I emailed someone earlier this week and they said they were hoping to send stuff out starting at the end of this week or the beginning of next week. The end of this week has now passed...
I'm OOS and was accepted elsewhere, for me I chose Tufts because on my interview day it was obvious that the entire community was very supportive, both inside and outside of academics. Plus the wildlife clinic and international research options were a huge perk because I'm really interested in those! But the cost is a very real factor to take a look at. A year or two longer to pay it off isn't *that* much longer but it's still a good amount of time where you'll be having to put aside money constantly just to pay it off, and with COVID right now there's always the chance that an economic crisis starts and that makes everything more difficult for the future
If you're still debating, I'd be happy to answer any other specific questions you have that might help you make up your mind!
To the best of my knowledge, you cannot.
Nope. Out of state/In state status remains the same as it was at the time of application.
I would reach out to admissions and ask them what they prefer! I honestly don't know what they're looking for right now in terms of grades
I haven't heard anything yet 🙁
Most people in my class live pretty close to the school, but I do know some students that live 40 minutes+ away! The house I live in is 6 minutes from the campus, but I occasionally dogsit in Ashland which is 30 minutes from the school and I've had no problems with getting to classes in the morning as long as I leave on time. I also know some students who took the train in to campus, the Grafton T stop is right next to campus so that makes for a pretty easy commute if you don't have a car!
Huge thank you for the update it keeps the hope alive a little haha
Did they say how many over the 100 they are?
Ugh I wish they weren't so secretive!
It is pretty much a joke unfortunately. I was looking at the tuition for 2019-2020 though, and in-state tuition was around $51,000, compared to an estimated ~$58,500 for 2020-2021. That's a huge jump, so I was hoping they gave a similar conservative estimate for MA discount last year and ended up giving us a lot more off. Otherwise that's going to be a very alarming tuition raise each year.
Wow you must drive faster than I do haha
There's a break from 12:00-1:00 which people usually go home to let out dogs/do whatever. For first year specifically the schedule varies day to day: some days we would have classes from 8:00-4:00 (with the 12-1 lunch break), some days we would no classes in the afternoon, etc. The only thing that shortened the lunch break was our clinical skills class that starts around 12:30-12:45, but that was only one day a week (and we didn't have it every week). I know a lot of people who have dogs and go back to their houses to let them out so it's definitely feasible, but they all live fairly close to the school!
Awesome, thank you!
