To all my Questies
In the great on-screen words of George Little, “It’s today!” Tufts’ first offers of admission for the current application season have been sent to our…
Posted in "First-Generation"
A Guide to Fly-In Programs
As a new admissions counselor, I wanted my first blog post to be on something that was instrumental to me during my college application process: Diversity…
An Admissions Officer's Guide to Financial Aid
It’s wild to think of the enormous, cavernous gap between what I knew about financial aid as a high school senior applying to college (nothing) and what…
The family section is complicated
It’s not uncommon at Tufts to meet students who struggle to answer the question, “Where are you from?” For students who’ve grown up across multiple cities…
Some advice based on my first gen experience of college search
As a first-gen student myself, I can't say that I speak for all first-gen students. We’re not all the same. We all have different journeys and obstacles…
Admissions Team
