TUFTS: About 800 from the 5000 who complete applications are invited to interview. The entire file is reviewed. Applicants who will NOT be invited can receive rejection letters as EARLY as March 1.
For students already interviewed, at each meeting of the admissions committee a decision is made whether to accept, reject or hold for reevaluation at later meetings.
All students receive a decision by the end of May; a number are placed on a wait-list.
Wait-listed students not offered places in the class are notified by the end of the summer.
The wait-list is not rank-ordered or broken into priority groups. An applicant may indicate interest in remaining on the wait list by filling out the form that arrives with notification of wait-list status. No supplementary material is required from those on the wait-list. Don't call Admissions; they will not provide detailed information concerning likelihood of acceptance.
The greatest movement from the wait-list usually occurs May 15-July 1.
Editorial: a mandatory course each semester for all preprofessional students should be one on anxiety control, transcendental meditation and/or on whatever works. It will sure come in handy when going through the curriculum, taking course exams and the MCAT/DAT/VMCAT, applying to professional schools, waiting for and going to interviews, waiting to hear the outcomes, accepting bad news, making choices when getting good news, starting a professional education, handling adversity...and on and on and on through a demanding professional life.
Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, respect for others, responsibility for all your actions. Live long and prosper!
