Can anyone help make a very hard decision a bit easier? current students or alumni? We have equal financial offers but two very different schools. Wondering what you love about them?
Class/school size? Cornell has the Ivy cachet but you will find large class size compared to Tufts.
College town versus big city?
What are your student’s preferences?
She’s completely torn right down the middle.
See which University is better suited for her major. Think long term not just four years.
I think it comes down to campus:
Very large university in a very small town vs. medium-small university in a a large cosmopolitan city.
The classes at Tufts will be smaller… but Tufts is on the subway line and quick access to everything Boston/Cambridge has to offer.
The students at Tufts seem to genuinely love learning, while Cornell alumni I spoke to have admitted that they did not learn much in their first two years (half of college!) there.
But Tufts is also lacking in a lot of diversity, economically and ethnically.