Is Tufts underrated?

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Anonymous wrote:Rankings aside, we have neighbors with three kids who went to, respectively, Yale, Dartmouth and Tufts. The parents think Tufts offered the best education.

Did the parents attend classes with the kids?

Ha! I doubt it, but they're certainly aware of how the school contributed to their child's development. As the parent of three students who are now in college and grad school, I'm in a good position to assess how they've benefited from the teaching, curriculum, research opportunities, and extracurricular activities.

Such absolute and unadulterated hogwash. Even if you really are "in a good position to assess how they've benefitted," which you likely aren't, you still can't assess what was "offered."

I've had four kids go to four different colleges. They're all doing well. I couldn't tell you a thing about their education other than what schools they went to.

Parents are sooo weird.

So, you don't talk with your kids about option for classes or papers they're writing or how they like their teachers or research they're involved in. Huh -- I guess some families aren't as close as ours.

+1 And for those of us who are academics, it's very easy to get a sense of the caliber of teaching and the rigor of classes, esp. if our kids are taking courses in the fields that we teach in.

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We canceled our visit because we did not like the surrounding neighborhood/environment.

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Anonymous wrote:Rankings aside, we have neighbors with three kids who went to, respectively, Yale, Dartmouth and Tufts. The parents think Tufts offered the best education.

Did the parents attend classes with the kids?

Ha! I doubt it, but they're certainly aware of how the school contributed to their child's development. As the parent of three students who are now in college and grad school, I'm in a good position to assess how they've benefited from the teaching, curriculum, research opportunities, and extracurricular activities.

Such absolute and unadulterated hogwash. Even if you really are "in a good position to assess how they've benefitted," which you likely aren't, you still can't assess what was "offered."

I've had four kids go to four different colleges. They're all doing well. I couldn't tell you a thing about their education other than what schools they went to.

Parents are sooo weird.

Wow, you sound like a tragically uninvolved parent.

Who do your kids talk about if they are excited about a course, or stressing over an assignment or flattered by what their advisor said?

I talk to my DC once each week. We share our news and how we are doing. It us called a close relationship.

Sorry that you don’t have that in your family.

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Anonymous wrote:Rankings aside, we have neighbors with three kids who went to, respectively, Yale, Dartmouth and Tufts. The parents think Tufts offered the best education.

Did the parents attend classes with the kids?

Ha! I doubt it, but they're certainly aware of how the school contributed to their child's development. As the parent of three students who are now in college and grad school, I'm in a good position to assess how they've benefited from the teaching, curriculum, research opportunities, and extracurricular activities.

Such absolute and unadulterated hogwash. Even if you really are "in a good position to assess how they've benefitted," which you likely aren't, you still can't assess what was "offered."

I've had four kids go to four different colleges. They're all doing well. I couldn't tell you a thing about their education other than what schools they went to.

Parents are sooo weird.

So, you don't talk with your kids about option for classes or papers they're writing or how they like their teachers or research they're involved in. Huh -- I guess some families aren't as close as ours.

Honestly, no -- we really never did. We had better things to talk about with our kids than their classes. And our kids, not being nerds, had better things to talk to us about as well. When you have nothing else to talk about, you talk about your jobs or your classes.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Rankings aside, we have neighbors with three kids who went to, respectively, Yale, Dartmouth and Tufts. The parents think Tufts offered the best education.

Did the parents attend classes with the kids?

Ha! I doubt it, but they're certainly aware of how the school contributed to their child's development. As the parent of three students who are now in college and grad school, I'm in a good position to assess how they've benefited from the teaching, curriculum, research opportunities, and extracurricular activities.

Such absolute and unadulterated hogwash. Even if you really are "in a good position to assess how they've benefitted," which you likely aren't, you still can't assess what was "offered."

I've had four kids go to four different colleges. They're all doing well. I couldn't tell you a thing about their education other than what schools they went to.

Parents are sooo weird.

Wow, you sound like a tragically uninvolved parent.

Who do your kids talk about if they are excited about a course, or stressing over an assignment or flattered by what their advisor said?

I talk to my DC once each week. We share our news and how we are doing. It us called a close relationship.

Sorry that you don’t have that in your family.

You have a scheduled call for once a week and call that "close?" We never had to schedule calls with our kids when they were in school. Talked almost every day. It came naturally.

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Tufts is ranked about right at 35 at USNWR.

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts is ranked about right at 35 at USNWR.

No it's ranked 30.

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Anonymous wrote:Parchment strikes again. Data on students admitted to both Tufts and BC indicate that a majority, and a statistically significant one, choose Tufts

https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Tufts+University&with=Boston+College

When my kids were considering these two schools not long ago, Tufts was viewed as the more attractive option. I should add that we aren't Catholic.

An input perhaps, but that doesn't mean Tufts is a better school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Overrated. Has always had a bit of an odd rep. Sort of a fallback option vs. a destination. Leads to a chip-on-shoulder mentality.



Indeed! No one outside of the Northeast has heard of it

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parchment strikes again. Data on students admitted to both Tufts and BC indicate that a majority, and a statistically significant one, choose Tufts

https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Tufts+University&with=Boston+College

When my kids were considering these two schools not long ago, Tufts was viewed as the more attractive option. I should add that we aren't Catholic.

An input perhaps, but that doesn't mean Tufts is a better school.

Tufts also is preferred over UVA by a statistically significantly margin. Does that mean it should be ranked above UVA?

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Anonymous wrote:Personally, I think it's overrated, but maybe that's based on my knowledge of the Boston area college scene too many years ago.

Agree with the poster above. A friend's kid really did not like it. My niece visited and HATED the tour guide, so did not apply. She thought the school thought way too highly if itself.

Having lived in Boston for several decades, I agree with this. It's overrated. BC is a significantly better school.

[Anonymous]

Tufts has leaned a bit too far into its reputation as a place where quirky kids thrive. But it’s still and excellent school and a significant step up from BC.

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts is too hard to pronounce.

Long u! A lot of people don't know that.

Tufts is pronounced Toofts. Not many people know that![/quote]


I hope you are joking. I went to Harvard and spent 7 years in Boston and never once heard that pronunciation. So I checked. No, it's like a cat's tufts (of fur). https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+prounounce+tufts+university&oq=how+to+prounounce+tufts+university&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i13j69i61j69i60.5230j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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Anonymous wrote:Parchment strikes again. Data on students admitted to both Tufts and BC indicate that a majority, and a statistically significant one, choose Tufts

https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Tufts+University&with=Boston+College

When my kids were considering these two schools not long ago, Tufts was viewed as the more attractive option. I should add that we aren't Catholic.

An input perhaps, but that doesn't mean Tufts is a better school.

Tufts also is preferred over UVA by a statistically significantly margin. Does that mean it should be ranked above UVA?

By whom? It's much more difficult to get into UVA. Average GPA is much higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parchment strikes again. Data on students admitted to both Tufts and BC indicate that a majority, and a statistically significant one, choose Tufts

https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Tufts+University&with=Boston+College

When my kids were considering these two schools not long ago, Tufts was viewed as the more attractive option. I should add that we aren't Catholic.

An input perhaps, but that doesn't mean Tufts is a better school.

Tufts also is preferred over UVA by a statistically significantly margin. Does that mean it should be ranked above UVA?

By whom? It's much more difficult to get into UVA. Average GPA is much higher.

According to Parchment data on cross-admits, 69% to 31% in favor of Tufts.