Admissions Tufts University

bendetson hall, on medford/somerville campus, houses office of undergraduate admissions.


undergraduate admissions

undergraduate admission tufts characterized carnegie foundation more selective, lower transfer-in . class of 2020, tufts accepted 2,889 or 14.3% of 20,223 applicants. school of arts , sciences accepted 14.9% of applicants while school of engineering accepted 11.7%. transfer acceptance rate 5.6%. according dean of undergraduate admissions lee coffin, admissions team still deemed 8,108 students, or 40 percent of application pool, potentially qualified admission. coffin went on detail number of spots enrollment @ university can offer @ 1,325 1,310 last year. matriculating class of 2016, 91% of incoming freshmen ranked in top 10% of high school class (up 1 percent previous year).

on 4 april 2016, university announced that, class of 2020, mean sat scores 727 in critical reading , 738 in math, , mean act score 32. among students schools made class rank available, mean ranking in top 4 percent .

in 2006, dean of arts , sciences robert sternberg added experimental criteria application process undergraduates test creativity , other non-academic factors , including inviting applicants submit youtube videos supplement application. calling first major university try such departure norm , inside higher ed notes tufts continues consider sat , other traditional criteria.

dean of undergraduate admissions lee coffin announced on april 7, 2015 tufts accepting undocumented students , without deferred action childhood arrivals (daca). coffin said undocumented students no longer considered international students, rather domestic students. due activism of social justice group united immigrant justice. first cohort of undocumented students in class of 2019.

carmichael hall on residence quad


graduate admissions

the graduate schools each hold own admission process. students apply directly graduate program seeking acceptance, , acceptance rates vary dramatically between programs.