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[quote=Anonymous][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]Yours is one opinion like the others.  Wesleyan is also a university, and both Tufts and Wesleyan have excellent attributes and academics.  I guarantee there isn't one university out there that isn't dealing with some level of underage drinking or drugs.  There will always be kids experimentin with booze and/or drugs, and nothing has changed since I was in college 30 years ago.  We educate our kids to the best of our ability hoping our words and experiences carry a modicum of weight as they venture into college independence.  Of course, if there is a proliferation of drugs and alcohol at a college, I would steer my DC elsewhere, but I don't have a problem with either Tufts or Wesleyan.  Both are great schools.

I cannot reiterate enough, OP, that it is about fit and preference.  I would have no problem sending my DC to either school if they met DC's academic needs.  They are both good choices. [/quote]

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