Agree with other posters. MHC is a good school. It’s acceptance rate is likely a matter of being single sex. Someone could easily look at both. If the “Lol” poster’s kid did not apply at any schools with acceptance over 50%, then they did not apply to any true safeties.

The “lol” poster is just immature and judgmental.

I wouldn't expect the selectivity of a women's college to be on par with a mainstream college. It's a qualitatively different thing they're offering. Plus, only half the smart kids are even eligible to apply, so the denominator is going to through off the acceptance rate.

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Anonymous wrote:Holyoke 52% acceptance rate LOL

Looks like it could serve as a safety to Tufts

LOL?
Weird sense of humor. Undergraduates are the focus at Mount Holyoke. Tufts has resource consuming graduate programs. One’s not better. They’re just different.

Right.

The LOL was so uncalled for. I hope that person's kid is not a snobby bully like they are.

Seriously, who "LOL"s at an acceptance rate? Mt. Holyoke is a well-known, excellent school. I think they suffer because fewer people want to do single-sex education now, and the location is more remote than peer schools such as Smith.

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Anonymous wrote:Holyoke 52% acceptance rate LOL

Looks like it could serve as a safety to Tufts

LOL?
Weird sense of humor. Undergraduates are the focus at Mount Holyoke. Tufts has resource consuming graduate programs. One’s not better. They’re just different.

Right.

The LOL was so uncalled for. I hope that person's kid is not a snobby bully like they are.

Anonymous wrote:Holyoke 52% acceptance rate LOL

Looks like it could serve as a safety to Tufts

LOL?
Weird sense of humor. Undergraduates are the focus at Mount Holyoke. Tufts has resource consuming graduate programs. One’s not better. They’re just different.

My high stats DD was really into MHC until we visited there. She loved the campus, the traditions and the idea of being there but hated the town and that it was in the middle of nowhere. Wellesley is on her list and felt much better to her in terms of its location and proximity to Boston. She also looked at Tufts but it's off her list for a variety of reasons (too urban, too big, etc). So yes, kids do consider both schools but I can't imagine feeling you had a fit at both.

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Anonymous wrote:Most likely very few people are deciding between these two schools as they are extremely different and one is single sex.

I thought that they were very commonly overlapped in terms of applicants

I really do not think so. My Holyoke is in a depressed semi rural area of massachusetts, is single sex with a 50% acceptance rate. Tufts is coed, nationally known and has a 16% acceptance rate.

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Uh, the Pioneer Valley is not "depressed." And it's nationally known.

Holyoke is well known. It was one of the seven sisters. Now there are five. If people don’t know about it, that’s their ignorance showing.

Omg. Do we really believe acceptance rate percentage means anything? It’s so easy to manipulate that number by encouraging unqualified students to apply. Chicago does that. It could mean the school is good at marketing.

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/about/history/seven_sisters

Holyoke 52% acceptance rate LOL

Looks like it could serve as a safety to Tufts

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Anonymous wrote:Most likely very few people are deciding between these two schools as they are extremely different and one is single sex.

I thought that they were very commonly overlapped in terms of applicants

I really do not think so. My Holyoke is in a depressed semi rural area of massachusetts, is single sex with a 50% acceptance rate. Tufts is coed, nationally known and has a 16% acceptance rate.

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Uh, the Pioneer Valley is not "depressed." And it's nationally known.

Eh, South Hadley is more so than Amherst or North Adams.

Dang autocorrect - Northampton

South Hadley is a rural but it certainly isn't depressed. Have you ever visited western Massachusetts?

Perhaps they are confusing it with Hadley?

Or Holyoke.

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Anonymous wrote:Most likely very few people are deciding between these two schools as they are extremely different and one is single sex.

I thought that they were very commonly overlapped in terms of applicants

I really do not think so. My Holyoke is in a depressed semi rural area of massachusetts, is single sex with a 50% acceptance rate. Tufts is coed, nationally known and has a 16% acceptance rate.

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Uh, the Pioneer Valley is not "depressed." And it's nationally known.

Eh, South Hadley is more so than Amherst or North Adams.

Dang autocorrect - Northampton

South Hadley is a rural but it certainly isn't depressed. Have you ever visited western Massachusetts?

Perhaps they are confusing it with Hadley?

Anonymous wrote:MHC and Tufts are in two different Leagues, two different locations, and to quote my HS kid, two different vibes.

If you can't visit and let the kid pick their vibe, and money doesn't matter, go for Tufts (more well known, better school). If money does matter and you can't visit, go for the one that will cost you less.

They're really not in two different "leagues." Mount Holyoke is an exceptional school, but the applicant pool is highly self-selecting. Tufts suffers a bit being in the shadow of Harvard and MIT, but it's also an excellent school. They are on par.

Some very high-quality research in my field has come out of MHC.

Mount Holyoke has one of the best undergraduate classroom/learning experiences. Gréât place to get an education, unless student wants something like engineering.m or urban. Then Tufts. It’s lovely there, but student had to like that. Free buses to Amherst and Noho if she is burning to spend money.

MHC and Tufts are in two different Leagues, two different locations, and to quote my HS kid, two different vibes.

If you can't visit and let the kid pick their vibe, and money doesn't matter, go for Tufts (more well known, better school). If money does matter and you can't visit, go for the one that will cost you less.

Anonymous wrote:Wellesley and tufts are more similar in terms of applicant pool.

Or is that more wanting to be near Boston? I think mhc and Wellesley are similar, just one is more competitive/career focused. I don’t see a similar culture or experience between tufts and Wellesley. I speak from experience as I went to Wellesley and my sister went to Tufts!