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Welcome Tufts Engineering Class of 2012

If the Tufts admissions process were an Olympic event in Beijing, the Class of 2012 would have won five gold medals and one silver, writes Lee Coffin, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions. Consider these highlights:

  • The University received 15,642 first-year applicants, the largest pool in Tufts history;
  • The School of Engineering attracted 2,018 candidates, the largest pool in its history;
  • 25% were offered admission, the second-most selective year ever (there's the silver);
  • The class enrolls with the highest, two-part SAT mean (1415) in University history as well as the highest mean scores on the critical reading (707), math (708) and writing (709) sections.
  • Among engineers, the mean SAT-M score soared 23 points to 749, also a record high.
The Engineering Class of 2012 listens as Kim Knox, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at the School of Engineering, welcomes them to Tufts School of Engineering.

The Engineering Class of 2012 listens as Kim Knox, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education at the School of Engineering, welcomes them to Tufts School of Engineering.

A robust cohort of 191 students enrolled in the School of Engineering, including an Iowa Homecoming King with a passion for computer programming and a budding NASCAR driver from Nevada—a nominee for Sportsman of the Year in 2007—who hopes to reengineer cars to achieve the best driving conditions so he can drive them "at their top ability."

Environmental issues intrigue and motivate many. A Boise native installed a ‘vine canopy' in her hometown to demonstrate the potential energy and environmental benefits of creating shade in a cost efficient way; she hopes to reduce Boise's heat island effect. "I (like to) concoct grand, ultra-modern, green hotels and houses," said Jennifer Lavet of Vienna, Virginia, while a Floridian considers clean water in developing countries a fundamental human right.

Academic credentials of the incoming class are equally impressive, with a nearly 20-point jump in mean composite SAT scores (from 1411 in 2007 to 1430). The new freshman class enrolls with a record-setting mean SAT-Math score of 749, up from 729 last year. Significantly, mean writing scores also increased (from 680 to 693), demonstrating Tufts’ ability to attract multi-faceted students. The mean class high school rank is 6%, with 82% in the top 10% of their class. The class of 2012 includes students from 27 states and 16 countries; 32% are women, 23% are Americans of color, and 13% are foreign citizens. Fifty percent of the admitted class received a need-based institutional grant, up from 44% last year and 39% two years ago, dramatic evidence that the campaign for need-blind admissions is transforming the socioeconomic make-up of the engineering class. Seventeen freshmen are Pell Grant recipients.


 

  

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