<p>how is the engineering program at tufts, specifically the biomedical engineering program? How hard is it to be accepted into the engineering school? Does being from Boston give me a better chance?</p>
<p>Being from Boston puts you at a disadvantage. Not because of the location of Tufts, but rather because of the school and the city themselves.</p>
<p>Recent studies have shown that 99% of Bostonians are duche bags; out of the 1% who are not, 99% of them recently moved from another city. Thus, by association, Tufts, with 100% of the faculties being Bostonians, is the flagship educator of duche bags by duche bags with a quality rating of 99%.</p>
<p>Now, I'm not saying you're a duche bag, but I have to remark on the 99% chance that you are. Because if you're, then you obviously will not need to be educated in becoming one, thus Tufts will have no use of you. Disadvantage, don't you think?</p>
<p>Anyhow, their engineering program is as good as their program in advance studies in removal of duchebaggery---I've heard that they rank last in the nation in this category.</p>
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<p>Seriously, you asked a tuft question; Tufts is a liberal arts school, so the engineering is ok, but not in regards to the goal of an engineer wannabe. It is best know for its foreign relations/diplomacy studies. hope this part helps</p>
<p>Drop me a PM or email - I'm a chemical engineer Tufts grad. </p>
<p>BME is not good - it's only offered as a second majour. Instead, do chemical and double in biological or biomedical engineering. </p>
<p>Getting into Tufts is hard; getting into the engineering school, harder. Boston won't help, but won't hurt. If you were from Medford or Somerville, you would have a better chance, but that is because Tufts likes to be good to the kids in the community. You might be helped by the fact that Tufts is probably really aware of the quality of your high school, but a similar kid from Mississippi, Tennessee, or the like will get in before you (because there just aren't many kids from those areas applying, and so many kids from Ma. apply and attend).</p>
<p>Ariesathena, I have sent you a private message about Mech Eng at Tufts but feel free to answer here if you think your answer would help others.</p>
<p>is the biomed program going to get accredited any time soon?</p>
<p>Tufts is a good school for many liberal arts disciplines. Engineering, though, is not one of Tufts strong suits. If you have the stats to get into a school like Tufts, you could do much better at many schools that do excel in engineering. Just my opinion though. Also, there are a few ardent Tufts supporters on the board so take what they say with a very large dosage of salt.</p>
<p>how hard are the courses? Can i get into a top grad program like mit if i go to tufts?</p>
<p>Most definitely. The challenge level is high, and engineers never stop working. The engineering program is very undergraduate focused, so you'll most definitely have small courses, though the selection won't be as wide as a technical school. You also have the opportunity to get involved in (usually) one liberal arts course per semester on top of the normal engineering courseload. It's a good mix between liberal arts and engineering in terms of a well rounded education. Tufts makes sure that everyone who graduates can write (one of the most important aspects in life actually). A lot of our engineers go to elite graduate school programs afterwards.</p>
<p>There are a lot of ardent Tufts bashers on these boards - mostly people who have never been to the school and know little about it, save for that it is 4 miles away from MIT. The last part is what really hurts Tufts' reputation... essentially being seen as inferiour to MIT (as is nearly every school in the country).</p>
<p>Anyway, as an engin. graduate, I stand firmly by my assertion that it's a great school. Most "top" engin. programmes really stink because 1) you're in classes with 100 other people, 2) those classes are taught by grad students, and 3) there's little opportunity to do meaningful research. My chem-e classes were all about 25 people; we got to really know the professors; I NEVER had a grad student teach a course; and almost everyone did research with professors. </p>
<p>The majors are ABET-accredited, so you are taking essentially the same classes that you would at almost any engineering school. While there aren't many electives, as Snuffles said, they are at least small (electives usually have about 10 students) and are always taught by professors.</p>
<p>Finally, there are only a handful of engineering schools in Ma: MIT, Tufts, BU, UMass Lowell, UMass Amherst, and WPI. Tufts is recognized as an excellent one of those - as such, graduates usually have no trouble becoming employed after graduation. My company is a mix of Tufts, MIT, and Lowell grads... with Tufts having a very healthy representation and a lot of respect as a great school. </p>
<p>Tufts has great placement for grad schools. If you do well there, you will certainly have your choice among the best of them.</p>
<p>I don't know about mechanical engineering specifically.</p>
<p>Thank you Ariesathena, everything I read about the school it just sounds like "the school" for my son. He is waiting to see if he got in though, that's the big hurdle. The only other thing that we all can see it has going against it is the 24 hour drive from home;) Thanks again all for your input.</p>
<p>Or a 3-hour flight plus a half-hour cab ride... ;)</p>
<p>how is the biomedical engineering department? will they be getting accredited soon? does one have to graduate from an accredited program to get into a top grad school?</p>
<p>bumpppppppp</p>
<p>jnick2: You've probably explored this page: <a href="http://ase.tufts.edu/biomedical/%5B/url%5D">http://ase.tufts.edu/biomedical/</a> but thought I would paste it here anyway just in case it was of a help.</p>
<p>BME is not going to be accredited soon - frankly, I don't think that Tufts wants to accredit it. It's mostly for people who want to round out their educations, not for those who are really focused on biomedical engineering. It's deliberately designed to be a flexible curriculum. </p>
<p>Anyway, I don't know too much about it, besides the fact that it's a lot like biotech, which is part of the chemE department. If you want, call or email the chair - all of the professors at Tufts are really open and would be happy to talk to you about their work.</p>
<p>can i major in BME and minor in mechanical E?</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>Let's try another go at explaining the BME/BioTech route at Tufts (note that environmental science works the same way). You need a major that is NOT one of the above. For BME, you can do liberal arts or engineering (as I said, they are trying to keep it flexible - just read the different courses required for each). So, you would have to MAJOR in mechanical engineering if you wanted to take BME. Basically, you graduate with two majors - one that is your primary major, and then BME, which is your secondary major. You'll get advisors in each department, but, whenever you double-major, you are required to indicate one as the primary. Here, you are not allowed to have BME as your primary major. </p>
<p>Now, I think that Tufts is allowing double-major and minor (which changed sometime so my class could not take advantage of it...grrr... too late for me to have snagged math as well), so you could, for example, do chemical engineering as your primary, BME as your secondary, and mechE as your minor (you would also, for the record, go crazy). </p>
<p>Anyway, I'm serious - if you call or email the department, they'll be more than happy to talk with you. For better or for worse, the chemE dep't is very biology-oriented; there were only a handful of straight-up chemical engineers. Most were all excited about cloning and stuff (not me, however, so I'm a very bad person to talk to about this).</p>
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Is it true that engineering admission is more selective?</p>
<p>Are you sure about that cuz I got into the engineering school with a class rank of 39 out of 336 while #2 and #6 in my class both got rejected applying for liberal arts.</p>
<p>You might have had something that they didn't. It's not always the class rank that makes a difference.</p>