Why does DCUM overrated Tufts?

[Anonymous]

I see people here consistently juxtapose it with T20/25 schools. Why is that?

[Anonymous]

It’s ranked 37 on us news and world report. I don’t think comparing a school ranked 37 to a school ranked 25 is that ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

It has an 11% acceptance rate, so pretty elite.

[Anonymous]

Tufts is a very solid school, particularly if your DC is interested in premed or IR. They have an early assurance program for medical school.

I wouldn't be looking at the ranking.

[Anonymous]

Why?
Again?
Talk to someone irl please.

[Anonymous]

Tufts was ranked around 29-30-ish for a long time.

Keep in mind that the current US News rankings changed quite a bit with each formula change over the last few years to emphasize social mobility/Pell data, which favors large publics and disfavors mid size privates, especially those that weren't all the way at the top.

[Anonymous]

It only takes 1-2 rabid boosters (or detractors) on DCUM to change the entire feel of a university on here

[Anonymous]

Boston is a wonderful place to go to college. More of a true campus feel than Northeastern or BU.
Strong across a large number of majors - art, IR, sciences.
Has kept a rigorous core curriculum.
A rare LAC that has an engineering school and med school attached.
Wonderful school spirit and alumni network.
Great grad school outcomes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s ranked 37 on us news and world report. I don’t think comparing a school ranked 37 to a school ranked 25 is that ridiculous.

But you all don't compare BC is the same way.

[Anonymous]

Tufts is a notch above BC altho the BC alum network is real

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Boston is a wonderful place to go to college. More of a true campus feel than Northeastern or BU.
Strong across a large number of majors - art, IR, sciences.
Has kept a rigorous core curriculum.
A rare LAC that has an engineering school and med school attached.
Wonderful school spirit and alumni network.
Great grad school outcomes.

Clarification, it is not an LAC. It's categorized as a national university.

[Anonymous]

For IR, 60k GWU vs full pay at Tufts, what would you choose?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tufts is a notch above BC altho the BC alum network is real

Then T25s are 2 above BC and 1 above Tufts?

[Anonymous]

Tufts is not overrated.

It's a solid, selective T50 school.

[Anonymous]

I'm not a Tufts booster but I think it gets a lot of hate on DCUM. Every post seems to trash the school because it's not in downtown Boston or (one of my favorite stupid complaints) the campus is hilly.

Fwiw, I went to Tufts for grad school a million years ago but found the undergrads really obnoxious then. But now I look and say - a medium sized student body, proximate to a GREAT college city, with excellent graduate programs... what's not to like? I don't think Tufts is overrated, I think it's underrated.