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[quote=Anonymous]This thread is a good indication of why you ought to look elsewhere for advice.  Tufts has changed dramatically over the last 10-15 years, where it used to be a mid-level school and now is much more competitive with a distinctive social justice component to its education.  They have made serious strides in the last decade with strng and ambitious Presidents.  It is an excellent school that is harder to get into than Wesleyan but that is still trying to rise up into the upper echelon, so like a lot of similar schools, it may be a little more unpredictable in admissions as it will reject highly qualified students who they do not expect to attend.  It is neither urban nor suburban (we used to live a few years back blocks from Tufts) but is a short walk from Davis Square which has a red line subway station into Cambridge and Harvard and contrary to how that area was 15 years ago is now vibrant and hip.  Wesleyan is a college so by definition totally different than Tufts and as others have noted half the size though larger than many of its peers (Wesleyan is about 3000, most similar schools are 2000).  The writer and star of Hamilton did go there so it is getting a boost from that publicity but last year they had a serious drug problem on campus with arrests and overdoses and that is counterbalancing the positive press from Hamilton.  It is an excellent school but would generally be considered  a tad below its peers like Amherst and Williams and a tad above its neighbor Connecticut College.   Tufts is different but these days would generally be considered the stronger school.      [/quote]

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