Tufts - questions (ranking, low acceptance rate, comparable schools - why?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts would have been a near peer of WashU, Vandy, Emory 10-15 years ago. Not today.

The school on this list that doesn’t belong is Vandy. The other three are peer schools.

They are not no matter how you slice or dice it. Vandy WashU Emory are peer schools. Tufts is peers with BC UNC Georgia tech.

NP. You’re insane. The applicants to those schools all have the same profile and test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's also lumped with BC BU NEU

Those schools are so different that they should not be and are not lumped together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts would have been a near peer of WashU, Vandy, Emory 10-15 years ago. Not today.

The school on this list that doesn’t belong is Vandy. The other three are peer schools.

They are not no matter how you slice or dice it. Vandy WashU Emory are peer schools. Tufts is peers with BC UNC Georgia tech.

NP. You’re insane. The applicants to those schools all have the same profile and test scores.

Vandy, WashU, Emory, BC, and G tech are peer schools. UNC is off a little buit but close. Tufts is close to UNC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts would have been a near peer of WashU, Vandy, Emory 10-15 years ago. Not today.

The school on this list that doesn’t belong is Vandy. The other three are peer schools.

They are not no matter how you slice or dice it. Vandy WashU Emory are peer schools. Tufts is peers with BC UNC Georgia tech.

Neither Emory or Wash U is as anywhere near as selective as Vandy right now but they are both as selective as Tufts, sorry, Emory mom.

Bumping because this remains the truth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts would have been a near peer of WashU, Vandy, Emory 10-15 years ago. Not today.

The school on this list that doesn’t belong is Vandy. The other three are peer schools.

They are not no matter how you slice or dice it. Vandy WashU Emory are peer schools. Tufts is peers with BC UNC Georgia tech.

Neither Emory or Wash U is as anywhere near as selective as Vandy right now but they are both as selective as Tufts, sorry, Emory mom.

Bumping because this remains the truth.

Bumping bc what silliness you posted less than 24 hours ago needed a sockpuppeted post? Try golf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts would have been a near peer of WashU, Vandy, Emory 10-15 years ago. Not today.

The school on this list that doesn’t belong is Vandy. The other three are peer schools.

They are not no matter how you slice or dice it. Vandy WashU Emory are peer schools. Tufts is peers with BC UNC Georgia tech.

NP. You’re insane. The applicants to those schools all have the same profile and test scores.

Reputation wise they are not the same. Outcome wise they are not the same.

[Anonymous]

Tufts and Georgia Tech are peer schools? What insanity. Tufts is peers with Emory, WashU. Size, applicant pool.

UNC is not a peer to Tufts. Tufts SAT 25% is almost 1500. UNC's 25% is 1370. UNC has more freshmen scoring lower than 1370 than Tufts has freshmen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In light of its ranking, why is Tufts:

- Usually lumped together with Wash U, Vanderbilt, Emery, Rice, etc.?

- such a competitive admit — comparable to those other schools?


Ranking is only low because it really should be in liberal arts category, but is a university with med school etc. Wesleyan has dome grad programs and used to be in national university category but was switched to liberal arts. Tufts is much better than its ranking. Rankings are stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tufts and Georgia Tech are peer schools? What insanity. Tufts is peers with Emory, WashU. Size, applicant pool.

UNC is not a peer to Tufts. Tufts SAT 25% is almost 1500. UNC's 25% is 1370. UNC has more freshmen scoring lower than 1370 than Tufts has freshmen.

SAT scores are not what makes peers its the schools reputation. Northeastern has high scores it's not on these other schools levels.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-does-your-college-think-its-peers-are?sra=true
This is where you find Tufts peers.

[Anonymous]

Wow, this thread has gotten to be quite the "no they aren't" "yes they are" type of conversation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts and Georgia Tech are peer schools? What insanity. Tufts is peers with Emory, WashU. Size, applicant pool.

UNC is not a peer to Tufts. Tufts SAT 25% is almost 1500. UNC's 25% is 1370. UNC has more freshmen scoring lower than 1370 than Tufts has freshmen.

SAT scores are not what makes peers its the schools reputation. Northeastern has high scores it's not on these other schools levels.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-does-your-college-think-its-peers-are?sra=true
This is where you find Tufts peers.

What reputation?
Reputation among students is what matters the most. Schools with high reputation will have high demand among high stat kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts and Georgia Tech are peer schools? What insanity. Tufts is peers with Emory, WashU. Size, applicant pool.

UNC is not a peer to Tufts. Tufts SAT 25% is almost 1500. UNC's 25% is 1370. UNC has more freshmen scoring lower than 1370 than Tufts has freshmen.

SAT scores are not what makes peers its the schools reputation. Northeastern has high scores it's not on these other schools levels.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-does-your-college-think-its-peers-are?sra=true
This is where you find Tufts peers.

What reputation?
Reputation among students is what matters the most. Schools with high reputation will have high demand among high stat kids.

Reputation among students? Do you take Niche rankings more seriously than USnews. Do Tulane grads get the same opportunities as washu grads because it's more popular?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts and Georgia Tech are peer schools? What insanity. Tufts is peers with Emory, WashU. Size, applicant pool.

UNC is not a peer to Tufts. Tufts SAT 25% is almost 1500. UNC's 25% is 1370. UNC has more freshmen scoring lower than 1370 than Tufts has freshmen.

SAT scores are not what makes peers its the schools reputation. Northeastern has high scores it's not on these other schools levels.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-does-your-college-think-its-peers-are?sra=true
This is where you find Tufts peers.

What reputation?
Reputation among students is what matters the most. Schools with high reputation will have high demand among high stat kids.

Reputation among students? Do you take Niche rankings more seriously than USnews. Do Tulane grads get the same opportunities as washu grads because it's more popular?

Read again. It's not about random rankings.
It's what's actually happening and actual data. Tulane students have lower stats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts would have been a near peer of WashU, Vandy, Emory 10-15 years ago. Not today.

The school on this list that doesn’t belong is Vandy. The other three are peer schools.

They are not no matter how you slice or dice it. Vandy WashU Emory are peer schools. Tufts is peers with BC UNC Georgia tech.

Vanderbilt, WashU, Emory, GA Tech, and UNC are all in trash states.

Yuck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts and Georgia Tech are peer schools? What insanity. Tufts is peers with Emory, WashU. Size, applicant pool.

UNC is not a peer to Tufts. Tufts SAT 25% is almost 1500. UNC's 25% is 1370. UNC has more freshmen scoring lower than 1370 than Tufts has freshmen.

SAT scores are not what makes peers its the schools reputation. Northeastern has high scores it's not on these other schools levels.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/who-does-your-college-think-its-peers-are?sra=true
This is where you find Tufts peers.

What reputation?
Reputation among students is what matters the most. Schools with high reputation will have high demand among high stat kids.

Only 2 T25s choose Tufts as a peer as opposed to 9 for Emory, 10 for Vanderbilt, and 11 for WashU