I have to decide by TUESDAY: Tufts vs. Claremont McKenna

<p>Not one single person I have talked to from my home state knows what Claremont McKenna is. I’m pretty sure it’s the same for Tufts in California.</p>

<p>I personally really liked Tufts. It has a great campus and it’s not too far away from Boston. The students are all really friendly. If you don’t like cold weather, I would discourage you from choosing Tufts, but if you like snow, I’d say go for it =)</p>

<p>Yea I like snow! It’s the nasty kind and the rain and wind that I absolutely can’t stand.</p>

<p>Is it windy in Boston?</p>

<p>Yes, there is every variety of bad weather in Boston. Tufts has always seemed so mediocre to me–it’s hot now, but why it’s better than Syracuse or any of a million other schools of that level. Or various good public universities. But meanwhile, aside from the Universities of California, there are few places for smart Californians to go of a high calibre to go in the same way that there are a million high quality schools in the east. The Claremont McKenna schools are at the top of the Western pinnacle and Tufts is absolutely nowhere near the top of the Eastern pinnacle.</p>

<p>Endicott, don’t you think that is a function of density of colleges? CMC and Tufts have almost identical mid range SATs (source College Board) with the slimmest edge going to Tufts. CMC has less competition for LAC type students in the west.</p>

<p>I think Tufts has a situation similar to CMC in that its closest neighbors are Harvard and MIT. CMC has a slight inferiority complex by being next to Pomona. Neither are given enough credit for the good education they provide.</p>