Why does DCUM overrated Tufts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

+1. Tufts is underrated. It’s a lot like Emory except for the weather, and can’t be compared to either the large research universities or SLAC’s. If Tufts were in a different city or different region where it didn’t have to compete with Harvard, MIT, Williams and Amherst, people may view it differently?

[Anonymous]

Tufts fits in well to the UAA schools and is likely a more natural fit there than in the NESCAC. UAC is Wash U, Emory, Rochester, Case, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Brandeis, Chicago. I think Hopkins used to be in it. All excellent schools, generally a notch below Ivies. No shame in being a notch below Ivies - that is still very highly ranked and recognized. Each has its pros and cons. Those who bash them are wrong. Those who think they are interchangeable with Ivies are wrong (though there are obviously specialized programs, circumstances, etc.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tufts fits in well to the UAA schools and is likely a more natural fit there than in the NESCAC. UAC is Wash U, Emory, Rochester, Case, Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Brandeis, Chicago. I think Hopkins used to be in it. All excellent schools, generally a notch below Ivies. No shame in being a notch below Ivies - that is still very highly ranked and recognized. Each has its pros and cons. Those who bash them are wrong. Those who think they are interchangeable with Ivies are wrong (though there are obviously specialized programs, circumstances, etc.)

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

+1. Tufts is underrated. It’s a lot like Emory except for the weather, and can’t be compared to either the large research universities or SLAC’s. If Tufts were in a different city or different region where it didn’t have to compete with Harvard, MIT, Williams and Amherst, people may view it differently?

If it's like Emory, why isn't it ranked near Emory?

[Anonymous]

Not everyone follows USNWR’s with slavish devotion. Tufts and Emory are probably as alike as any 2 schools in the U.S. on many key measure including student academics and resources. One has Atlanta and one has Boston. Yes, overall Emory may be a little easier to get into than Tufts but it is still a solid school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone follows USNWR’s with slavish devotion. Tufts and Emory are probably as alike as any 2 schools in the U.S. on many key measure including student academics and resources. One has Atlanta and one has Boston. Yes, overall Emory may be a little easier to get into than Tufts but it is still a solid school.

So Tufts is great but Emory is just solid? Yet, USnews? And no Tufts isn't easier to get into... They're probably the same, but if anything Emory is harder to get into, like every other private T25, but what really matter is outcomes and Tufts grads can't compete with T25s.
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/tufts-university/admissions
Tufts- 10% 1460-1540/ 33-35
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/emory-university/admissions
Emory- 10% 1480-1540/32-35

[Anonymous]

Tufts does yeild protection, so it probably feels like it's harder to get into because the students that may get rejected are a surprise. Besides International relations, which is a very niche field, I can't think of anything that Tufts does better than T25s that you can argue for it to be ranked there as well.

[Anonymous]

Because many of us are all smart enough to pay attention to the actual colleges our kids are looking at and not silly magazine ratings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because many of us are all smart enough to pay attention to the actual colleges our kids are looking at and not silly magazine ratings.

Great, what are some programs or attributes about Tufts, that Tufts does better than say Emory, Washu, Vandy, Notre Dame, or CMU?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone follows USNWR’s with slavish devotion. Tufts and Emory are probably as alike as any 2 schools in the U.S. on many key measure including student academics and resources. One has Atlanta and one has Boston. Yes, overall Emory may be a little easier to get into than Tufts but it is still a solid school.

So Tufts is great but Emory is just solid? Yet, USnews? And no Tufts isn't easier to get into... They're probably the same, but if anything Emory is harder to get into, like every other private T25, but what really matter is outcomes and Tufts grads can't compete with T25s.
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/tufts-university/admissions
Tufts- 10% 1460-1540/ 33-35
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/emory-university/admissions
Emory- 10% 1480-1540/32-35

I was just teasing you Emory mom - they are both great schools!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone follows USNWR’s with slavish devotion. Tufts and Emory are probably as alike as any 2 schools in the U.S. on many key measure including student academics and resources. One has Atlanta and one has Boston. Yes, overall Emory may be a little easier to get into than Tufts but it is still a solid school.

So Tufts is great but Emory is just solid? Yet, USnews? And no Tufts isn't easier to get into... They're probably the same, but if anything Emory is harder to get into, like every other private T25, but what really matter is outcomes and Tufts grads can't compete with T25s.
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/tufts-university/admissions
Tufts- 10% 1460-1540/ 33-35
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/emory-university/admissions
Emory- 10% 1480-1540/32-35

I was just teasing you Emory mom - they are both great schools!

Great is subjective, clearly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone follows USNWR’s with slavish devotion. Tufts and Emory are probably as alike as any 2 schools in the U.S. on many key measure including student academics and resources. One has Atlanta and one has Boston. Yes, overall Emory may be a little easier to get into than Tufts but it is still a solid school.

So Tufts is great but Emory is just solid? Yet, USnews? And no Tufts isn't easier to get into... They're probably the same, but if anything Emory is harder to get into, like every other private T25, but what really matter is outcomes and Tufts grads can't compete with T25s.
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/tufts-university/admissions
Tufts- 10% 1460-1540/ 33-35
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/emory-university/admissions
Emory- 10% 1480-1540/32-35

I was just teasing you Emory mom - they are both great schools!

Great is subjective, clearly.

DP. Hair-splitting among undergrad rankings that will not result in different post-grad results.

[Anonymous]

Oh FFS OP, again with Tufts??!! Give it up already!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh FFS OP, again with Tufts??!! Give it up already!!

Calm down

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone follows USNWR’s with slavish devotion. Tufts and Emory are probably as alike as any 2 schools in the U.S. on many key measure including student academics and resources. One has Atlanta and one has Boston. Yes, overall Emory may be a little easier to get into than Tufts but it is still a solid school.

So Tufts is great but Emory is just solid? Yet, USnews? And no Tufts isn't easier to get into... They're probably the same, but if anything Emory is harder to get into, like every other private T25, but what really matter is outcomes and Tufts grads can't compete with T25s.
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/tufts-university/admissions
Tufts- 10% 1460-1540/ 33-35
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/emory-university/admissions
Emory- 10% 1480-1540/32-35

I was just teasing you Emory mom - they are both great schools!

Great is subjective, clearly.

DP. Hair-splitting among undergrad rankings that will not result in different post-grad results.

I think it does result in different outcomes.
https://www.peakframeworks.com/post/ib-target-schools
Tufts doesn't make the T60 for placement in finance. We all know finance is very prestige conscious.