<p>If you had to choose one to be the better college, which would you choose? Why?</p>
<p>Which is more prestigious (I know some of you will attack me for asking that)? If liberal arts schools were somehow incorporated into the US World and News Top Universities list, which would be placed higher? </p>
<p>I don’t think its that easy to label schools as “better” or “worse.” School A, for instance, may have an excellent biology program but a less strong women’s studies program. School B may have a strong history department, but a weaker science department. Each school has its own strengths. Some schools may be, as a whole, stronger in all departments than is another school. </p>
<p>In terms of Bowdoin and Tufts, both are excellent, excellent schools and I do not believe one can be labeled as “better” than another.</p>
<p>I do notice that graduate schools often like students who come from smaller undergraduate programs. Maybe this is due to the fact that they believe those students were able to benefit/learn more as a result of smaller class sizes. Or maybe, graduate schools are taking the same number of students from schools, regardless of size, but that 3 kids at Tufts (a bigger school) is proportionally less than 3 kids at Bowdoin (a smaller school).</p>
<p>if you look for lists online that combine liberal arts and unviersites youll find that bowdoin ranks above tufts - but they’re both pretty much the same in terms of prestige, etc</p>