Quick Question....

[sfrice80]

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What is it called when a school accepts people with lower stats so they have a high acceptance percentage? Turning down really good applicants because they are afraid they will go elsewhere anyways and hurt their acceptance rate. There is a term for it and it came up earlier this year and I cant remember it or find it for the life of me. Im not saying this relates to me....its actually a debate I have going with someone right now, so help me out with the term. Thanks

 

[doc toothache]

What is it called when a school accepts people with lower stats so they have a high acceptance percentage? Turning down really good applicants because they are afraid they will go elsewhere anyways and hurt their acceptance rate. There is a term for it and it came up earlier this year and I cant remember it or find it for the life of me. Im not saying this relates to me....its actually a debate I have going with someone right now, so help me out with the term. Thanks

It is hard to imagine any ds whose acceptance criteria includes a concern for "high acceptance percentage".

 

[sfrice80]

It came up earlier this year in a thread....I really doubt it as well but there is a term for that, thats all i want to know.

 

[UMpredent]

What is it called when a school accepts people with lower stats so they have a high acceptance percentage? Turning down really good applicants because they are afraid they will go elsewhere anyways and hurt their acceptance rate. There is a term for it and it came up earlier this year and I cant remember it or find it for the life of me. Im not saying this relates to me....its actually a debate I have going with someone right now, so help me out with the term. Thanks

Why do you ask?

 

[mll34]

Jeez guys,
Some of you need to calm down and stop playing 20 questions with the guy. I think its called tufts syndrome or something like that. I know it has to do with tufts

 

[sfrice80]

Jeez guys,
Some of you need to calm down and stop playing 20 questions with the guy. I think its called tufts syndrome or something like that. I know it has to do with tufts

lol.....thank you...thats exactly what I was looking for. Much appreciated!

 

[FutureDent020]

School that rejects top applicants because it realizes top applicants probably won't enroll. This is also known as "Tufts Syndrome." It originated because Tufts undergrad seemed to reject a lot of students that were being accepted by Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc.

 

[DrDDSman]

I think tufts syndrome is more geared towards undergrad, but same idea. The ivys reject a lot of highly qualified kids, so they end up going to tufts.

 

[Tooth Pulp]

School that rejects top applicants because it realizes top applicants probably won't enroll. This is also known as "Tufts Syndrome." It originated because Tufts undergrad seemed to reject a lot of students that were being accepted by Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc.

+1 correct

I think tufts syndrome is more geared towards undergrad, but same idea. The ivys reject a lot of highly qualified kids, so they end up going to tufts.

You're right about the undergrad, but it's the students that are rejected by Tufts go to Harvard. Tufts did not want to accept them b/c they realized they would be accepted to another school. Of course this is an urban legend, but there may be some truth in it.

 

[DrDDSman]

+1 correct


You're right about the undergrad, but it's the students that are rejected by Tufts go to Harvard. Tufts did not want to accept them b/c they realized they would be accepted to another school. Of course this is an urban legend, but there may be some truth in it.

My mistake. Eitherway, Tufts undergrad is notorious for being the "ivy-league reject" school

 

[DizzleISA]

It may be called "Yield Protection"... aka "Tufts Syndrome" 👍