliated matches

181 total matches. 90.5% seems low, perhaps less than 200 applied due to MBA, research, PhD students?

Excluding a few military matches, only 14 or so are at non academic hospitals. Everything else is mid to top tier academic.

Anesthesiology (20)
Beth Israel Deaconess – Boston (3)
Maine Medical Center (3)
MC Wisconsin
MGH (2)
Mt. Sinai
New York Presbyterian – Cornell (2)
NYU
St. Elizabeths Medical Center - Boston
Tufts (3)
UConn
U Maryland
UVA

Diagnostic Radiology (9)
BMC - BU
Brown (2)
Johns Hopkins
Maine Medical Center
New York Presbyterian – Cornell
U Florida
U Washington

Derm (3)
New York Presbyterian – Cornell (2)
UConn

EM (11)
Beth Isreal Deaconess
Hackensack MC – NJ
Northwestern U
Stanford
SUNY Brooklyn
UCLA – Harbor
UConn
UMass (2)
UMich
U Nevada

FM (14)
Dartmouth
Group Health Cooperative Program Seattle
Maine Medical Center (3)
Middlesex Hospital - CT
Mt Sinai
New York Presbyterian – Cornell
Tufts (2)
U Co Denver
UCSD
UVM - VT (2)

General Surgery (12)
Albington Memorial - PA
BMC – BU
Cedars Sinai – Los Angeles
Kessker Medical Air Force - MS
Lahey Hopsital – MA (2)
Maine Medical Center
U Minnesota
U Rochester
U Southern Carolina
UVM
Yale

IM (39)
Albany MC
Beth Israel Deaconess (2)
BMC – BU
Brown
BWH
Dartmouth
Duke
Kaiser - SF
Loyola – IL
Maine Medical Center (2)
MGH
Mt. Sinai (2)
Naval – San Diego
NYU
Santa Clara MC - CA
SUNY Brooklyn
Thomas Jefferson U - PA
Tufts (3)
Wright Patterson Air Force - OH
UCLA (2)
UCSF
U Maryland (2)
U Minnesota
UPenn
USC - LA
UT Southewestern - TX
U Wisconsin
U Utah
VCU
Yale (3)

Med/Peds (2)
Western Mich University
U Rochester – Strong Memorial

Medicine Primary Care (1)
Dartmouth

Neuro Surgery (2)
U Co Denver
UVM

OBGYN (15)
Albany MC
BWH (2)
Emory
NYMC
Tufts (2)
Washington Hospital, DC
U Cinci
UC Irvine
UConn
UMass (2)
VCU
Yale

Ophthalmology (7)
BMC - BU
Harvard/MEEI
U Illinois
U Miami
UPitt
U Rochester
Vanderbilt

Ortho (8)
Georgetown
New York Presbyterian – Cornell
Tufts
USF
U Conn
U Co Denver
UCSD
VCU

Otolaryngology (2)
Mt Sinai
UVM
Path (1)
San Antonia Military MC - TX

Peds (15)
Brown
Childrens Hospital Oakland
Kaiser Oakland CA
Maine Medical Center
MGH
Mt Sinai
Northwestern U
San Antonio Military - TX
UCLA – Harbor
U Chicago
U Colorado Denver (2)
UMass
U Wash
UVM (2)
Yale

Peds/Psych (2)
Brown (2)

Plastic Surgery (3)
Albany MC
UCSF

PM&R (2)
Northwestern U
U Miami

Psych (9)
Cambridge Health Alliance - MA
Harvard South Shore
MGH
Maine Medical Center
New York Presbyterian – Cornell (2)
San Mateo County – CA
UC Riverside
U Utah

Psychiatry/Neuro (1)
UMass

Surgery – Prelim (5)
Maine Medical Center
St Elizabeths – Boston (3)
U Colorado Denver

Thoracic Surgery (1)
Yale – CT

Urology (5)
cleardot.gif

Maine Medical
NYMC (2)
UMass
UVM
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Looks pretty good but the 90.5% certainly worries me. Especially because the MBAs etc carry over into the next year, so the ones who matriculated in 2012 may not be on this list, but the ones who matriculated in 2011 would be.
 
idontknowwhatnametopick said:
Looks pretty good but the 90.5% certainly worries me. Especially because the MBAs etc carry over into the next year, so the ones who matriculated in 2012 may not be on this list, but the ones who matriculated in 2011 would be.
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I wouldn't be concerned. The rate is definitely higher than 90.5%. We don't know the whole story but people may drop out, may elect to pursue other careers, get tied up in a research year, may choose not to publish their match results. And even at that, someone not matching is much more a result of their own ability and not the school. They could have applied to a super competitive specialty with a non competitive app, or their personalities result in bad letters, etc. The rest of the list looks great with like 90% mid-top tier academics.
 
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piii said:
I wouldn't be concerned. The rate is definitely higher than 90.5%. We don't know the whole story but people may drop out, may elect to pursue other careers, get tied up in a research year, may choose not to publish their match results. And even at that, someone not matching is much more a result of their own ability and not the school. They could have applied to a super competitive specialty with a non competitive app, or their personalities result in bad letters, etc. The rest of the list looks great with like 90+% mid-top tier academics.
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Yeah the "people not wanting their results published" thing actually might be right on, because Tufts actually puts people's names on the match list. Schools that don't publish names, just specialty and location, might have less of an issue with that. Phewwww (sigh of relief) 😉
 
piii said:
I had a lot of time on my hands last night that I'm not proud of but here is the 2016 match list organized by specialty:
Statistics of note:

only one person matched path (dying specialty or does tufts train clinically minded students?)

15 Harvard affiliated matches

181 total matches. 90.5% seems low, perhaps less than 200 applied due to MBA, research, PhD students?

Excluding a few military matches, only 14 or so are at non academic hospitals. Everything else is mid to top tier academic.

Anesthesiology (20)
Beth Israel Deaconess – Boston (3)
Maine Medical Center (3)
MC Wisconsin
MGH (2)
Mt. Sinai
New York Presbyterian – Cornell (2)
NYU
St. Elizabeths Medical Center - Boston
Tufts (3)
UConn
U Maryland
UVA

Diagnostic Radiology (9)
BMC - BU
Brown (2)
Johns Hopkins
Maine Medical Center
New York Presbyterian – Cornell
U Florida
U Washington

Derm (3)
New York Presbyterian – Cornell (2)
UConn

EM (11)
Beth Isreal Deaconess
Hackensack MC – NJ
Northwestern U
Stanford
SUNY Brooklyn
UCLA – Harbor
UConn
UMass (2)
UMich
U Nevada

FM (14)
Dartmouth
Group Health Cooperative Program Seattle
Maine Medical Center (3)
Middlesex Hospital - CT
Mt Sinai
New York Presbyterian – Cornell
Tufts (2)
U Co Denver
UCSD
UVM - VT (2)

General Surgery (12)
Albington Memorial - PA
BMC – BU
Cedars Sinai – Los Angeles
Kessker Medical Air Force - MS
Lahey Hopsital – MA (2)
Maine Medical Center
U Minnesota
U Rochester
U Southern Carolina
UVM
Yale

IM (39)
Albany MC
Beth Israel Deaconess (2)
BMC – BU
Brown
BWH
Dartmouth
Duke
Kaiser - SF
Loyola – IL
Maine Medical Center (2)
MGH
Mt. Sinai (2)
Naval – San Diego
NYU
Santa Clara MC - CA
SUNY Brooklyn
Thomas Jefferson U - PA
Tufts (3)
Wright Patterson Air Force - OH
UCLA (2)
UCSF
U Maryland (2)
U Minnesota
UPenn
USC - LA
UT Southewestern - TX
U Wisconsin
U Utah
VCU
Yale (3)

Med/Peds (2)
Western Mich University
U Rochester – Strong Memorial

Medicine Primary Care (1)
Dartmouth

Neuro Surgery (2)
U Co Denver
UVM

OBGYN (15)
Albany MC
BWH (2)
Emory
NYMC
Tufts (2)
Washington Hospital, DC
U Cinci
UC Irvine
UConn
UMass (2)
VCU
Yale

Ophthalmology (7)
BMC - BU
Harvard/MEEI
U Illinois
U Miami
UPitt
U Rochester
Vanderbilt

Ortho (8)
Georgetown
New York Presbyterian – Cornell
Tufts
USF
U Conn
U Co Denver
UCSD
VCU

Otolaryngology (2)
Mt Sinai
UVM
Path (1)
San Antonia Military MC - TX

Peds (15)
Brown
Childrens Hospital Oakland
Kaiser Oakland CA
Maine Medical Center
MGH
Mt Sinai
Northwestern U
San Antonio Military - TX
UCLA – Harbor
U Chicago
U Colorado Denver (2)
UMass
U Wash
UVM (2)
Yale

Peds/Psych (2)
Brown (2)

Plastic Surgery (3)
Albany MC
UCSF

PM&R (2)
Northwestern U
U Miami

Psych (9)
Cambridge Health Alliance - MA
Harvard South Shore
MGH
Maine Medical Center
New York Presbyterian – Cornell (2)
San Mateo County – CA
UC Riverside
U Utah

Psychiatry/Neuro (1)
UMass

Surgery – Prelim (5)
Maine Medical Center
St Elizabeths – Boston (3)
U Colorado Denver

Thoracic Surgery (1)
Yale – CT

Urology (5)
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Maine Medical
NYMC (2)
UMass
UVM
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Does anyone know if there's a way to see the match results for the Maine Track students specifically? I assume Tufts probably doesn't separate them out, but wasn't sure if MMC might post it somewhere... I'm interested to see the difference in specialty distribution.
 
kab6492 said:
Does anyone know if there's a way to see the match results for the Maine Track students specifically? I assume Tufts probably doesn't separate them out, but wasn't sure if MMC might post it somewhere... I'm interested to see the difference in specialty distribution.
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I'm guessing if you email whoever is in charge of the Maine program they'd be happy to answer your questions.
 
piii said:
I wouldn't be concerned. The rate is definitely higher than 90.5%. We don't know the whole story but people may drop out, may elect to pursue other careers, get tied up in a research year, may choose not to publish their match results. And even at that, someone not matching is much more a result of their own ability and not the school. They could have applied to a super competitive specialty with a non competitive app, or their personalities result in bad letters, etc. The rest of the list looks great with like 90% mid-top tier academics.
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I can say for certain that the list is incomplete. I'm friends with an MS4 and she matched isn't on the list. I wonder if they're allowed to request that they don't post their match?
 
CyrilFiggis said:
I can say for certain that the list is incomplete. I'm friends with an MS4 and she matched isn't on the list. I wonder if they're allowed to request that they don't post their match?
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It's probably more like they have to sign a disclosure agreement for it to even be published
 
piii said:
I wouldn't be concerned. The rate is definitely higher than 90.5%. We don't know the whole story but people may drop out, may elect to pursue other careers, get tied up in a research year, may choose not to publish their match results. And even at that, someone not matching is much more a result of their own ability and not the school. They could have applied to a super competitive specialty with a non competitive app, or their personalities result in bad letters, etc. The rest of the list looks great with like 90% mid-top tier academics.
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I know that some match lists may not reflect matches to competitive specialties that require a preliminary year. Some people match their specialty but do not match for a preliminary residency and thus have to scramble. I think these are considered as not matching.
 
Hey guys, any Maine track interviewees out there? I was just wondering if anyone had heard anything following 2/26 interview!I figure it could be sometime this week if they met with the larger Tufts committee on Thursday. It has been a while though, so I was just curious.
 
Jlove2 said:
Silence on my end. Possibility of weekend/monday calls or emails?
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I'm not applying this cycle but I know a deferred applicant who just heard from the admissions office that it might take about two weeks for new news/decisions
 
Is there anyone who knows they're matriculating who is already in the Boston area? My wife's new job starts May 2 and instead of being a bored and lonely house husband for 3 months, I thought it'd be cool to connect with future classmates.
 
Sorry if I missed this somewhere, but has anyone heard anything about when financial aid packages will be sent out?
 
kab6492 said:
Sorry if I missed this somewhere, but has anyone heard anything about when financial aid packages will be sent out?
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No News as yet. The Fin Aid application deadline was March 25 and I am assuming it will take them couple of weeks to make their decision. It will be good to know what the aid package looks like well before our April 30 deadline.
 
UCGal2016 said:
No News as yet. The Fin Aid application deadline was March 25 and I am assuming it will take them couple of weeks to make their decision. It will be good to know what the aid package looks like well before our April 30 deadline.
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healthesepeople said:
Received an email last week acknowledging receipt of my complete financial aid application. It noted that awards will "begin" to go out the middle of April. Hope that helps!


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Thanks, that's what I figured as well. I agree - hope we get news in the next couple of weeks.
 
lindicho said:
I'm not applying this cycle but I know a deferred applicant who just heard from the admissions office that it might take about two weeks for new news/decisions
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Maybe because they're waiting for April 1, when the waitlists you're on can be seen?
 
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