For Juniors: Crafting Your Senior Schedule
Hello my junior friends! While seniors around you are attending admitted student days and buying way too much college swag (don’t worry, this will be you…
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For this series, we asked three admissions officers to revisit the supplemental essays of three current Tufts freshmen. What in these essays worked, and…
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