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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tufts reminds me more of W&M than UVA. It's the level just below Northwestern, Duke, JHU. I think of it as comparable to Georgetown and USC, maybe a half-step above BC. Excellent choice if your kid is interested in IR/foreign service.[/quote]

Yes, that was my impression too, similar to W&M but very close to a big city and in a more urban setting.  That swayed my son.  Tufts is strong in IR but it is strong in other disciplines too. For example, they have invested quite a bit in CS and Engineering, which is not what they have been known for historically. [/quote]

They are much closer in undergraduate enrollment size.  Many of the top national privates are in the 5,000 to 8,500 range for undergraduate enrollment.  If they get larger than that it becomes difficult maintain a high percentage of students living on campus.  [b]I think Tufts has benefitted from being so close to a desirable city.[/b][/quote]

No doubt. Not only does the location make it more attractive to students but it also makes it easier to attract good faculty and good administrators. (As is true for our DC-area universities.) Though retaining them is another matter. In 2018, three former Tufts administrators became university presidents, including Larry Bacow, the current president of Harvard. See

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/07/26/tufts-university-builds-track-record-administrators-becoming-college-presidents[/quote]

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