Branford's Shamoon Mallick Enrolls At Tufts University

Local resident Shamoon Mallick embarks on undergraduate career at Tufts University

MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, MASS. -- Shamoon Mallick, from Branford, has joined more than 1,500 undergraduate students from around the world as they begin their academic careers at Tufts University, located in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts.

In all, only 14.6 percent of a record breaking 21,501 applicants were admitted to the university, the second-lowest acceptance rate in university history.