#ED1 WashU vs ED1 Tufts

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clever grail
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Schools: Washington University and Tufts University
Intended major: biotech if tufts, bme if washu, maybe compsci minor?
Similarities: prestige, acceptance rate, both suburban or urban i think

WashU
Pros: somewhat medium weather, have a family friend going there right now, pretty buildings, lots of bio courses, prestigious, my dad really likes it for some reason?, heard great things abt the dorms

Cons:
might be hot, very selective/prob wont get in , no biotech major, not much family here, idk how red or blue georgia is but i'm gay, haven't visited, only seen school in videos, scary bc far from california

Tufts
Pros: visited campus and liked it, research yay, biotech major, not too warm weather, i have family within 30 minutes, transportation seems easy cause there's a train line like. 20 seconds from the office, pretty close to boston as well, blue state woohoo

Cons: again probably won't get in super selective, snow, i live in california so idk how to deal with that, i'm not sure it's as good as washu for bio in general?, literally on the other side of the country from where i've always lived which is terrifying

Tiebreaking considerations: how good the respective majors are, social scene (ive struggled with making friends before for sure), support for students, my chances for each school, i definitely like them both a lot so any info on differences would be great

Addendum: i don't want extreme weather, a medium size or smaller school would be preferable

i can't lie they're both almost impossible schools because of my gpa and about average ecs i'm only applying ED bc i have ucs as backup tbh, this is more for me to get a bigger picture of these schools

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i loved wellesley as well but i dont think it's bio program is particularly big or good relatively

clever grail
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messaging this again cause i gotta finish essays and idk which one to do first

old gazelle
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WashU is not in Georgia

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I get the impression that you like Tufts more

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Your pros for WashU don't hold much weight

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Wellesley is an excellent LAC that will provide a great education in bio

sterile apex
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niether

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neither

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do UPENN

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ull regret both of those

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they went down a LOT in rankings

south hinge
sterile apex
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They do matter at some point

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All I’m saying

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Is that ED is a big commitment

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And u want it to be Ivy League level

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So like Top 10 nationally

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Or like #1 in cs like cmu

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Cuz ull never regret that

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So for medicine route upenn would be the best choice to ED

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even biotech

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All of this IMO

clever grail
clever grail
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u will understand why lol

clever grail
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thanks

old gazelle
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Tufts is a great school

clever grail
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Yeah I am

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Unfortunately even with ED the chance is pretty low

high thorn
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You ed to the school you want to go to

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Not because its a ivy

clever grail
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yeah lmao

high thorn
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id ignore everything he said

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tufts has a great med program

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Go with tufts you def like it more

clever grail
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yeah i do lol

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i know like nothing abt upenn

high thorn
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I will say tufts is also very blue

old gazelle
old gazelle
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You never know, you might get in

clever grail
clever grail
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i mean worst case i end up at like

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uc santa cruz

sterile apex
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i mean its my opinion

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yea u can but IMO its not worth it to ED there

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yes u can apply id never stop anyone

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and btw if ur instate for UC you should consider the Ucs

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even UCSF is great

clever grail
sterile apex
clever grail
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they dont even have ea actually

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theres like. stanford i guess

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lol

sterile apex
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well yeah that may be tought with your gpa

clever grail
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just a bit

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but i really like tufts so that's why i'm ed1ng there

sterile apex
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whats the ED rate for tufts btw

clever grail
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im ngl

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i can't find it anywhere

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i can find others chools but not tufts

sterile apex
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hmm

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i heard it was 30%

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its similar to northeastern i think

clever grail
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my gpa is 3.4 but it's extenuating circumstances

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and a huge upward trend

sterile apex
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where they take a good amount of consideration for ED applications

clever grail
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i'm talking 2.86 freshman 1st sem to 3.8 rn, both uw

sterile apex
clever grail
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yes i will

sterile apex
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if you have that put that on ur app

clever grail
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in the additional info situation

sterile apex
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yea

clever grail
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my sat carries me

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and my ecs are decent i think

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we'll see

sterile apex
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also read this if u want

sterile apex
clever grail
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1560

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1st try

sterile apex
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!!!!

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apply to Upenn

clever grail
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780 both sections

sterile apex
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like for real

clever grail
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girl we just talked about the gpa 😭

sterile apex
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bruh i aint no girl

clever grail
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that is an ivy

sterile apex
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anyways

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yeah

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stiill

clever grail
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sorry i call everyone girl

sterile apex
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nice

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u should apply upenn

clever grail
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i will apply

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not ed

sterile apex
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ur above the 75th percentile for it

clever grail
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my gpa is far below 25th

sterile apex
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and they heavily take into consideration extenuating circumstances

clever grail
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hmm

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ill look into it

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i'll let you know

clever grail
sterile apex
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yeah but if u can explain it in a coherent manner and even explain it in the interview

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then you may just be set

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idk what it really is so i cant say on that

clever grail
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the circumstance in question is i wasn't diagnosed with adhd until after 9th where i was able to get help and improve myself

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my grandpa died during a math test too

sterile apex
clever grail
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but that was less impactful

sterile apex
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if you look at the common data set

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they priortize additional info and any extenuating circumstance

clever grail
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let me look

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i feel like ur feeding into my delusions rn i can't lie

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i dont see the additional info part

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but ill keep looking

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rn i gotta finish chapel hill lol

clever grail
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no idea why

old gazelle
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MO

clever grail
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yeah its in missouri i know

high thorn
high thorn
sterile apex
sterile apex
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i mean go for it

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im just saying id never ED

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the person's stats are actually good

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and if they can describe the situation as well as that 1560 SAT that may be good for an actual ivy with stellar essays and Ecs

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so like i just want the person to reach their full potential

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and i believe they can get into an ivy

high thorn
clever grail
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but I don’t think I’d enjoy myself at an Ivy

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I feel like people would be entitled or brag a lot

old gazelle
clever grail
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i have really good essays, really good sat, my extracurriculars are closer to average than to stellar though

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also im asian if that matters

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which makes it much worse

old gazelle
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Just ED to your dream school

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And that can be any school

south hinge
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ED tufts

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It’s the right choice

clever grail
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im all of a sudden getting nervous to apply ed to tufts what if i hate it lol

clever grail
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i'm not sure i wanna commit myself to a school so early anymore

old gazelle