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Colleges and Universities A-Z Tufts University
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<p>I know a lot about both colleges- my brother goes to bc and i took a summer course at tufts which required me to spend about 4 hours, 5 days a week on the campus. Rather than make you read a ton more, I will give you a pros and cons list for each.</p>

<p>BC: Pros- Really strong community. Like the location in the suburbs. I know more about bc than i do tufts, and feel i can be fairly happy(though maybe not totally happy). </p>

<p>Cons- Academically not as rigorous as tufts. Not as strong in the sciences or poly science as tufts, which i am going for. More core requirements, which will mean more classes heaped onto someone looking to double major.</p>

<p>Tufts: Pros- Stronger academically, especially in the areas i want to major in. I feel like it's possible i could achieve total satisfaction at tufts, which i don't feel at bc. Less core requirements.</p>

<p>Cons- Don't care for the social aspect. Really lacks comradeship among the student body. Feel like its possible i could be unhappy at tufts, and i don't feel i could be unhappy at bc. Seems to me to be a lot of people who are really odd to. Location is less than desireable (twice when i was taking the course there were notices that someone was raped or assaulted less than three blocks from tufts). </p>

<p>Feel free to affirm or deny any of these things, but i would appreciate as unbiased an account of either. Thanks.</p>

<p>Addendum: Forget to mention i got ok financial aid at bc, and still awaiting tufts financial aid. I got about 10,000 more per year at bu than at bc, but bu is notably generous in financial aid while bc is known as pretty stingy for an elite institution. Not sure about tuft's financial aid reputation but i will post when known. If they give me considerably less than bc (say 10,000 less per year) then i will most likely go bc.</p>

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<p>I don’t know what you mean by “really lacks comradeship among the student body,” but aside from the fact that it sounds like a fairly BS statement, I don’t think it’s true. While BC obviously has more sports spirit, I think Tufts does have a fairly strong community.
Also, there are odd people anywhere you go, but at BC you’ll find many more similar people than you will at Tufts.
For location, while there are occasionally muggings near by, it’s still a very safe area, and it’s not like Brookline/Brighton are free of crime either. As someone who grew up in Newton and goes to Tufts, I think both are in great areas and you can’t really go wrong with either one in that department. Both are right on the T but also a far enough distance from the actual city that they’re in a more suburban environment.</p>

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<p>The one con really turning me away from BC:</p>

<p>Notorious for lack of diversity. Racially, in idealism, whole 9 yards. I can’t say for certain it’s 100% accurate and probably exaggerated some for sure, but still based in reality</p>