<p>I hope your deductive thinking skills don't interfere with your engineering skills! I applied to a number of "safety schools" that had a match for what, or where, I wanted in a college. I never visited BU or several other safety schools. If I had reched a point where i was considering them I would have then visited. I knew enough about BU to apply, but did not investigate deeply because I did not plan to attend. What I meant, and I think you are smart enough to know this, is that I don't know a lot about all the programs at the school. I know nothing aobut the engineering or the science programs for instance. So I can't comment on them. I was simply conveying the overall impression and reputation that BU has in the area of the country that I live in. Nothing more, nothing less.</p>
<p>You have some strong opinions about Tufts. Can you share how you got to that point, and where your knowledge of Tufts comes from? Are you a student there?</p>
<p>And I will put my SAT scores against your anyday hon!!</p>
<p>This is so dumb. I'm going to address the only thing that made me roll my eyes and then answer WorldbandX's normal questions.</p>
<p>Whoever it was that said, "What about all the people that got Tufts Syndromed?" -- please scroll to page one of this forum and read the previous posts. Or could you at least ACKNOWLEDGE that some people believe that it's a myth, or at least a practice no longer conducted? It's like the previous discussion never took place. I mean, you're entitled to your own opinion, but that seriously felt like a slap in the face after such a long day...actually, whatever, I'm here, I love it, and hopefully people with such a mindset won't apply and therefore won't end up on campus to actually BE the famed bitter ivy league rejects. More room for the [happy] rest of us!</p>
<p>WorldbandX - I love my dorm, as I've said. It is clean, beautiful big rooms and private, lockable bathrooms. The IR program is as follows - </p>
<p>1 class in:
Intro to IR
Fundamental Economics (or equivalent)
History
International Trade
Foreign Policy
(one more I forget but I filled the requirement by accident already so I don't remember which one it was lol)
Language Requirement Culture Course. (basically, a culture course in whatever language you're using to fill the language requirement).</p>
<p>You also need to fill the language requirement. In IR, you declare a "thematic cluster" - an area of IR that interests you most, a form of specialization. Mine is International Economics - others include foreign policy analysis, Nationalism, etc. For the clusters you need to take 4 additional courses that fill those requirements. Lastly, you need to take a seminar course.</p>
<p>I happen to love it. There are such a variety of courses that fill every requirement so you can always find a class that interests you!</p>
<p>kudos to those who defend Tufts..and are actually familiar enough with the school to make educated commentary.
kudos to the mods who finally silenced (albeit briefly) the sophomoric posts by hormone-engraged 18 year olds. (no offense to those who actually act like like adults)</p>
<p>Just thought I would share a small piece of my Tufts experience with you, albeit a long time ago. I am a Tufts alum, Bio major, now an M.D. While an undergrad, I did research during school year and summer, for credit, at a lab at Tufts Med School with a world reknowned research/teaching physician. I got the position by merely contacting him and having an interview. He was a true mentor. (I took the bus and the "T" downtown, no problem) Great experience, helped me realize I wanted to do clinical medicine and not research for a career,and ended up going to Tufts Med School (got in to several others, chose to stick with Tufts). Oportunities are definietly there for those who seek them out.</p>
<p>I got into an Ivy, a top 5-10 liberal arts college, and Tufts (as well as some other schools ranked "above" it, like UCLA, and some below it). I think the whole "Tufts syndrome" can be avoided if you spend a lot of time on your application. Do some research about the school...even though I didn't visit, I read about the school using various websites, college guidebooks, etc. Apply only if you're sure you might want to be there in the fall. Write your essays carefully, and let them sit for a few days before proofing and revising them. Keeping the number of applications low enough so that you can really focus on each one will reduce the number of "XYZ-University Syndrome" rejects you get. I applied to 6 private schools, then used the general University of California application to apply to 4 schools (only doing the work for one). That saved a lot of grief, gave me a lot of time to carefully craft my apps, and saved me from "frivolous" rejections.</p>
<p>School bashing is not helpful. Let people enjoy their college choices and acceptances. A Tufts education has great value in the marketpalce. It boggles my mind how people make these disparaging comparisons of schools that are the envy of the rest of the world world. I'd be proud to attend Tufts, BU, BC, Brandeis, Northeastern , etc. etc., any day. College is what you make of it. People start out at community colleges for crying out aloud and accomplish great things academically. I know someone who started at a community college, went to a "fourth rate" pharmacy school and got his MD from a top med school. This bash bash bash is so sophomoric. Tufts is a great school. If you got in, be very proud of your acceptance, attend, and have a great four years.</p>