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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well my DD just picked Tufts over Columbia and we are not feeling sorry about it. [/quote]

Mine (a soph) picked it over Wash U and Rice, and his roommate opted to stick with his Tufts acceptance versus attending Harvard which he got into off the wait list in August. I’m not saying Tufts is perfect or that those other schools aren’t “higher ranked” or terrific, but there are many excellent reasons kids pick Tufts. I’m not sure why some posters are intent on trashing it (along with BC and certain other private colleges). [/quote]

The Tufts bashing really is puzzling. When looking at schools as a high school senior, my kid loved Tufts and decided he wanted to be there, applied ED and never looked back. We toured a number of the schools that have been mentioned in this thread. None of them appealed in the same way that Tufts did. Then current Tufts students my kid spoke to before applying were a happy bunch.

A lot of the college experience depends on your peers, and Tufts attracts a very bright, motivated, outgoing group of students with a range of interests. Our kid has benefited tremendously from his peer group. When going up to drop off or pick up, we have been struck by how other students and their parents have routinely come up and engaged us in conversation. This hasn't happened anywhere near as frequently at our other kids' schools.

My kid has loved his time at Tufts. It's not perfect. If you are in a popular major, classes will be large, and interactions with faculty will be limited unless you make a real effort to engage with them. But you will get an excellent education among a great group of kids. No doubt this is true at many other schools too.   [/quote]

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