Mt Holyoke vs Tufts
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Anonymous
Or is that more wanting to be near Boston? I think mhc and Wellesley are similar, just one is more competitive/career focused. I don’t see a similar culture or experience between tufts and Wellesley. I speak from experience as I went to Wellesley and my sister went to Tufts! |
Anonymous
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MHC and Tufts are in two different Leagues, two different locations, and to quote my HS kid, two different vibes.
If you can't visit and let the kid pick their vibe, and money doesn't matter, go for Tufts (more well known, better school). If money does matter and you can't visit, go for the one that will cost you less. |
Anonymous
| Mount Holyoke has one of the best undergraduate classroom/learning experiences. Gréât place to get an education, unless student wants something like engineering.m or urban. Then Tufts. It’s lovely there, but student had to like that. Free buses to Amherst and Noho if she is burning to spend money. |
Anonymous
| Some very high-quality research in my field has come out of MHC. |
Anonymous
They're really not in two different "leagues." Mount Holyoke is an exceptional school, but the applicant pool is highly self-selecting. Tufts suffers a bit being in the shadow of Harvard and MIT, but it's also an excellent school. They are on par. |
Anonymous
Perhaps they are confusing it with Hadley? |
Anonymous
Or Holyoke. |
Anonymous
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Holyoke 52% acceptance rate LOL
Looks like it could serve as a safety to Tufts |
Anonymous
Holyoke is well known. It was one of the seven sisters. Now there are five. If people don’t know about it, that’s their ignorance showing. Omg. Do we really believe acceptance rate percentage means anything? It’s so easy to manipulate that number by encouraging unqualified students to apply. Chicago does that. It could mean the school is good at marketing. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/about/history/seven_sisters |
Anonymous
| My high stats DD was really into MHC until we visited there. She loved the campus, the traditions and the idea of being there but hated the town and that it was in the middle of nowhere. Wellesley is on her list and felt much better to her in terms of its location and proximity to Boston. She also looked at Tufts but it's off her list for a variety of reasons (too urban, too big, etc). So yes, kids do consider both schools but I can't imagine feeling you had a fit at both. |
Anonymous
LOL? Weird sense of humor. Undergraduates are the focus at Mount Holyoke. Tufts has resource consuming graduate programs. One’s not better. They’re just different. |
Anonymous
Right. The LOL was so uncalled for. I hope that person's kid is not a snobby bully like they are. |
Anonymous
Seriously, who "LOL"s at an acceptance rate? Mt. Holyoke is a well-known, excellent school. I think they suffer because fewer people want to do single-sex education now, and the location is more remote than peer schools such as Smith. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't expect the selectivity of a women's college to be on par with a mainstream college. It's a qualitatively different thing they're offering. Plus, only half the smart kids are even eligible to apply, so the denominator is going to through off the acceptance rate. |
Anonymous
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Agree with other posters. MHC is a good school. It’s acceptance rate is likely a matter of being single sex. Someone could easily look at both. If the “Lol” poster’s kid did not apply at any schools with acceptance over 50%, then they did not apply to any true safeties.
The “lol” poster is just immature and judgmental. |