Tufts - what is the atmosphere like?

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Anonymous wrote:Of the sub-top privates, it goes something like Vandy/Rice > WashU/Emory > NYU/USC > Tufts.

No
USC > NYU/Tufts

agree.

Is this a joke? USC students are not as academic minded as Tufts or NYU. Likewise I’d say Tufts students are more academic than NYU although there is asuch a mix of cool talent at NYU which Tufts is lacking. Ask anyone in LA what they think of USC …

LOL what academic?  
USC has a very good engineering school, serious business school while still placing a huge emphasis on liberal arts education.
It's Cinematic Art school actually makes a tremendous impact in the industry with alumnis like George Luka, Ron Howard (I can go on and on) who make bg donations to the school. 
USC has much bigger research funding and activities.
USC is a nationally and internationally well recognized top school.  

Tuft is just a  bigger version of a nice LAC doing good on Pre-Med?
Nobody knows and cares about Tufts outside of the Boston area.Boston college is probably better known.

Last year USC was ranked 24 and Tufts was 30.  
This year the raking gap happened to be narrowed, but USC has been lower to mid 20s and Tufts has been upper 20's 

Ask anyone in LA, it's on top of their school list. 
Ask anyone in the US, most of them would choose USC especially after they visit both schools.  
(yes my faily visited both schools last Spring)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of the sub-top privates, it goes something like Vandy/Rice > WashU/Emory > NYU/USC > Tufts.

No
USC > NYU/Tufts

agree.

Is this a joke? USC students are not as academic minded as Tufts or NYU. Likewise I’d say Tufts students are more academic than NYU although there is asuch a mix of cool talent at NYU which Tufts is lacking. Ask anyone in LA what they think of USC …

Isn't USC ranked higher than Tufts? And don't Tufts people live and die by the rankings? It is, after all, a "top 30" school, as they love to remind us...

I think there's a one spot difference 27 and 28 and Tufts is more selective. And to there other poster, no Tufts is not rated higher than Georgetown.

USC/Georgetown > Tufts/NYU

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of the sub-top privates, it goes something like Vandy/Rice > WashU/Emory > NYU/USC > Tufts.

No
USC > NYU/Tufts

agree.

Is this a joke? USC students are not as academic minded as Tufts or NYU. Likewise I’d say Tufts students are more academic than NYU although there is asuch a mix of cool talent at NYU which Tufts is lacking. Ask anyone in LA what they think of USC …

LOL what academic?  
USC has a very good engineering school, serious business school while still placing a huge emphasis on liberal arts education.
It's Cinematic Art school actually makes a tremendous impact in the industry with alumnis like George Luka, Ron Howard (I can go on and on) who make bg donations to the school. 
USC has much bigger research funding and activities.
USC is a nationally and internationally well recognized top school.  

Tuft is just a  bigger version of a nice LAC doing good on Pre-Med?
Nobody knows and cares about Tufts outside of the Boston area.Boston college is probably better known.

Last year USC was ranked 24 and Tufts was 30.  
This year the raking gap happened to be narrowed, but USC has been lower to mid 20s and Tufts has been upper 20's 

Ask anyone in LA, it's on top of their school list. 
Ask anyone in the US, most of them would choose USC especially after they visit both schools.  
(yes my faily visited both schools last Spring)

USC has been over ranked by US news for a while. It's back to where it should be. Both Tufts and USC have it's strengths and weaknesses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of the sub-top privates, it goes something like Vandy/Rice > WashU/Emory > NYU/USC > Tufts.

No
USC > NYU/Tufts

agree.

Is this a joke? USC students are not as academic minded as Tufts or NYU. Likewise I’d say Tufts students are more academic than NYU although there is asuch a mix of cool talent at NYU which Tufts is lacking. Ask anyone in LA what they think of USC …

Isn't USC ranked higher than Tufts? And don't Tufts people live and die by the rankings? It is, after all, a "top 30" school, as they love to remind us...

I think there's a one spot difference 27 and 28 and Tufts is more selective. And to there other poster, no Tufts is not rated higher than Georgetown.

USC/Georgetown > Tufts/NYU

Delusional... Georgetown is still better than those schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of the sub-top privates, it goes something like Vandy/Rice > WashU/Emory > NYU/USC > Tufts.

No
USC > NYU/Tufts

agree.

Is this a joke? USC students are not as academic minded as Tufts or NYU. Likewise I’d say Tufts students are more academic than NYU although there is asuch a mix of cool talent at NYU which Tufts is lacking. Ask anyone in LA what they think of USC …

LOL what academic?  
USC has a very good engineering school, serious business school while still placing a huge emphasis on liberal arts education.
It's Cinematic Art school actually makes a tremendous impact in the industry with alumnis like George Luka, Ron Howard (I can go on and on) who make bg donations to the school. 
USC has much bigger research funding and activities.
USC is a nationally and internationally well recognized top school.  

Tuft is just a  bigger version of a nice LAC doing good on Pre-Med?
Nobody knows and cares about Tufts outside of the Boston area.Boston college is probably better known.

Last year USC was ranked 24 and Tufts was 30.  
This year the raking gap happened to be narrowed, but USC has been lower to mid 20s and Tufts has been upper 20's 

Ask anyone in LA, it's on top of their school list. 
Ask anyone in the US, most of them would choose USC especially after they visit both schools.  
(yes my faily visited both schools last Spring)

USC has been over ranked by US news for a while. It's back to where it should be. Both Tufts and USC have it's strengths and weaknesses.

No it's under ranked this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS finished first semester and cannot wait to get back there to start second semester. He loves it there! He did not ED anywhere because he didn’t feel strongly about any one place and wanted to just see what options he had through RD.

It came down to Emory, U Chicago and Tufts. In the end he felt Emory students seemed a little too pre-professional focused; his impression of U Chicago kids were that they weren’t very happy; and although he wishes the campus were right in Boston, Tufts seemed like a better fit in terms of it feeling more like a liberal arts school and to him the students came off as collaborative and generally enthusiastic and satisfied.

He has made some really nice friends, many of whom share his interest in the outdoors. The apple fell very far from the tree because he loves hiking, camping, fishing and all that stuff that involves bugs and dirt that I hide from in hotel rooms 😂 He is very excited for the new T stop to open so he can get into Boston easily. He said lots of kids don’t care about going into the city but he has some international student friends and they love to explore.

No school is perfect and he has his pet peeves, but he is so happy in general! That’s all I care about. Not the ranking, or whether person X or Y thinks it’s prestigious. We were in New Mexico for the holidays and there were there some people who hadn’t even heard of it. These are probably the same people who think Wash U is in Washington state.

LOVE this post! Now this is someone who is actually connected with the university. All that muck above about prestige and rankings and Wendy Williams has to be an exchange between people who have no actual experience with Tufts. It has long been know exceptionally talented yet quirky and down to earth students choose Tufts. Those same students have little interest in the other well ranked schools with better name recognition. Is this every Tufts student, no. However it is the vast majority of them. All the Tufts dissing comes from those who really know so little about the school.

Its a decent school and I’sure many are there by choice but most are Ivy rejects chasing prestige.

[Anonymous]

While USC is a fine school - and indeed deserves all the accolade referenced above, that only makes it a more known school - not a “better” one. The reality is USC is a huge draw in SoCA, perhaps close behind Stanford, UCLA, and Cal for CA residents. Otherwise, it’s seen as a respectable but nothing special school for extremely affluent over privileged kids (reminder, it was a top destination in the parents bribing for admissions scandal). The amount of money USC invests in reputation advancing (vs mission advancing) is an obscene waste.

Also - and this is always the challenge with Tufts - comparing Tufts to any of these schools is comparing apples and oranges. Tufts is a SLAC that also has an engineering school and some excellent graduate schools. Yes, it’s a University, but not in the same way as a NYU, Georgetown, or USC. They are just different types of schools. Those actually affiliated with Tufts know this to be the case.

This thread reads as if the majority of people commenting on it have no understanding of Tufts or it’s appeal. My best guess is the negativity comes from two types of DCUM participants - those who are going through the college search with their own child and frustrated and needing to vent (I get it, this is a tough admissions season) and those with an ax to grind who may, or may not, have anything to do with the actual school being discussed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While USC is a fine school - and indeed deserves all the accolade referenced above, that only makes it a more known school - not a “better” one. The reality is USC is a huge draw in SoCA, perhaps close behind Stanford, UCLA, and Cal for CA residents. Otherwise, it’s seen as a respectable but nothing special school for extremely affluent over privileged kids (reminder, it was a top destination in the parents bribing for admissions scandal). The amount of money USC invests in reputation advancing (vs mission advancing) is an obscene waste.

Also - and this is always the challenge with Tufts - comparing Tufts to any of these schools is comparing apples and oranges. Tufts is a SLAC that also has an engineering school and some excellent graduate schools. Yes, it’s a University, but not in the same way as a NYU, Georgetown, or USC. They are just different types of schools. Those actually affiliated with Tufts know this to be the case.

This thread reads as if the majority of people commenting on it have no understanding of Tufts or it’s appeal. My best guess is the negativity comes from two types of DCUM participants - those who are going through the college search with their own child and frustrated and needing to vent (I get it, this is a tough admissions season) and those with an ax to grind who may, or may not, have anything to do with the actual school being discussed.

No I think you are just biased.
Actaully top destination has benn probably the UC public schools - UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, etc.
https://www.insider.com/uc-inappropriately-admitted-64-wealthy-students-six-years-2020-9

Also top shcools like Stanford Yale Georgetown were all involved in the type of scandal..

USC has very diverse body of students which makes very interesting.
Yes it includes some of those affuent privileged kids, but if you look at the top schools, you can easily find previlleged rich legacy kids.

My kid is in honors program at USC, but many students my kid encounterd have been very independent and mature.
My kid learned a lot and influenced by those kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of the sub-top privates, it goes something like Vandy/Rice > WashU/Emory > NYU/USC > Tufts.

No
USC > NYU/Tufts

agree.

Is this a joke? USC students are not as academic minded as Tufts or NYU. Likewise I’d say Tufts students are more academic than NYU although there is asuch a mix of cool talent at NYU which Tufts is lacking. Ask anyone in LA what they think of USC …

Isn't USC ranked higher than Tufts? And don't Tufts people live and die by the rankings? It is, after all, a "top 30" school, as they love to remind us...

I think there's a one spot difference 27 and 28 and Tufts is more selective. And to there other poster, no Tufts is not rated higher than Georgetown.

USC/Georgetown > Tufts/NYU

Tufts/Georgetown > USC/NYU

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS finished first semester and cannot wait to get back there to start second semester. He loves it there! He did not ED anywhere because he didn’t feel strongly about any one place and wanted to just see what options he had through RD.

It came down to Emory, U Chicago and Tufts. In the end he felt Emory students seemed a little too pre-professional focused; his impression of U Chicago kids were that they weren’t very happy; and although he wishes the campus were right in Boston, Tufts seemed like a better fit in terms of it feeling more like a liberal arts school and to him the students came off as collaborative and generally enthusiastic and satisfied.

He has made some really nice friends, many of whom share his interest in the outdoors. The apple fell very far from the tree because he loves hiking, camping, fishing and all that stuff that involves bugs and dirt that I hide from in hotel rooms 😂 He is very excited for the new T stop to open so he can get into Boston easily. He said lots of kids don’t care about going into the city but he has some international student friends and they love to explore.

No school is perfect and he has his pet peeves, but he is so happy in general! That’s all I care about. Not the ranking, or whether person X or Y thinks it’s prestigious. We were in New Mexico for the holidays and there were there some people who hadn’t even heard of it. These are probably the same people who think Wash U is in Washington state.

LOVE this post! Now this is someone who is actually connected with the university. All that muck above about prestige and rankings and Wendy Williams has to be an exchange between people who have no actual experience with Tufts. It has long been know exceptionally talented yet quirky and down to earth students choose Tufts. Those same students have little interest in the other well ranked schools with better name recognition. Is this every Tufts student, no. However it is the vast majority of them. All the Tufts dissing comes from those who really know so little about the school.

Its a decent school and I’sure many are there by choice but most are Ivy rejects chasing prestige.

Given 95% of IVY applicants are rejected, I would submit that most T30 schools are filled with "ivy rejects"

What a stupid statement.

[Anonymous]

No Tufts isn't there either . Georgetown> the others.

[Anonymous]

Tufts boosters, a question: why is the school named Tufts? It's such an unfortunate name. Like Mange University or Patches University.

[Anonymous]

ok this has gone off the rails

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is begging to read as if a bully is trying to hijack it - with multi anti messages intended to look as if they are from different people when they are clearly authored by one disgruntled person. To that person I think we can all say, “get over it and move on.”

Tufts is clearly the right fit for a segment of students. Its applicant pool continues to grow and is increasingly competitive year after year. Seems to be they are doing something right.

Agreed. I wish I knew the reason. Jealousy of some form definitely plays a role.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tufts boosters, a question: why is the school named Tufts? It's such an unfortunate name. Like Mange University or Patches University.

No clue, but there was a great College Confidential thread years ago where the OP asked people to name the silliest reasons their kid had given for rejecting a school. One of the posters loved Tufts, but it was a no go for her son who said the name weirded him out because “Tufts of what, exactly?” There were lots of funny examples. Another kid refused to consider Colgate due to the toothpaste connection, and one girl wrote off a school because she didn’t like the tour guide’s shoes.