The University admitted 23 percent of applicants from a record pool of 14,300 applications this year, comprising what Dean of Admissions David Cuttino called "a very strong group." Admission decisions were sent to regular decision applicants via e-mail and letters at the end of March.
Admitted students, many who will be on campus in the coming weeks for a host of pre-orientation programs, applied to the University from all 50 states, as well as 76 countries.
This year continued an upward trend in the number of applications, which has grown nearly 70 percent since 1995.
Tufts received just over 13,700 applications last year, the second highest applicant group ever, but a three percent drop from the previous year.
Despite fears that Tufts would see a sizeable decrease in international applicants in the aftermath of Sept. 11, overseas applicants were plentiful - more, in fact, the number of applicants from New Jersey, among the most represented states at Tufts.
Turkey, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, China, Japan, and Switzerland were the most popular countries represented. Over 17 percent of admitted students were foreign citizens, permanent residents, or US citizens living overseas. Nearly five percent were dual citizens and for 26 percent, English is not their first language or the language spoken in their home.
The racial diversity of applicants admitted to the Class of 2006 was similar to that of last year's class, although there was a sizeable increase in the number of Asian American applicants admitted. This year, 11 percent of admitted students are African American, 11 percent are Latino, and 20 percent are Asian American. Last year, ten percent were African American, 12 percent were Latino, and 15 percent were Asian American.
Additionally, the School of Engineering saw a 13 percent increase in applicants. Almost 14 percent of admitted students applied to the School of Engineering.
On average, accepted students ranked in the top six percent of their high school class.
The middle 50 percent of SAT I Verbal scores ranged from 640 to 740, while for the Math portion it ranged from 670 to 750. Engineering applicants were in the top five percent of their high school classes on average. The middle 50 percent had SAT scores ranging from 640 to 730 for Verbal and from 710 to 780 in Math.
Fifty two percent of admitted students requested financial aid. "Tufts continues to be committed to meeting the full demonstrated need of admitted students and offers financial assistance to a limited number of foreign students," the Office of Admissions said in a press release.
Not only has Tufts been sending admissions notification electronically, but applicants have also become increasingly technical over the past years. Approximately 96 percent of students admitted gave Tufts their e-mail addresses and over 35 percent applied electronically.
In the past few years, 30 to 37 percent of accepted students have enrolled at Tufts.
