<p>I'm currently trying to decide between Pomona and Tufts which is such a hard choice! I really love Pomona but my main concern is location since it's so far from my family and most of my friends are going to be on the East Coast. Also, I like how Tufts is so close to the city while Pomona seems to be more isolated. </p>
<p>I think I'll prefer living in a smaller college but will a larger university give me more opportunities in terms of greater variety of classes and more research/internship opportunities?</p>
<p>Are they similar in terms of quality of education?</p>
<p>How do the med school admission rates compare coming from these schools?</p>
<p>Ummm not to be awkward, but you are me right now. I am debating between Pomona, Tufts, and BC Honors, and one of the biggest allures of the last two is that they are close to home.</p>
<p>From what research I have done, it seems like Pomona has a very good med school acceptance rate. However, most of those threads appeared on the Pomona board (so they could be a little biased). Overall, I don’t know iof I want the larger research university or the smaller college—I can’t decide between them!!</p>
<p>Because of the consortium, you actually get the feel of a small university. And you’ll get a totally different type of education than what you’d get at Tufts/BC - small classes that foster great friendships with students and faculty, opportunities to do research and/or internships as an undergraduate (and get paid doing it), and wonderful weather. D graduated last spring and came back East. She’s still close to her HS friends who loved having the “excuse” to visit her in SoCal. What with all the social media, you can stay in close touch with everyone.</p>
<p>Good luck, both of you, with your decisions!</p>
<p>Aside from the very legitimate concerns about how far you want to travel to go to college, I think the biggest difference will be the intellectual climate. My D got the strong sense that every student she met at Pomona was super-smart and intellectually intense, while at the same time not taking themselves too seriously. At Tufts, we both picked up on a sort of non-intellectual vibe. That’s not to say there are not loads of really bright students, but just that the academic focus wasn’t so pervasive across the student-body. Tufts did have some really great program offerings though, so I can see how that would be tempting - especially if you want to stay closer to home.</p>
<p>For a university, I would think that tufts has the atmosphere of a liberal arts college. After all, it was named one of the “little ivies” (for what it’s worth).</p>