Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are all good schools. They are expensive and none offer merit aid. So either you pay full tuition or you receive financial aid. My DC wanted to apply to Tufts but we crossed it off our list because of cost (along with a lot of other schools). If a school is $65,000 a year for undergrad and does not offer merit aid then off the list it goes.

While this statement is absolutely true for some, it does not tell the whole picture for a very large segment of the population. Please look at the need-based financial aid offered by each school. Families with HHI of $200k or less will often find that need-based aid can exceed merit scholarships (often by a large margin) and the mix of aid provided (grants versus loans) can keep student indebtedness to less than the amount for a large public institution.

You are joking! Your income must be well below $150K or you will not be eligible for FA!!

With an HHI of $200K, you will not receive any FA!!! Not a penny!!

HYP offer better aid than most, but even HYP will not give you FA if your HHI is $200K!! Unless you have four kids in college, then maybe....

But for one kid, or your fist kid, you'll get nothing for FA.

Merit aid, OTOH, is available to all, regardless of income.

BTDT. Merit aid is the way to go.

Tufts!! It's Tufts, people, not Tifts!!

By location, I'd choose Tifts.

Brown is in an urban setting, Ivy League, a bit more prestigious IMHO than Cornell, but not by much. Brown's a bit earthier, but not by much.

Cornell and Brown and Tifts have excellent STEM programs.

The Ivies are more prestigious than Tifts.

I'd choose Brown because I hate Ithaca. Brown is close to Boston, and Providence is a nice enough small city.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They are all good schools. They are expensive and none offer merit aid. So either you pay full tuition or you receive financial aid. My DC wanted to apply to Tufts but we crossed it off our list because of cost (along with a lot of other schools). If a school is $65,000 a year for undergrad and does not offer merit aid then off the list it goes.

While this statement is absolutely true for some, it does not tell the whole picture for a very large segment of the population. Please look at the need-based financial aid offered by each school. Families with HHI of $200k or less will often find that need-based aid can exceed merit scholarships (often by a large margin) and the mix of aid provided (grants versus loans) can keep student indebtedness to less than the amount for a large public institution.

I agree with this.

Anonymous wrote:They are all good schools. They are expensive and none offer merit aid. So either you pay full tuition or you receive financial aid. My DC wanted to apply to Tufts but we crossed it off our list because of cost (along with a lot of other schools). If a school is $65,000 a year for undergrad and does not offer merit aid then off the list it goes.

Where did dc end up applying after ruling out Tufts because of the high cost? Could you find a similar college that was cheaper?

Anonymous wrote:They are all good schools. They are expensive and none offer merit aid. So either you pay full tuition or you receive financial aid. My DC wanted to apply to Tufts but we crossed it off our list because of cost (along with a lot of other schools). If a school is $65,000 a year for undergrad and does not offer merit aid then off the list it goes.

While this statement is absolutely true for some, it does not tell the whole picture for a very large segment of the population. Please look at the need-based financial aid offered by each school. Families with HHI of $200k or less will often find that need-based aid can exceed merit scholarships (often by a large margin) and the mix of aid provided (grants versus loans) can keep student indebtedness to less than the amount for a large public institution.

Choice should be between Cornell and Brown. Most people who are not on East Coast have not even heard of Tufts.
Cornell has a better science program than Brown for sure.

They are all good schools. They are expensive and none offer merit aid. So either you pay full tuition or you receive financial aid. My DC wanted to apply to Tufts but we crossed it off our list because of cost (along with a lot of other schools). If a school is $65,000 a year for undergrad and does not offer merit aid then off the list it goes.

Anonymous wrote:Very impressed with undergraduate research at Tufts; their medical school is great too.

Very true

Very impressed with undergraduate research at Tufts; their medical school is great too.

I'm guessing you're 18?

They are both colleges filled with highly accomolished students and faculty. They are both liberal places in liberal towns. One is much larger and in a small town, the other is amaller with a greater undergraduate focus and in a small city.

Anonymous wrote:Really, the only thing Brown and Cornell have in common is that they are both in the Ivy League. Is this a real question?

To the OP, both are excellent schools. Cornell is bigger but from an undergraduate perspective it doesn't mean it's better at STEM (graduate is a different matter). Opportunities abounds at both. Visit each and see which appeals to you more in terms of campus vibe.

FYI Cornell med is in NYC, not Ithaca. Brown's med is on campus.

Really, the only thing Brown and Cornell have in common is that they are both in the Ivy League. Is this a real question?

Anonymous wrote:Brown has a very prestigious program that essentially admits students yo undergrad/med school at the same time - but it is very difficult to be accepted into this program.

STEM interested and premed DC child decided between these two in recent past. Both are excellent in science and premed. Also know number of physicians in DC area grads of each who praised their alma mater. One big difference is the lack of distribution requirements and ability to do pass/fail at Brown, thus potentially protecting gpa. Cornell has great social life, strong sciences, but reputation for competition, not that this is a bad thing.

Brown has a very prestigious program that essentially admits students yo undergrad/med school at the same time - but it is very difficult to be accepted into this program.

Brown has much less of a fraternity/sorority scene than Cornell. That, of course, can be good or bad depending on what you want.