Tufts

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a very liberal school with vocal population of activist students. It used to have a sizable Jewish population (north of 20%) and was a good alternative for kids who were also looking at Brandeis. That has probably changed. Boston weather can be terrible if you are not from the NE, but the area is considered to be a desirable place attend college. Since they have won some DIII championships recently. So, you might see a slight uptick in school spirit. It has a number of cultural housing options and centers for different affinity groups. It has a decent engineering program and lots of kids major in international relations and study abroad. The campus is ok and people seem to get excited about things like dance groups, theater or acapella. It is very expensive but poor people can probably get 100% need-based aid. Not a great school for UMC kids who don’t have stats for lots of merit-based scholarship money. They might end up with a lot of student debt. The endowment used to be terrible. Something like only $160m in 1990. It’s around 1.9 billion now, but for comparison Notre Dame’s is 12bn, Emory’s is like 7 billion, Williams and Amherst are around 2.5 bn. More often you see people doing well or even really but not really elite or at the top of their field (law firm partner but not superstar), musician but not rockstar, key adviser to well-known politicians, but not the politician, very good doctor but not world renowned surgeon, accomplished author but not NY times best seller, Olympian but not a medal winner etc.

Tufts does NOT provide merit aid. "Financial aid for undergraduate students in the School of Arts & Sciences and School of Engineering is awarded entirely based on financial need."

That’s right, but there are lots of sources for merit-based scholarship money.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a very liberal school with vocal population of activist students. It used to have a sizable Jewish population (north of 20%) and was a good alternative for kids who were also looking at Brandeis. That has probably changed. Boston weather can be terrible if you are not from the NE, but the area is considered to be a desirable place attend college. Since they have won some DIII championships recently. So, you might see a slight uptick in school spirit. It has a number of cultural housing options and centers for different affinity groups. It has a decent engineering program and lots of kids major in international relations and study abroad. The campus is ok and people seem to get excited about things like dance groups, theater or acapella. It is very expensive but poor people can probably get 100% need-based aid. Not a great school for UMC kids who don’t have stats for lots of merit-based scholarship money. They might end up with a lot of student debt. The endowment used to be terrible. Something like only $160m in 1990. It’s around 1.9 billion now, but for comparison Notre Dame’s is 12bn, Emory’s is like 7 billion, Williams and Amherst are around 2.5 bn. For a school that wants to be considered a world-class research university that low endowment limits what the school can do. If you are interested in med school, dental school or vet school, doing well as an undergrad probably confers some benefits for admission to those programs, but you would have to check that. There are so many colleges/universities in Boston area. Tufts is certainly worth considering, but other area schools might be also be a good choice assuming if they can get in to those schools. There are a lot of really wealthy people and international kids who come from money but not a lot of people who seem to make their money after going to Tufts. In terms of the there there…maybe the best way to describe it is to say you don’t really hear about a lot of wildly successful graduates. There some notable names but those seems more like the exception. More often you see people doing well or even really but not really elite or at the top of their field (law firm partner but not superstar), musician but not rockstar, key adviser to well-known politicians, but not the politician, very good doctor but not world renowned surgeon, accomplished author but not NY times best seller, Olympian but not a medal winner etc.

Yours is an interesting take. Personally, I’d rather my child go to an exceptional school that doesn’t put excessive focus on famous alumni (BTW, Tufts has several notable alumni) but has a solid culture and record of training students who give back to their communities in meaningful ways - professionally and in service. Seems Tufts is doing a solid job in that regard. And, we all know it’s not a school to which everyone applies, so if it’s running an 11% accept rate that means it has a core group of aspiring students who value what it offers. Not sure why others feel the need to disparage schools that are clear on and transparent in pursuing their mission. If you are not impressed, feel free to focus elsewhere…

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a very liberal school with vocal population of activist students. It used to have a sizable Jewish population (north of 20%) and was a good alternative for kids who were also looking at Brandeis. That has probably changed. Boston weather can be terrible if you are not from the NE, but the area is considered to be a desirable place attend college. Since they have won some DIII championships recently. So, you might see a slight uptick in school spirit. It has a number of cultural housing options and centers for different affinity groups. It has a decent engineering program and lots of kids major in international relations and study abroad. The campus is ok and people seem to get excited about things like dance groups, theater or acapella. It is very expensive but poor people can probably get 100% need-based aid. Not a great school for UMC kids who don’t have stats for lots of merit-based scholarship money. They might end up with a lot of student debt. The endowment used to be terrible. Something like only $160m in 1990. It’s around 1.9 billion now, but for comparison Notre Dame’s is 12bn, Emory’s is like 7 billion, Williams and Amherst are around 2.5 bn. For a school that wants to be considered a world-class research university that low endowment limits what the school can do. If you are interested in med school, dental school or vet school, doing well as an undergrad probably confers some benefits for admission to those programs, but you would have to check that. There are so many colleges/universities in Boston area. Tufts is certainly worth considering, but other area schools might be also be a good choice assuming if they can get in to those schools. There are a lot of really wealthy people and international kids who come from money but not a lot of people who seem to make their money after going to Tufts. In terms of the there there…maybe the best way to describe it is to say you don’t really hear about a lot of wildly successful graduates. There some notable names but those seems more like the exception. More often you see people doing well or even really but not really elite or at the top of their field (law firm partner but not superstar), musician but not rockstar, key adviser to well-known politicians, but not the politician, very good doctor but not world renowned surgeon, accomplished author but not NY times best seller, Olympian but not a medal winner etc.

Yours is an interesting take. Personally, I’d rather my child go to an exceptional school that doesn’t put excessive focus on famous alumni (BTW, Tufts has several notable alumni) but has a solid culture and record of training students who give back to their communities in meaningful ways - professionally and in service. Seems Tufts is doing a solid job in that regard. And, we all know it’s not a school to which everyone applies, so if it’s running an 11% accept rate that means it has a core group of aspiring students who value what it offers. Not sure why others feel the need to disparage schools that are clear on and transparent in pursuing their mission. If you are not impressed, feel free to focus elsewhere…

Fair points. Wasn’t meant to be disparaging just some honest (and probably biased) observations. It’s in the NESCAC but 2-3 times as big as most of the others and the only one with professional graduate programs. So it doesn’t have that tiny liberal arts idyllic campus feel. The doing “good” wasn’t a knock but I don’t think many appreciate how central that is to basically everything. They spend so much time on social impact and global engagement and civics etc…so everybody seems to do non-profits, ngos, overseas development work, democracy building orgs, federal government programs, Capitol Hill work, academia etc. You don’t see a lot of people going into jobs with the Big Four or big consulting firms or investment banking/finance or with tech startups in Silicon Valley or the entertainment industry. Some but those are exceptions to the rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a very liberal school with vocal population of activist students. It used to have a sizable Jewish population (north of 20%) and was a good alternative for kids who were also looking at Brandeis. That has probably changed. Boston weather can be terrible if you are not from the NE, but the area is considered to be a desirable place attend college. Since they have won some DIII championships recently. So, you might see a slight uptick in school spirit. It has a number of cultural housing options and centers for different affinity groups. It has a decent engineering program and lots of kids major in international relations and study abroad. The campus is ok and people seem to get excited about things like dance groups, theater or acapella. It is very expensive but poor people can probably get 100% need-based aid. Not a great school for UMC kids who don’t have stats for lots of merit-based scholarship money. They might end up with a lot of student debt. The endowment used to be terrible. Something like only $160m in 1990. It’s around 1.9 billion now, but for comparison Notre Dame’s is 12bn, Emory’s is like 7 billion, Williams and Amherst are around 2.5 bn. For a school that wants to be considered a world-class research university that low endowment limits what the school can do. If you are interested in med school, dental school or vet school, doing well as an undergrad probably confers some benefits for admission to those programs, but you would have to check that. There are so many colleges/universities in Boston area. Tufts is certainly worth considering, but other area schools might be also be a good choice assuming if they can get in to those schools. There are a lot of really wealthy people and international kids who come from money but not a lot of people who seem to make their money after going to Tufts. In terms of the there there…maybe the best way to describe it is to say you don’t really hear about a lot of wildly successful graduates. There some notable names but those seems more like the exception. More often you see people doing well or even really but not really elite or at the top of their field (law firm partner but not superstar), musician but not rockstar, key adviser to well-known politicians, but not the politician, very good doctor but not world renowned surgeon, accomplished author but not NY times best seller, Olympian but not a medal winner etc.

Yours is an interesting take. Personally, I’d rather my child go to an exceptional school that doesn’t put excessive focus on famous alumni (BTW, Tufts has several notable alumni) but has a solid culture and record of training students who give back to their communities in meaningful ways - professionally and in service. Seems Tufts is doing a solid job in that regard. And, we all know it’s not a school to which everyone applies, so if it’s running an 11% accept rate that means it has a core group of aspiring students who value what it offers. Not sure why others feel the need to disparage schools that are clear on and transparent in pursuing their mission. If you are not impressed, feel free to focus elsewhere…

Fair points. Wasn’t meant to be disparaging just some honest (and probably biased) observations. It’s in the NESCAC but 2-3 times as big as most of the others and the only one with professional graduate programs. So it doesn’t have that tiny liberal arts idyllic campus feel. The doing “good” wasn’t a knock but I don’t think many appreciate how central that is to basically everything. They spend so much time on social impact and global engagement and civics etc…so everybody seems to do non-profits, ngos, overseas development work, democracy building orgs, federal government programs, Capitol Hill work, academia etc. You don’t see a lot of people going into jobs with the Big Four or big consulting firms or investment banking/finance or with tech startups in Silicon Valley or the entertainment industry. Some but those are exceptions to the rule.

I’m a PP whose DS is interested in Tufts and that honestly sounds great. I’d rather he do democracy building work or go into academia than to a big 3 consulting firm or I-banking.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a very liberal school with vocal population of activist students. It used to have a sizable Jewish population (north of 20%) and was a good alternative for kids who were also looking at Brandeis. That has probably changed. Boston weather can be terrible if you are not from the NE, but the area is considered to be a desirable place attend college. Since they have won some DIII championships recently. So, you might see a slight uptick in school spirit. It has a number of cultural housing options and centers for different affinity groups. It has a decent engineering program and lots of kids major in international relations and study abroad. The campus is ok and people seem to get excited about things like dance groups, theater or acapella. It is very expensive but poor people can probably get 100% need-based aid. Not a great school for UMC kids who don’t have stats for lots of merit-based scholarship money. They might end up with a lot of student debt. The endowment used to be terrible. Something like only $160m in 1990. It’s around 1.9 billion now, but for comparison Notre Dame’s is 12bn, Emory’s is like 7 billion, Williams and Amherst are around 2.5 bn. For a school that wants to be considered a world-class research university that low endowment limits what the school can do. If you are interested in med school, dental school or vet school, doing well as an undergrad probably confers some benefits for admission to those programs, but you would have to check that. There are so many colleges/universities in Boston area. Tufts is certainly worth considering, but other area schools might be also be a good choice assuming if they can get in to those schools. There are a lot of really wealthy people and international kids who come from money but not a lot of people who seem to make their money after going to Tufts. In terms of the there there…maybe the best way to describe it is to say you don’t really hear about a lot of wildly successful graduates. There some notable names but those seems more like the exception. More often you see people doing well or even really but not really elite or at the top of their field (law firm partner but not superstar), musician but not rockstar, key adviser to well-known politicians, but not the politician, very good doctor but not world renowned surgeon, accomplished author but not NY times best seller, Olympian but not a medal winner etc.

Yours is an interesting take. Personally, I’d rather my child go to an exceptional school that doesn’t put excessive focus on famous alumni (BTW, Tufts has several notable alumni) but has a solid culture and record of training students who give back to their communities in meaningful ways - professionally and in service. Seems Tufts is doing a solid job in that regard. And, we all know it’s not a school to which everyone applies, so if it’s running an 11% accept rate that means it has a core group of aspiring students who value what it offers. Not sure why others feel the need to disparage schools that are clear on and transparent in pursuing their mission. If you are not impressed, feel free to focus elsewhere…

Fair points. Wasn’t meant to be disparaging just some honest (and probably biased) observations. It’s in the NESCAC but 2-3 times as big as most of the others and the only one with professional graduate programs. So it doesn’t have that tiny liberal arts idyllic campus feel. The doing “good” wasn’t a knock but I don’t think many appreciate how central that is to basically everything. They spend so much time on social impact and global engagement and civics etc…so everybody seems to do non-profits, ngos, overseas development work, democracy building orgs, federal government programs, Capitol Hill work, academia etc. You don’t see a lot of people going into jobs with the Big Four or big consulting firms or investment banking/finance or with tech startups in Silicon Valley or the entertainment industry. Some but those are exceptions to the rule.

I’m a PP whose DS is interested in Tufts and that honestly sounds great. I’d rather he do democracy building work or go into academia than to a big 3 consulting firm or I-banking.

Totally. Nothing wrong academics and do-gooders. Not everyone wants to be an investment banker or high powered lawyer. Back to culture, with this being an awesome important theme, how does that translate into how the kids are? I have heard crunchy, nerdy, quirky. But what’s it’s like there socially?

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My son chose Tufts over two Ivys he got into. It was about fit. He thought Dartmouth was too fratty (a philosophy professor he met with there flat out told him not to go) and Penn was too intense. Tufts was the perfect size (not too big, not too small), in a good location (not smack in the middle of a city but close enough with a nice campus) and the students he met were smart but not snobby. A Goldilocks place.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a very liberal school with vocal population of activist students. It used to have a sizable Jewish population (north of 20%) and was a good alternative for kids who were also looking at Brandeis. That has probably changed. Boston weather can be terrible if you are not from the NE, but the area is considered to be a desirable place attend college. Since they have won some DIII championships recently. So, you might see a slight uptick in school spirit. It has a number of cultural housing options and centers for different affinity groups. It has a decent engineering program and lots of kids major in international relations and study abroad. The campus is ok and people seem to get excited about things like dance groups, theater or acapella. It is very expensive but poor people can probably get 100% need-based aid. Not a great school for UMC kids who don’t have stats for lots of merit-based scholarship money. They might end up with a lot of student debt. The endowment used to be terrible. Something like only $160m in 1990. It’s around 1.9 billion now, but for comparison Notre Dame’s is 12bn, Emory’s is like 7 billion, Williams and Amherst are around 2.5 bn. For a school that wants to be considered a world-class research university that low endowment limits what the school can do. If you are interested in med school, dental school or vet school, doing well as an undergrad probably confers some benefits for admission to those programs, but you would have to check that. There are so many colleges/universities in Boston area. Tufts is certainly worth considering, but other area schools might be also be a good choice assuming if they can get in to those schools. There are a lot of really wealthy people and international kids who come from money but not a lot of people who seem to make their money after going to Tufts. In terms of the there there…maybe the best way to describe it is to say you don’t really hear about a lot of wildly successful graduates. There some notable names but those seems more like the exception. More often you see people doing well or even really but not really elite or at the top of their field (law firm partner but not superstar), musician but not rockstar, key adviser to well-known politicians, but not the politician, very good doctor but not world renowned surgeon, accomplished author but not NY times best seller, Olympian but not a medal winner etc.

Yours is an interesting take. Personally, I’d rather my child go to an exceptional school that doesn’t put excessive focus on famous alumni (BTW, Tufts has several notable alumni) but has a solid culture and record of training students who give back to their communities in meaningful ways - professionally and in service. Seems Tufts is doing a solid job in that regard. And, we all know it’s not a school to which everyone applies, so if it’s running an 11% accept rate that means it has a core group of aspiring students who value what it offers. Not sure why others feel the need to disparage schools that are clear on and transparent in pursuing their mission. If you are not impressed, feel free to focus elsewhere…

Fair points. Wasn’t meant to be disparaging just some honest (and probably biased) observations. It’s in the NESCAC but 2-3 times as big as most of the others and the only one with professional graduate programs. So it doesn’t have that tiny liberal arts idyllic campus feel. The doing “good” wasn’t a knock but I don’t think many appreciate how central that is to basically everything. They spend so much time on social impact and global engagement and civics etc…so everybody seems to do non-profits, ngos, overseas development work, democracy building orgs, federal government programs, Capitol Hill work, academia etc. You don’t see a lot of people going into jobs with the Big Four or big consulting firms or investment banking/finance or with tech startups in Silicon Valley or the entertainment industry. Some but those are exceptions to the rule.

I’m the Birkenstock-wearing Tufts grad from above. The do-gooder things is a feature, not a flaw. It you don’t think the aim of a college is to produce scientists, poets, diplomats, doctors, teachers, and epidemiologists, then Tufts probably isn’t the right fit. I do know one guy who went into consulting. He was my friends boyfriend. She decided he was shallow and dumped him before going to med school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a very liberal school with vocal population of activist students. It used to have a sizable Jewish population (north of 20%) and was a good alternative for kids who were also looking at Brandeis. That has probably changed. Boston weather can be terrible if you are not from the NE, but the area is considered to be a desirable place attend college. Since they have won some DIII championships recently. So, you might see a slight uptick in school spirit. It has a number of cultural housing options and centers for different affinity groups. It has a decent engineering program and lots of kids major in international relations and study abroad. The campus is ok and people seem to get excited about things like dance groups, theater or acapella. It is very expensive but poor people can probably get 100% need-based aid. Not a great school for UMC kids who don’t have stats for lots of merit-based scholarship money. They might end up with a lot of student debt. The endowment used to be terrible. Something like only $160m in 1990. It’s around 1.9 billion now, but for comparison Notre Dame’s is 12bn, Emory’s is like 7 billion, Williams and Amherst are around 2.5 bn. For a school that wants to be considered a world-class research university that low endowment limits what the school can do. If you are interested in med school, dental school or vet school, doing well as an undergrad probably confers some benefits for admission to those programs, but you would have to check that. There are so many colleges/universities in Boston area. Tufts is certainly worth considering, but other area schools might be also be a good choice assuming if they can get in to those schools. There are a lot of really wealthy people and international kids who come from money but not a lot of people who seem to make their money after going to Tufts. In terms of the there there…maybe the best way to describe it is to say you don’t really hear about a lot of wildly successful graduates. There some notable names but those seems more like the exception. More often you see people doing well or even really but not really elite or at the top of their field (law firm partner but not superstar), musician but not rockstar, key adviser to well-known politicians, but not the politician, very good doctor but not world renowned surgeon, accomplished author but not NY times best seller, Olympian but not a medal winner etc.

Yours is an interesting take. Personally, I’d rather my child go to an exceptional school that doesn’t put excessive focus on famous alumni (BTW, Tufts has several notable alumni) but has a solid culture and record of training students who give back to their communities in meaningful ways - professionally and in service. Seems Tufts is doing a solid job in that regard. And, we all know it’s not a school to which everyone applies, so if it’s running an 11% accept rate that means it has a core group of aspiring students who value what it offers. Not sure why others feel the need to disparage schools that are clear on and transparent in pursuing their mission. If you are not impressed, feel free to focus elsewhere…

Fair points. Wasn’t meant to be disparaging just some honest (and probably biased) observations. It’s in the NESCAC but 2-3 times as big as most of the others and the only one with professional graduate programs. So it doesn’t have that tiny liberal arts idyllic campus feel. The doing “good” wasn’t a knock but I don’t think many appreciate how central that is to basically everything. They spend so much time on social impact and global engagement and civics etc…so everybody seems to do non-profits, ngos, overseas development work, democracy building orgs, federal government programs, Capitol Hill work, academia etc. You don’t see a lot of people going into jobs with the Big Four or big consulting firms or investment banking/finance or with tech startups in Silicon Valley or the entertainment industry. Some but those are exceptions to the rule.

I’m the Birkenstock-wearing Tufts grad from above. The do-gooder things is a feature, not a flaw. It you don’t think the aim of a college is to produce scientists, poets, diplomats, doctors, teachers, and epidemiologists, then Tufts probably isn’t the right fit. I do know one guy who went into consulting. He was my friends boyfriend. She decided he was shallow and dumped him before going to med school.

Haha!

[Anonymous]

We have neighbors with three kids; the oldest two went to Ivies and the youngest went to Tufts. Ivy grads are in consulting, I believe, Tufts grad is pursuing a graduate degree in public health. The mom told me they are thrilled that one of their kids is doing something to make the world a better place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone one is disregarding the nieces URM status. If her mom wants her to stay close to home, Tufts may be a more welcoming place for her than some other schools. Niece should visit and draw her own conclusions. She could look at Amherst too.

I don't think people are disregarding. OP waited till third or fourth post three or four pages into the thread to disclose that info. Until then, read as a troll post with someone throwing out potentially inflammatory bait to see the responses.

Agree with one of the PPs who mentioned that Tufts now has an 11% admit rate. Perhaps the school has some drawbacks of being a refuge for Ivy rejects and not being in Boston (though technically neither are Harvard or MIT), but enough seniors are throwing their hat in the ring to render it a highly selective school.

OP, perhaps you can ID a college counselor who may be willing to work with your niece pro bono. She could really benefit from a professional take on a very different college admissions landscape from when many here were in school. Even last year's admits may be the harbinger of a new trend rather than an outlier in terms of admissions.

I don’t think she “waited” to disclose. Her post wasn’t asking for advice as to whether the niece has a chance of getting in. It was about the college and campus itself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone one is disregarding the nieces URM status. If her mom wants her to stay close to home, Tufts may be a more welcoming place for her than some other schools. Niece should visit and draw her own conclusions. She could look at Amherst too.

I don't think people are disregarding. OP waited till third or fourth post three or four pages into the thread to disclose that info. Until then, read as a troll post with someone throwing out potentially inflammatory bait to see the responses.

Agree with one of the PPs who mentioned that Tufts now has an 11% admit rate. Perhaps the school has some drawbacks of being a refuge for Ivy rejects and not being in Boston (though technically neither are Harvard or MIT), but enough seniors are throwing their hat in the ring to render it a highly selective school.

OP, perhaps you can ID a college counselor who may be willing to work with your niece pro bono. She could really benefit from a professional take on a very different college admissions landscape from when many here were in school. Even last year's admits may be the harbinger of a new trend rather than an outlier in terms of admissions.

I don’t think she “waited” to disclose. Her post wasn’t asking for advice as to whether the niece has a chance of getting in. It was about the college and campus itself.

She won't get in without top grades and scores and solid extracurriculars. That's just how it is there now. Tougher than schools like Georgetown, Emory and USC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone one is disregarding the nieces URM status. If her mom wants her to stay close to home, Tufts may be a more welcoming place for her than some other schools. Niece should visit and draw her own conclusions. She could look at Amherst too.

I don't think people are disregarding. OP waited till third or fourth post three or four pages into the thread to disclose that info. Until then, read as a troll post with someone throwing out potentially inflammatory bait to see the responses.

Agree with one of the PPs who mentioned that Tufts now has an 11% admit rate. Perhaps the school has some drawbacks of being a refuge for Ivy rejects and not being in Boston (though technically neither are Harvard or MIT), but enough seniors are throwing their hat in the ring to render it a highly selective school.

OP, perhaps you can ID a college counselor who may be willing to work with your niece pro bono. She could really benefit from a professional take on a very different college admissions landscape from when many here were in school. Even last year's admits may be the harbinger of a new trend rather than an outlier in terms of admissions.

I don’t think she “waited” to disclose. Her post wasn’t asking for advice as to whether the niece has a chance of getting in. It was about the college and campus itself.

She won't get in without top grades and scores and solid extracurriculars. That's just how it is there now. Tougher than schools like Georgetown, Emory and USC.

Her teacher must have recommended it for a reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone one is disregarding the nieces URM status. If her mom wants her to stay close to home, Tufts may be a more welcoming place for her than some other schools. Niece should visit and draw her own conclusions. She could look at Amherst too.

I don't think people are disregarding. OP waited till third or fourth post three or four pages into the thread to disclose that info. Until then, read as a troll post with someone throwing out potentially inflammatory bait to see the responses.

Agree with one of the PPs who mentioned that Tufts now has an 11% admit rate. Perhaps the school has some drawbacks of being a refuge for Ivy rejects and not being in Boston (though technically neither are Harvard or MIT), but enough seniors are throwing their hat in the ring to render it a highly selective school.

OP, perhaps you can ID a college counselor who may be willing to work with your niece pro bono. She could really benefit from a professional take on a very different college admissions landscape from when many here were in school. Even last year's admits may be the harbinger of a new trend rather than an outlier in terms of admissions.

I don’t think she “waited” to disclose. Her post wasn’t asking for advice as to whether the niece has a chance of getting in. It was about the college and campus itself.

She won't get in without top grades and scores and solid extracurriculars. That's just how it is there now. Tougher than schools like Georgetown, Emory and USC.

Tufts is not harder to get into than Georgetown and Emory. Maybe USC but not the other two. Tufts uses yeild protection and has lower GPAs and class ranks than the Emory and Gtown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone one is disregarding the nieces URM status. If her mom wants her to stay close to home, Tufts may be a more welcoming place for her than some other schools. Niece should visit and draw her own conclusions. She could look at Amherst too.

I don't think people are disregarding. OP waited till third or fourth post three or four pages into the thread to disclose that info. Until then, read as a troll post with someone throwing out potentially inflammatory bait to see the responses.

Agree with one of the PPs who mentioned that Tufts now has an 11% admit rate. Perhaps the school has some drawbacks of being a refuge for Ivy rejects and not being in Boston (though technically neither are Harvard or MIT), but enough seniors are throwing their hat in the ring to render it a highly selective school.

OP, perhaps you can ID a college counselor who may be willing to work with your niece pro bono. She could really benefit from a professional take on a very different college admissions landscape from when many here were in school. Even last year's admits may be the harbinger of a new trend rather than an outlier in terms of admissions.

I don’t think she “waited” to disclose. Her post wasn’t asking for advice as to whether the niece has a chance of getting in. It was about the college and campus itself.

She won't get in without top grades and scores and solid extracurriculars. That's just how it is there now. Tougher than schools like Georgetown, Emory and USC.

Tufts is not harder to get into than Georgetown and Emory. Maybe USC but not the other two. Tufts uses yeild protection and has lower GPAs and class ranks than the Emory and Gtown.

How hard a school is to get into is solely a factor of its acceptance rate. For 2021 Emory’s acceptance rate was 21.4%, Georgetown’s was 11% and Tufts was 14%. Sounds pretty selective…

[Anonymous]

At the Tufts/Emory level, it really doesn't matter. Tufts' SAT scores are slightly higher, acceptance rate a bit lower. Both take kids of the same caliber GPA-wise.