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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so strange, I'm confused how Boston college entered the Convo. But back on topic, Tufts is a top 35 school. I wouldn't consider it elite but it's close. Toe it's closed peer school is U Rochester or Wake Forest.

Asserting an opinion based on little other than whim does not make a fallacy fact. Do yourself a favor and stop with the irrelevant comparisons.

DP but why did you take offense to the PP's comment? And why are the comparisons irrelevant?

Earlier in the thread people got upset when one poster said Emory was top 20 and others chimes in to mock them and point out it was ranked 21 by US News. That was only a one slot difference! Here, the PP called Tufts a top 35 school when US News ranks it 30 for 2021. Rankings are stupid but people care and a 30 to 35 place ranking would be a big drop for people who care. PP could have just said Tufts was a top 30 school and left it at that, but they knew what they were doing because who but somebody that is familiar with rankings would know to group it with Wake Forest and Rochester. They made up a different ranking based on personal opinion, which is fine but it isn’t based on anything quantifiable.

Schools ranked anywhere from 26-35 on US news would be peer schools to Tufts so it is safe to say it is a top 35 school.

Not sure that makes sense at all. There is a 4 way tie if you just look at ranking number..nyu, tufts, university of florida and uc santa barbara. How are these "peers". What student that has thought about this at all would have those 4 schools in their list?

Peer schools need to have things in common beyond one number from a magazine.

Right before are unc and wake forest in a tie and right after are u rochester and boston college.

I would argue that of those schools...the obvious competition for tufts would be boston college (also outside of boston) , u of Rochester ( northern, good stem, nice campus but urban access and opportunities), wake forest (maybe..but likely too far south), I don't see the others really appealing to the same kid.

Omg it’s the Boston college troll again! A desperate reappearance!

This thread is about Tufts and what it’s like. It’s not about other places.

But since you brought it up, BC is a muddling collehe with lower level upper middle class Catholics who couldn’t get into Georgetown or Norte Dame.

Start a thread on Boston College if you’d like.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so strange, I'm confused how Boston college entered the Convo. But back on topic, Tufts is a top 35 school. I wouldn't consider it elite but it's close. Toe it's closed peer school is U Rochester or Wake Forest.

Asserting an opinion based on little other than whim does not make a fallacy fact. Do yourself a favor and stop with the irrelevant comparisons.

DP but why did you take offense to the PP's comment? And why are the comparisons irrelevant?

Earlier in the thread people got upset when one poster said Emory was top 20 and others chimes in to mock them and point out it was ranked 21 by US News. That was only a one slot difference! Here, the PP called Tufts a top 35 school when US News ranks it 30 for 2021. Rankings are stupid but people care and a 30 to 35 place ranking would be a big drop for people who care. PP could have just said Tufts was a top 30 school and left it at that, but they knew what they were doing because who but somebody that is familiar with rankings would know to group it with Wake Forest and Rochester. They made up a different ranking based on personal opinion, which is fine but it isn’t based on anything quantifiable.

Schools ranked anywhere from 26-35 on US news would be peer schools to Tufts so it is safe to say it is a top 35 school.

Not sure that makes sense at all. There is a 4 way tie if you just look at ranking number..nyu, tufts, university of florida and uc santa barbara. How are these "peers". What student that has thought about this at all would have those 4 schools in their list?

Peer schools need to have things in common beyond one number from a magazine.

Right before are unc and wake forest in a tie and right after are u rochester and boston college.

I would argue that of those schools...the obvious competition for tufts would be boston college (also outside of boston) , u of Rochester ( northern, good stem, nice campus but urban access and opportunities), wake forest (maybe..but likely too far south), I don't see the others really appealing to the same kid.

Careful... the Tufts boosters are very sensitive about you comparing their school to lowly Rochester, Wake Forest, and BC. They think their school is peers with the Ivy League, and will be downright rude to anyone who might even hint otherwise.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so strange, I'm confused how Boston college entered the Convo. But back on topic, Tufts is a top 35 school. I wouldn't consider it elite but it's close. Toe it's closed peer school is U Rochester or Wake Forest.

Asserting an opinion based on little other than whim does not make a fallacy fact. Do yourself a favor and stop with the irrelevant comparisons.

DP but why did you take offense to the PP's comment? And why are the comparisons irrelevant?

Earlier in the thread people got upset when one poster said Emory was top 20 and others chimes in to mock them and point out it was ranked 21 by US News. That was only a one slot difference! Here, the PP called Tufts a top 35 school when US News ranks it 30 for 2021. Rankings are stupid but people care and a 30 to 35 place ranking would be a big drop for people who care. PP could have just said Tufts was a top 30 school and left it at that, but they knew what they were doing because who but somebody that is familiar with rankings would know to group it with Wake Forest and Rochester. They made up a different ranking based on personal opinion, which is fine but it isn’t based on anything quantifiable.

Schools ranked anywhere from 26-35 on US news would be peer schools to Tufts so it is safe to say it is a top 35 school.

Not sure that makes sense at all. There is a 4 way tie if you just look at ranking number..nyu, tufts, university of florida and uc santa barbara. How are these "peers". What student that has thought about this at all would have those 4 schools in their list?

Peer schools need to have things in common beyond one number from a magazine.

Right before are unc and wake forest in a tie and right after are u rochester and boston college.

I would argue that of those schools...the obvious competition for tufts would be boston college (also outside of boston) , u of Rochester ( northern, good stem, nice campus but urban access and opportunities), wake forest (maybe..but likely too far south), I don't see the others really appealing to the same kid.

Omg it’s the Boston college troll again! A desperate reappearance!

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so strange, I'm confused how Boston college entered the Convo. But back on topic, Tufts is a top 35 school. I wouldn't consider it elite but it's close. Toe it's closed peer school is U Rochester or Wake Forest.

Asserting an opinion based on little other than whim does not make a fallacy fact. Do yourself a favor and stop with the irrelevant comparisons.

DP but why did you take offense to the PP's comment? And why are the comparisons irrelevant?

Earlier in the thread people got upset when one poster said Emory was top 20 and others chimes in to mock them and point out it was ranked 21 by US News. That was only a one slot difference! Here, the PP called Tufts a top 35 school when US News ranks it 30 for 2021. Rankings are stupid but people care and a 30 to 35 place ranking would be a big drop for people who care. PP could have just said Tufts was a top 30 school and left it at that, but they knew what they were doing because who but somebody that is familiar with rankings would know to group it with Wake Forest and Rochester. They made up a different ranking based on personal opinion, which is fine but it isn’t based on anything quantifiable.

Schools ranked anywhere from 26-35 on US news would be peer schools to Tufts so it is safe to say it is a top 35 school.

Not sure that makes sense at all. There is a 4 way tie if you just look at ranking number..nyu, tufts, university of florida and uc santa barbara. How are these "peers". What student that has thought about this at all would have those 4 schools in their list?

Peer schools need to have things in common beyond one number from a magazine.

Right before are unc and wake forest in a tie and right after are u rochester and boston college.

I would argue that of those schools...the obvious competition for tufts would be boston college (also outside of boston) , u of Rochester ( northern, good stem, nice campus but urban access and opportunities), wake forest (maybe..but likely too far south), I don't see the others really appealing to the same kid.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so strange, I'm confused how Boston college entered the Convo. But back on topic, Tufts is a top 35 school. I wouldn't consider it elite but it's close. Toe it's closed peer school is U Rochester or Wake Forest.

Asserting an opinion based on little other than whim does not make a fallacy fact. Do yourself a favor and stop with the irrelevant comparisons.

DP but why did you take offense to the PP's comment? And why are the comparisons irrelevant?

Earlier in the thread people got upset when one poster said Emory was top 20 and others chimes in to mock them and point out it was ranked 21 by US News. That was only a one slot difference! Here, the PP called Tufts a top 35 school when US News ranks it 30 for 2021. Rankings are stupid but people care and a 30 to 35 place ranking would be a big drop for people who care. PP could have just said Tufts was a top 30 school and left it at that, but they knew what they were doing because who but somebody that is familiar with rankings would know to group it with Wake Forest and Rochester. They made up a different ranking based on personal opinion, which is fine but it isn’t based on anything quantifiable.

Schools ranked anywhere from 26-35 on US news would be peer schools to Tufts so it is safe to say it is a top 35 school.

Not sure that makes sense at all. There is a 4 way tie if you just look at ranking number..nyu, tufts, university of florida and uc santa barbara. How are these "peers". What student that has thought about this at all would have those 4 schools in their list?

Peer schools need to have things in common beyond one number from a magazine.

Right before are unc and wake forest in a tie and right after are u rochester and boston college.

I would argue that of those schools...the obvious competition for tufts would be boston college (also outside of boston) , u of Rochester ( northern, good stem, nice campus but urban access and opportunities), wake forest (maybe..but likely too far south), I don't see the others really appealing to the same kid.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so strange, I'm confused how Boston college entered the Convo. But back on topic, Tufts is a top 35 school. I wouldn't consider it elite but it's close. Toe it's closed peer school is U Rochester or Wake Forest.

Asserting an opinion based on little other than whim does not make a fallacy fact. Do yourself a favor and stop with the irrelevant comparisons.

DP but why did you take offense to the PP's comment? And why are the comparisons irrelevant?

Earlier in the thread people got upset when one poster said Emory was top 20 and others chimes in to mock them and point out it was ranked 21 by US News. That was only a one slot difference! Here, the PP called Tufts a top 35 school when US News ranks it 30 for 2021. Rankings are stupid but people care and a 30 to 35 place ranking would be a big drop for people who care. PP could have just said Tufts was a top 30 school and left it at that, but they knew what they were doing because who but somebody that is familiar with rankings would know to group it with Wake Forest and Rochester. They made up a different ranking based on personal opinion, which is fine but it isn’t based on anything quantifiable.

Schools ranked anywhere from 26-35 on US news would be peer schools to Tufts so it is safe to say it is a top 35 school.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so strange, I'm confused how Boston college entered the Convo. But back on topic, Tufts is a top 35 school. I wouldn't consider it elite but it's close. Toe it's closed peer school is U Rochester or Wake Forest.

Asserting an opinion based on little other than whim does not make a fallacy fact. Do yourself a favor and stop with the irrelevant comparisons.

DP but why did you take offense to the PP's comment? And why are the comparisons irrelevant?

Earlier in the thread people got upset when one poster said Emory was top 20 and others chimes in to mock them and point out it was ranked 21 by US News. That was only a one slot difference! Here, the PP called Tufts a top 35 school when US News ranks it 30 for 2021. Rankings are stupid but people care and a 30 to 35 place ranking would be a big drop for people who care. PP could have just said Tufts was a top 30 school and left it at that, but they knew what they were doing because who but somebody that is familiar with rankings would know to group it with Wake Forest and Rochester. They made up a different ranking based on personal opinion, which is fine but it isn’t based on anything quantifiable.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so strange, I'm confused how Boston college entered the Convo. But back on topic, Tufts is a top 35 school. I wouldn't consider it elite but it's close. Toe it's closed peer school is U Rochester or Wake Forest.

Asserting an opinion based on little other than whim does not make a fallacy fact. Do yourself a favor and stop with the irrelevant comparisons.

DP but why did you take offense to the PP's comment? And why are the comparisons irrelevant?

Earlier in the thread people got upset when one poster said Emory was top 20 and others chimes in to mock them and point out it was ranked 21 by US News. That was only a one slot difference! Here, the PP called Tufts a top 35 school when US News ranks it 30 for 2021. Rankings are stupid but people care and a 30 to 35 place ranking would be a big drop for people who care. PP could have just said Tufts was a top 30 school and left it at that, but they knew what they were doing because who but somebody that is familiar with rankings would know to group it with Wake Forest and Rochester. They made up a different ranking based on personal opinion, which is fine but it isn’t based on anything quantifiable.

This just sounds like the classic Tufts insecurity speaking. I think Rochester and Wake Forest are excellent schools and certainly around Tufts level, and it’s a little rude to claim that Tufts is somehow better than both of those schools.

It has nothing to do with rudeness and everything to do with experience.
No student at my DC’s school has ever gotten into Tufts and been rejected at Rochester or Wake Forest. Some have been rejected at Tufts and have gone to Rochester or Wake Forest.

Wake Forest acceptance rate:29%
Rochester acceptance rate: 34%
Tufts acceptance rate: 11%

I’m not a Tufts booster.

There is a troll on this thread who keeps stirring the pot.
A very unhappy person whose DC didn’t get into Tufts, or some other personal reason to try to put it in the same category as other colleges that are very different.

Part of me says leave it alone: anyone reading this thread can see there is a miserable person tying to hurt it’s reputation.
But in the era of The Big Lie and using social media to perpetuate falsehoods, I think it’s important to negate the fake information and stand up to the bullying.

There’s a good NYT piece about why some people are so awful online:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/opinion/culture/social-media-cancel-culture-roxane-gay.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR0mUvDz6uYlLkX4io-FllQGp-gBkJEX93KlzAwg1xWY6jA5TqkZCTPPbtQ

DP but I'm genuinely confused why you would be offended or think that people are being "awful" for simply comparing Tufts to schools in its tier. I'm the PP who brought up Tulane - so is Tulane a better school than Tufts because its acceptance rate is lower?

This to me just seems much more like a case of Tufts affiliates feeling like they should be rated above where they are and being very touchy about what schools it should deign to be compared with.

What schools, then, would Tufts consider its peers?

That's the whole point. It's not about "peers".

The original question was "If you went there, did you like it? What was the draw?"

Your feeling about Tufts affiliates (whatever that means) and its ratings and whatever vague sense of peer schools you think it should be in are all irrelevant.

Go do something useful.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so strange, I'm confused how Boston college entered the Convo. But back on topic, Tufts is a top 35 school. I wouldn't consider it elite but it's close. Toe it's closed peer school is U Rochester or Wake Forest.

Asserting an opinion based on little other than whim does not make a fallacy fact. Do yourself a favor and stop with the irrelevant comparisons.

DP but why did you take offense to the PP's comment? And why are the comparisons irrelevant?

Earlier in the thread people got upset when one poster said Emory was top 20 and others chimes in to mock them and point out it was ranked 21 by US News. That was only a one slot difference! Here, the PP called Tufts a top 35 school when US News ranks it 30 for 2021. Rankings are stupid but people care and a 30 to 35 place ranking would be a big drop for people who care. PP could have just said Tufts was a top 30 school and left it at that, but they knew what they were doing because who but somebody that is familiar with rankings would know to group it with Wake Forest and Rochester. They made up a different ranking based on personal opinion, which is fine but it isn’t based on anything quantifiable.

This just sounds like the classic Tufts insecurity speaking. I think Rochester and Wake Forest are excellent schools and certainly around Tufts level, and it’s a little rude to claim that Tufts is somehow better than both of those schools.

It has nothing to do with rudeness and everything to do with experience.
No student at my DC’s school has ever gotten into Tufts and been rejected at Rochester or Wake Forest. Some have been rejected at Tufts and have gone to Rochester or Wake Forest.

Wake Forest acceptance rate:29%
Rochester acceptance rate: 34%
Tufts acceptance rate: 11%

I’m not a Tufts booster.

There is a troll on this thread who keeps stirring the pot.
A very unhappy person whose DC didn’t get into Tufts, or some other personal reason to try to put it in the same category as other colleges that are very different.

Part of me says leave it alone: anyone reading this thread can see there is a miserable person tying to hurt it’s reputation.
But in the era of The Big Lie and using social media to perpetuate falsehoods, I think it’s important to negate the fake information and stand up to the bullying.

There’s a good NYT piece about why some people are so awful online:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/opinion/culture/social-media-cancel-culture-roxane-gay.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR0mUvDz6uYlLkX4io-FllQGp-gBkJEX93KlzAwg1xWY6jA5TqkZCTPPbtQ

DP but I'm genuinely confused why you would be offended or think that people are being "awful" for simply comparing Tufts to schools in its tier. I'm the PP who brought up Tulane - so is Tulane a better school than Tufts because its acceptance rate is lower?

This to me just seems much more like a case of Tufts affiliates feeling like they should be rated above where they are and being very touchy about what schools it should deign to be compared with.

What schools, then, would Tufts consider its peers?

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so strange, I'm confused how Boston college entered the Convo. But back on topic, Tufts is a top 35 school. I wouldn't consider it elite but it's close. Toe it's closed peer school is U Rochester or Wake Forest.

Asserting an opinion based on little other than whim does not make a fallacy fact. Do yourself a favor and stop with the irrelevant comparisons.

DP but why did you take offense to the PP's comment? And why are the comparisons irrelevant?

Earlier in the thread people got upset when one poster said Emory was top 20 and others chimes in to mock them and point out it was ranked 21 by US News. That was only a one slot difference! Here, the PP called Tufts a top 35 school when US News ranks it 30 for 2021. Rankings are stupid but people care and a 30 to 35 place ranking would be a big drop for people who care. PP could have just said Tufts was a top 30 school and left it at that, but they knew what they were doing because who but somebody that is familiar with rankings would know to group it with Wake Forest and Rochester. They made up a different ranking based on personal opinion, which is fine but it isn’t based on anything quantifiable.

This just sounds like the classic Tufts insecurity speaking. I think Rochester and Wake Forest are excellent schools and certainly around Tufts level, and it’s a little rude to claim that Tufts is somehow better than both of those schools.

It has nothing to do with rudeness and everything to do with experience.
No student at my DC’s school has ever gotten into Tufts and been rejected at Rochester or Wake Forest. Some have been rejected at Tufts and have gone to Rochester or Wake Forest.

Wake Forest acceptance rate:29%
Rochester acceptance rate: 34%
Tufts acceptance rate: 11%

I’m not a Tufts booster.

There is a troll on this thread who keeps stirring the pot.
A very unhappy person whose DC didn’t get into Tufts, or some other personal reason to try to put it in the same category as other colleges that are very different.

Part of me says leave it alone: anyone reading this thread can see there is a miserable person tying to hurt it’s reputation.
But in the era of The Big Lie and using social media to perpetuate falsehoods, I think it’s important to negate the fake information and stand up to the bullying.

There’s a good NYT piece about why some people are so awful online:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/opinion/culture/social-media-cancel-culture-roxane-gay.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR0mUvDz6uYlLkX4io-FllQGp-gBkJEX93KlzAwg1xWY6jA5TqkZCTPPbtQ

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is so strange, I'm confused how Boston college entered the Convo. But back on topic, Tufts is a top 35 school. I wouldn't consider it elite but it's close. Toe it's closed peer school is U Rochester or Wake Forest.

Asserting an opinion based on little other than whim does not make a fallacy fact. Do yourself a favor and stop with the irrelevant comparisons.

DP but why did you take offense to the PP's comment? And why are the comparisons irrelevant?

Earlier in the thread people got upset when one poster said Emory was top 20 and others chimes in to mock them and point out it was ranked 21 by US News. That was only a one slot difference! Here, the PP called Tufts a top 35 school when US News ranks it 30 for 2021. Rankings are stupid but people care and a 30 to 35 place ranking would be a big drop for people who care. PP could have just said Tufts was a top 30 school and left it at that, but they knew what they were doing because who but somebody that is familiar with rankings would know to group it with Wake Forest and Rochester. They made up a different ranking based on personal opinion, which is fine but it isn’t based on anything quantifiable.

This just sounds like the classic Tufts insecurity speaking. I think Rochester and Wake Forest are excellent schools and certainly around Tufts level, and it’s a little rude to claim that Tufts is somehow better than both of those schools.

It has nothing to do with rudeness and everything to do with experience.
No student at my DC’s school has ever gotten into Tufts and been rejected at Rochester or Wake Forest. Some have been rejected at Tufts and have gone to Rochester or Wake Forest.

Wake Forest acceptance rate:29%
Rochester acceptance rate: 34%
Tufts acceptance rate: 11%

I’m not a Tufts booster.

There is a troll on this thread who keeps stirring the pot.
A very unhappy person whose DC didn’t get into Tufts, or some other personal reason to try to put it in the same category as other colleges that are very different.

Part of me says leave it alone: anyone reading this thread can see there is a miserable person tying to hurt it’s reputation.
But in the era of The Big Lie and using social media to perpetuate falsehoods, I think it’s important to negate the fake information and stand up to the bullying.