<p>Thank-you for your input. We are leaving it open until after she has visited Tufts again and Trinity for the first time. Money is huge, but if she says that she can't imagine herself at Trinity for the next four years because of... we won't force her. We also know our daughter is a very level headed person, she won't say that unless it's for a very good reason. We are keeping our fingers crossed that she will like Trinity when she visits (we didn't visit 50% of schools that she applied to, we are a bit unusual).</p>
<p>This is the first time I have ever asked for CC's opinion and help. You have been helpful. Thank-you.</p>
<p>(p.s. hartford isnt as bad as some people would like to believe. there are parts of hartford that are very nice and other parts that are not very nice at all.)</p>
<p>Re Huskem's comment ... call the admissions office and get directions for driving in from 84 rather than from 91 ... the object is to go through the better neighborhoods! I usually come in from the east side and go through the south end of Hartford ... but the nicer approach is from the west.</p>
<p>You can see the Trinity chapel spires and the roofline of the quad from 84 as you drive in from the west. Trinity itself is a very pretty campus -- aside from seeing quite a bit of it in the 70s when I was in hs (had a field trip to the chapel for a philosophy/religion course!) , I've been there many times in the past few years for athletics.</p>
<p>Another thing for your daughter to consider is housing.... I think she will be able to get housing all 4 years on the Trinity campus is she wants... not so at Tufts, she will be looking for a place to live in Medford ( which by the way is NOT Boston!!)</p>
<p>Remember that you are not comparing Trinity and Tufts. You are comparing Trinity with the special mentoring/opportunities being offered, so make sure your d. comes to a greater understanding in detail what that entails.</p>
<p>Back when I was applying to college a few years ago, I turned down a full ride + monthly stipend to the honors program at my state college for Cornell. The two schools weren't really comparable though so it wasn't a decision that either my parents or I regretted.</p>
<p>According to my friends, the Tufts economics department has huge huge ties to investment banks up and down the east coast. It prides itself on spectacular placements for it's grads. Your D should email Tufts and ask about the post grad placements into investment banks. She should talk to Tufts aobut that when she gets there--and interview busienss and econ majors about their post grad plans.</p>
<p>For her intended grad school, I'd say Tufts is the better choice--by a mile--but she better research every opportunity and be prepared to jump into them as she discovers them.</p>
<p>Also, for a top MBA grad, the starting corporate salary is $100K+--never mind consulatncies or investment banks. </p>
<p>Bottom line? She's not going to need your funds for her MBA education. If she loves the first company she works for--they might offer to pay those fees for her.</p>
<p>Cheers - thanks for your input. We are taking what you say into consideration. Some of our family/friends (not all) in the IB business are giving us similar feedback.</p>
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Hartford is typical of a once thriving city that has gone through urban decline and is starting the long road back up again through gentrification. There are pockets of renaissance, there are pockets of despair. My impression of the area bounding the Trinity campus is somewhat dicey, more so than other campuses in socially mixed urban neighborhoods, like Brown or Yale.</p>
<p>The Trinity students, however, seem to turn their location into a positive by participating in very active urban development and community outreach programs, even local politics. The kids we met were politically active and enthusiastic about "making a difference." If community service is an area of interest then Trinity would be a the ideal opportunity to get involved in some hands on programs.</p>
<p>I agree with what Cheers says that a successful (read: aggressive) investment banker will have no problem paying back graduate school loans. Kids at my son's school are already getting six figure salaries with just undergraduate degrees! From what I understand Trinity does okay in the recruitment stakes and the network is strong. Your daughter should stop by the career counseling office and hear what they have to say.</p>
<p>I think the comparison will become graphic after a visit. oldfort, I'd suggest that you try to visit as well, so that you can better visualize the environmental differences.</p>
<p>The overwhelming number of MBA students - especially at the best schools - today don't go there right out of undergraduate school, but only after several years in the workplace. The workplace recommendation is much more important than the undergrad school attended.</p>
<p>But why do you believe she is going to end up as an investment banker when her strongest interests are in dance and science/math?</p>
<p>At any rate, remember that you are not comparing Trinity and Tufts. You are comparing Trinity plus special mentoring/opportunities plus $140k (which can be spent on lots of other things besides graduate school) vs. Tufts (which is a slightly lower ranked school, if that means anything - I don't think it does.)</p>
<p>mini is correct....we wrote more than 1,000 posts to conclude that money+perks (specially perks) trumps similar ranked school or even higher ranked schools specially if the future interests lie in professional schools (like law, medicine, MBA).</p>
<p>Rankings, within their groupings (as I already wrote) in USNWR. (of course, as you know, I think USNWR is trash, even as I used to DEFEND Tufts in another forum.)</p>
<p>My son is in the exact same position as old fort’s daughter in 2007. I’m wondering whether her daughter ended up attending Tufts or Trinity on a full scholarship and what her experience has been. My son is planning to study engineering and wants to attend a liberal arts college. I’m wondering if Tufts is worth the difference in cost? </p>
<p>Neither. She got off a wait list to a different school. </p>
<p>Please make another thread with your info. This will get locked because the moderators don’t want you to bump up an old thread. But you will probably get plenty of answers. </p>
<p>You’ll probably get told to start your own thread. Tufts is a little bigger than most liberal arts colleges - it’s really a small to medium size research university. Engineering is a small program at the school and the students are completely integrated into the rest of Tufts life. I think Tufts is worth a lot, but engineering curriculum is set by ABET and doesn’t tend to vary that much from school to school. If it’s going to be painful on the pocketbook, you should probably choose the less expensive option.</p>
<p>BTW for anyone reading the thread Tufts doesn’t have an honors program per se. You can get departmental honors by writing a thesis. (And perhaps other requirements as well.)</p>