Emory or Vanderbilt or Tufts

Hi guys!

I recently earned admission to Tufts and Emory (still waiting on Vanderbilt) as a transfer freshman from Boston College. I intend to major in Applied Math.

Based on your personal experience, which one should I go to? I have to pay the same for all three colleges.

Thanks a lot! And I hope you guys are staying safe.

Well why are you leaving BC? And do you have friends there that you might want to stay closer to?

Emory and Tufts have a lot in common- similar size, kinda nerdy/quirky but fun students. Lotta Ivy League rejects (no shame there).

Emory is about 60:40 women to men.

I cannot offer any advice other than Atlanta versus Boston area.

As a BC student, you already know Boston.

Emory is in a beautiful area of Atlanta (formerly Decatur before Emory petitioned to be annexed by Atlanta).

I chose to transfer because BC doesn’t offer an applied math degree. They only have pure math, which I don’t plan to focus on.

Update: I got into Vandy as well!

Vanderbilt doesn’t appear to offer a major in applied math. Would this be your track of interest?

https://as.vanderbilt.edu/math/undergraduate/mathematics-major-and-minor/

Congratulations on recent Vanderbilt admission! I can’t comment on your major, but Vandy is a terrific school and Nashville is a great town. Boston and Nashville are pretty much a tie as absolute best college towns in the USA. Not sure that Atlanta can compare. I’d place Vandy as the best of the 3 schools, but do make sure Vandy has the math program you want.

yeah that’s what i’m talking about.

In Vanderbilt’s favor are the new dorms among other campus upgrades. The school is pumping millions upon millions into state of the art campus infrastructure.

On the other hand, VU’s football stadium (built in the early 1920s with a modest improvement in '83) is probably the worst DI stadium in the country. Maybe the new AD (Candice Storey Lee and a VU grad) can finally do something with this downtrodden football field…

I’ve been to football games at VU the past few years and the turf itself is awesome and the stadium is sufficient. I don’t like having to walk up the incline many rows to get to the upper reaches of the stadium, but the sight lines are fantastic. It may be the least modern stadium in the SEC but I don’t think it is a bad stadium. VU has about 6000 undergraduate students so it does not need a stadium to seat 70,000 fans. VU is spending money where it counts. One of the best FA programs in the country, great dorms and living spaces, awesome recreation facilities all at one of the best academic institutions in the country.