Middlebury vs Tufts?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Middlebury is far more prestigious. Tufts is ranked around the same as 70k student population New Jersey flagship Rutgers. Middlebury is consistently ranked in the t20 LACs nationally and doesn't even have the Boston metro area location to prop up its demand.

No one thinks Middlebury is more prestigious than Tufts.

100% correct.

[Anonymous]

Tufts University is ranked at #37 among National Universities in a tie with Boston College by US News.

US News ranks Middlebury College at #19 among Liberal Arts Colleges (LACs) in a three way tie with Grinnell College and with Washington & Lee.

Tufts University is more prestigious and competes in a higher league than does country-clubbish Middlebury College.

Both are excellent options.

[Anonymous]

Tough choice. Both are prestigious in terms of being the top choices for ivy rejects. Tufts is known for its strong premed program, but Mid's premed is also super strong. Personally I lean toward Mid.

[Anonymous]

Middlebury is slightly more prestigious than Tufts, but it is close. And I could see why one would choose Tufts for location (though I guess others might prefer Midd's location, particularly those who like to ski).

There is likely a lot of overlap in applicants, but they have different personalities.

Tufts has more of the "I applied ED to an Ivy and didn't get in so settled for here" mentality than Middlebury does.

[Anonymous]

Tufts and Middlebury are both tough admits in the RD round, nearly impossible in our school.

Like U of Chicago, Tufts and Middlebury students are the ones who are truly interested in these schools, and applied ED.

[Anonymous]

Why are there "Rutgers Boosters" on this thread? Who cares about Rutgers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tufts University is ranked at #37 among National Universities in a tie with Boston College by US News.

US News ranks Middlebury College at #19 among Liberal Arts Colleges (LACs) in a three way tie with Grinnell College and with Washington & Lee.

Tufts University is more prestigious and competes in a higher league than does country-clubbish Middlebury College.

Both are excellent options.

I thought it was ranked #42 or so?

[Anonymous]

They will be happier at Tufts and near Boston. More choices in and out of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tufts University is ranked at #37 among National Universities in a tie with Boston College by US News.

US News ranks Middlebury College at #19 among Liberal Arts Colleges (LACs) in a three way tie with Grinnell College and with Washington & Lee.

Tufts University is more prestigious and competes in a higher league than does country-clubbish Middlebury College.

Both are excellent options.

I thought it was ranked #42 or so?

No https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/tufts-university-2219

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Middlebury is NOT a serious school. 90% of students get honors at graduation, half get the highest honors, they have a cheating crisis, and they’ve severely reduced the amount of classes needed to graduate. There’s 0 standards.

Basically everything you just said is a lie. Just stop the nonsense. Sorry your kid didn’t get in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly neither. A student that strong should just apply Williams, Amherst, Pomona, and potentially bard if they can accept the drop in student quality for the amazing museum/art history/English faculty and resources.

+1, all better recommendations!

Nope, the idiots are playing with scissors again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your kid a recruited athlete? If not I would stay away from Midd. Athletes are too cliquey and too big a percentage of overall population. Especially for boys.

Says someone who knows absolutely nothing but just can’t shut up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middlebury is NOT a serious school. 90% of students get honors at graduation, half get the highest honors, they have a cheating crisis, and they’ve severely reduced the amount of classes needed to graduate. There’s 0 standards.

They reduced the number of classes needed to graduate from 36 to 34. Hardly "severe." And they did this to give students more flexibility for internships during J-term. And many schools are dealing with an increase in cheating--particularly those with an honor code--mostly due to the use of AI and stresses and autonomy brought about during Covid.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/cheating-has-become-normal

They have increased enrollment “unofficially” — and permanently — by well over 10% the past few years to deal with huge financial losses in study abroad programs and Monterey — all at the expense of the undergrad campus. Their increase in % of class admitted ED (where higher proportion of kids are full pay) has to be seen in this light.

WTF, just quit lying. They are increasing enrollment by between 100-120 students slowly over the next 4 years as the new dorm gets finished and another remodeled. That is a reduction of 200 students from the COVID peak. You are just an angry blithering fool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middlebury is NOT a serious school. 90% of students get honors at graduation, half get the highest honors, they have a cheating crisis, and they’ve severely reduced the amount of classes needed to graduate. There’s 0 standards.

Was your kid rejected? Or, were you rejected?

Nothing they said was wrong.
It is kinda shocking how almost every student gets honors: https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2024/11/faculty-vote-to-reduce-credits-needed-to-graduate-will-debate-restricting-latin-honors . That cannot be a rigorous environment.

Try again and come back with the real answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middlebury is NOT a serious school. 90% of students get honors at graduation, half get the highest honors, they have a cheating crisis, and they’ve severely reduced the amount of classes needed to graduate. There’s 0 standards.

Was your kid rejected? Or, were you rejected?

Nothing they said was wrong.
It is kinda shocking how almost every student gets honors: https://www.middleburycampus.com/article/2024/11/faculty-vote-to-reduce-credits-needed-to-graduate-will-debate-restricting-latin-honors . That cannot be a rigorous environment.

Harvard was 60%.....Tufts was over 55%

How do you say you are are unserious without saying that you are an unserious....you listen to that poster.

Harvard was over 90% at one time….hush your pie hole.
…both numbers quite a bit lower than 90%.