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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I must be in a dream.

Tufts is in Medford. Wesleyan is in a blue collar small city, Middletown.

Somehow Tufts got transported to Boston and Wesleyan to West Hartford, although in fairness Tufts is close to Boston.  But it doesn't have the urban campus vibes of Harvard, MIT, BU, Northeastern.[/quote]

maybe you haven't been in the area for awhile? they opened a T-stop on the greenline right on Tufts campus 2-ish years ago. Now students regularly hop on the T for $2 and ride right into downtown Boston in around 30-ish minutes. Tufts also runs a regular free shuttle from their Medford/Somerville main campus to Beacon Hill campus of the art school they bought (School of the MFA) in downtown Boston. That's another easy free way for kids to go back and forth. Copley Square is only 7 miles from campus, so outside of rush hour that's an easy 20 minute uber ride. And also, Somerville is now pretty hip. It always bordered Cambridge, but now Somerville is a destination in its own right. Harvard and MIT kids actually come into Davis Square pretty regularly and that's a 10 minute walk from Tuft's campus. Tufts itself is definitely surburban campus, but the T-stop on campus, the various shuttles and the rise of Somerville actually makes it feel more like a fun college town with easy access to Cambridge (2 miles away) and Boston (7 miles away). Tufts is on the border of Medford and Somerville (Davis Square in Somerville is actually closer to Tufts campus than Medford square). So that all helps Tufts feel more urban than some LACs like Wes.

But I agree that Wes's location is not that bad, and it's a stretch to say it's in West Hartford. That said, Middleton as a town is not particularly exciting IMO. But it is better than the towns Williams and Middlebury are in - which are really in middle of nowhere.

Finally - both are great schools. Good luck making your decision OP![/quote]

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