Tufts Welcomes Class of 2011
Tufts President Larry Bacow waves to the crowd at freshman matriculation Wednesday afternoon.
More than 1,300 students from all over the country and the world have have descended upon Tufts University this week for freshman orientation, including a beekeeper, the Vermont State historian, a Russian rapper from suburban London, an Abercrombie model from San Juan, and a member of the US National Field Hockey Team.
The Class of 2011, by the numbers:
15,387 applicants- second largest pool in Tufts’ history. 1,375 were admitted (27%).
80% graduated in the top 10% of their class
67 valedictorians
37 salutatorians
1405- Average SAT score, which ties last year’s record
62% attended a public high school
44 states- Massachusetts, New York, and California, in that order, send the most kids
37 nations- South Korea produced the most freshman (10)
1,185 students will attend the School of Arts and Sciences
190 will attend the Engineering School, 28% of them women
707 women
668 men
27% of domestic students are Americans of color
42% will receive financial aid, the highest number in a decade and up from last year’s 36%
10% were raised by parents who didn’t attend college
85 are children of alums
17 are children of Tufts employees