Anonymous wrote:I think it comes down to Hartford or Boston. Boston gives you tons of other schools to hang out with. Kids at Boston schools regularly go to each other's parties and the same bars etc.

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What?! I went to Wesleyan. In four years, went to Hartford once to a play with a class. It’s simply not done and not an appealing city. People know nothing on this site.

Anonymous wrote:I think Wes is underrated. Beats Tufts but I’m sure others may feel differently. I found the Tufts campus underwhelming… it is in NESCAC but in a city and big for NESCAC but small for a university…I’d go small or big not mid size but I have no tie to either school and friends kids at both schools that seem happy.

For my kid that is what appealed about Tufts (near a city but with its own contained campus, not too big or small) - to be fair, my kid also liked Wesleyan, because it is larger than most of the other nescacs, and Middletown has a little more going on than towns like Middlebury and Waterville.

I think the vibe is pretty similar at both colleges- some kids skew artsy, some skew athlete, and some neither, but all groups are valued (few alpha/frat bro types).

I suspect education and outcomes are quite similar, so I’d view them the same in rank, which you prefer depends on other factors. I think those who view Wes as the “better” are hanging onto its reputation when wasps ruled the NE college scene, and I suspect those who view Tufts as the “better” are influenced by its “university”/science strengths.

I think Wes is underrated. Beats Tufts but I’m sure others may feel differently. I found the Tufts campus underwhelming… it is in NESCAC but in a city and big for NESCAC but small for a university…I’d go small or big not mid size but I have no tie to either school and friends kids at both schools that seem happy.

Anyone in medicine knows Tufts as they have a great medical school. My husband did residency at Hopkins and had several peers who went to Tufts.

Tufts is a better location, Wesleyan more artsy, otherwise they seem very similar. My kid disliked both unfortunately.

You people are the biggest a**holes on the Internet.

Are we really going to compare the finer points of Hank Azaria vs Beanie Feldstein? Stupid. Your kid is lucky to be getting any sort of higher education.

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And all those artsy types can stay in Middletown to soak up the excellent education that launched Lin Manuel Miranda, Bradley Whitford, Dar Williams, Santigold, Beanie Feldstein, Michael Bay, a dozen MacArthur "Genius" grant recipients, , two current U.S. Senators, and on and on and on.
Wesleyan, hands down.

This is an important point - Tufts has no noteworthy alumni who have used their education there to achieve success in life.

Ok. What?? Founders of Warby Parker. Tracy Chapman, Hank Azaria, Meredith Viera, Scott Brown (senator), Dov Charney (CEO of American Apparel), Oliver Platt AND ON AND ON. GTFO. tHiS iS An iMpORTaNT pOInT

That’s the best you got?

NP but google it yourself- wiki lists many “known” alums of both schools.

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And all those artsy types can stay in Middletown to soak up the excellent education that launched Lin Manuel Miranda, Bradley Whitford, Dar Williams, Santigold, Beanie Feldstein, Michael Bay, a dozen MacArthur "Genius" grant recipients, , two current U.S. Senators, and on and on and on.
Wesleyan, hands down.

This is an important point - Tufts has no noteworthy alumni who have used their education there to achieve success in life.

Ok. What?? Founders of Warby Parker. Tracy Chapman, Hank Azaria, Meredith Viera, Scott Brown (senator), Dov Charney (CEO of American Apparel), Oliver Platt AND ON AND ON. GTFO. tHiS iS An iMpORTaNT pOInT

That’s the best you got?

Anonymous wrote:Which is more prestigious: Yale or Western Connecticut State University?

Not as funny as it used to be. The Ivy rep is wilting. First Claudine Gay exposed as a dishonest moron. Now these Columbia students are exposed as petulant idiots who think they deserve meal plan food while occupying a building. Yuck.

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And all those artsy types can stay in Middletown to soak up the excellent education that launched Lin Manuel Miranda, Bradley Whitford, Dar Williams, Santigold, Beanie Feldstein, Michael Bay, a dozen MacArthur "Genius" grant recipients, , two current U.S. Senators, and on and on and on.
Wesleyan, hands down.

This is an important point - Tufts has no noteworthy alumni who have used their education there to achieve success in life.

Ok. What?? Founders of Warby Parker. Tracy Chapman, Hank Azaria, Meredith Viera, Scott Brown (senator), Dov Charney (CEO of American Apparel), Oliver Platt AND ON AND ON. GTFO. tHiS iS An iMpORTaNT pOInT

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Anonymous wrote:If you have to ask, it doesn’t matter.

+1. This is true across the board. Parenst should be able to research and apply their research to their individual kid. We do NOT know YOUR kid!

PP made pretty clear this was a meant to be a lighthearted thread. I don't think an actual decision hangs on the line here.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked the BU/Tulane thread. Let's do Wesleyan v. Tufts. Which would you choose and why?

Both schools are solid; neither is "prestigious."

Oh shut up.

Anonymous wrote:If you have to ask, it doesn’t matter.

+1. This is true across the board. Parenst should be able to research and apply their research to their individual kid. We do NOT know YOUR kid!

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And all those artsy types can stay in Middletown to soak up the excellent education that launched Lin Manuel Miranda, Bradley Whitford, Dar Williams, Santigold, Beanie Feldstein, Michael Bay, a dozen MacArthur "Genius" grant recipients, , two current U.S. Senators, and on and on and on.
Wesleyan, hands down.

This is an important point - Tufts has no noteworthy alumni who have used their education there to achieve success in life.