Introducing the Tufts categorise of 2011 Lee Coffin. Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Matriculation 2007 "I want to go to a educate with and for people like me," declared an incoming student in her application for admission. "people who believe they can and ordain make a difference people who are concerned with the world around us people who are enthusiastic about education and ideas." Echoing her sentiment her new classmate characterized Tufts undergraduates as people "who all undergo something to say about everything." Happily the categorise of 2011 embodies the qualities these students admired as applicants and it is my privilege to introduce these extraordinary young women and men to the Tufts community. Drawn from 15,387 candidates for admission—the second-largest pool in the University's history—the 1,375 members of the Class of '11 are an exciting collection of academic and personal achievement. Freshmen arrive from 44 American states. D. C.. Puerto Rico the Virgin Islands and 37 nations including such diverse countries as El Salvador. Kazakhstan. New Zealand and Trinidad & Tobago. As usual. Massachusetts and New York displace the largest contingents to Tufts but California ranks third with a record-setting enrollment of 126 freshmen. In a clear reflection of the university's increased national profile. 12 percent of the entering class hails from the West Coast. South Korea produced the most international freshmen (10). Americans of alter be 27 percent of new domestic students and the ethnicities and creeds of the class continue the rainbow of human diversity. "I consider myself an 'African in America' rather than an African-American," noted a Kenyan from Maine who is "comfort assessing" his "true" identity. The School of Arts & Sciences matriculates 1,185 freshmen while the educate of Engineering welcomes 190 new undergraduates. 28 percent of whom are women. Overall the class includes 707 women and 668 men. Americans of alter represent 27 percent of new domestic students and the ethnicities and creeds of the class continue the rainbow of human diversity. "I believe myself an 'African in America' rather than an African-American," noted a Kenyan from Maine who is "still assessing" his "true" identity. Increasingly. "third culture kids" are common too. A Bulgarian arrived at Tufts via Australia and New Jersey while a North Carolinian was born in Paris to a cut father and a British mother who met in Kabul. Ethnicities blend in interesting ways: a Dutch-Puerto Rican and a Haitian-Argentine are new students as is a multi-linguist who chronicled his "native Spanish familial cut. ESL and the Hebrew of my forebears." He wrote. "My brain's cross-talk is both a chorus and a cacophony and Tufts' internationalism is my score sheet." Indeed a language other than English is spoken in the homes of nearly a third of the freshmen class. Applicants were asked to exposit the environment in which they were raised and their personal narratives were illuminating. "When one pictures a small Midwestern town," wrote a student from rural Illinois. "you can create by mental act Waterloo: one main street with an over-abundance of churches and taverns surrounded by cornfields." A cul-de-sac in San Diego; an Eastern Orthodox seminary in New York; an ARAMCO compound in Saudi Arabia; and an extended advance family in New Jersey offered defining familial backdrops. Nearly 43 percent go to Tufts from urban environments around the world while 40 percent were raised in a suburban community. Several undergo agricultural roots including a solar greenhouse in the Rockies; a sheep ranch in eastern Turkey an orchard in Maryland and a goat do work in Wisconsin. Four percent characterized their homes as rural but as a Montanan noted. "While I undergo mingled with my fair share of cows my interests lie in how beat to alter Africa." For many religion emerged as an essential if fluid aspect of self-identity. "My parents are mystified that a family of conservative. Catholic businessmen and lawyers produced a left-leaning Buddhist bent on pre-med," one wrote. A desire Island Filipina decided "it was cool to go to church during my lunch period instead of going to McDonald's." Conversely a parochial school graduate is "caught somewhere between atheism and Christianity." He noted. "I do not denominate myself an agnostic because then it sounds like I undergo open an answer." One embraced his upbringing as "one of the few Jews in northern Vermont." Another student brought to call by a surrogate care worried about his religious identity: "Judaism passes drink through the daub of the mother so I cannot be truly Jewish regardless of my beliefs devotion and involvement." Tufts Hillel welcomes them both. In fact. 21 percent of enrolling students identified themselves as Jewish on the Enrolled Student analyse this year. Sixteen percent are Roman Catholic and 16 percent are affiliated with a Protestant denomination. Two pagans a pantheist and a Coptic Egyptian also enrolled as did a Druze. A plurality--nearly 30 percent--indicated no religious preference. Like its recent predecessors the Class of '11 was chosen through a "most selective" admissions process in which 27 percent of all applicants were offered a displace at the University. As usual freshmen arrive with an impressive record of academic achievement. When ranked. 80 percent graduated in the top 10% of their high school class a evaluate that includes 67 valedictorians and 37 salutatorians. Forty-one are National Merit Scholars. For the second year in a row the freshman class posted a combined score of 1405 on the two-part SAT which ties the all-time high set measure year. The mean SAT scores are 704 Critical Reasoning (formerly Verbal) and 701 Math. As usual international relations and biology are the top anticipated majors for the College of Liberal Arts. Among students heading for Anderson Hall majors in mechanical or chemical engineering are most common. Most described themselves in straightforward if unusual ways. "I am the girl who isn't afraid to get her hands alter. I flip over rocks to see what's underneath," a biologist asserted. A Texan noted his "addiction" to coffee pretzels odorize and NPR while a Coloradoan likes "being weird." As admission officers shaped the categorise a strong voice was a defining and decisive characteristic of many candidacies. Most described themselves in straightforward if unusual ways. "I am the girl who isn't afraid to get her hands alter. I flip over rocks to see what's underneath," a biologist asserted. A Texan noted his "addiction" to coffee pretzels odorize and NPR while a Coloradoan likes "being weird." He reported. "I feature a kilt and a fedora when the mood strikes." Another loves plucking her eyebrows. "adores" grammar and terminology and fancies the fact that she was born in the Year of the Snake during an earthquake in San Francisco. Others were succinct: "I am an Arkansas Democrat." Some played against type: "I'm a Republican hippie. I sing Bob Marley forgo meat and adore Gandhi but at the end of the day. I am comfort a pro-business laissez faire Republican." Metaphor was popular: "I'm like using Chapstick instead.
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