<p>Anyone have some insight on transferring to Tufts? Former transfers? Planned transfers? </p>
<p>I'm transferring from UC Berkeley, and Tufts is def one of my top choices. </p>
<p>Yayyy applications... :)</p>
<p>About 10% are accepted, according to the transfer admissions website. You should start your search for info there.</p>
<p>Or are you more interested in hearing about what it's like to transfer than the statistics? </p>
<p>Looking at your other posts, I'd say that Tufts would be a great fit for you. And while there aren't huge numbers of other transfer students, I am sure you'd be welcomed into the community.</p>
<p>Yeah I transferred into Tufts, what do you want to know?</p>
<p>I've done my research into the school, talked to admins, and I know that I have to work hard and really wow them with my apps... I guess I'm more interested in how it is once you get there. I'd be coming from CA, and my family is pretty concerned about the possibility of me moving so far away. That being said, was it hard to connect with other students once you got there? Did you feel "welcomed" as a transfer? Do you live with other transfers or just other juniors? I guess just any info on your transfer experience would help : )</p>
<p>Hi, Aelles. I've read some of your other posts, because I was curious why you'd want to leave Berkeley. My first piece of advice is to take everything that Rightbackatyou says with a grain of salt (read his other posts).</p>
<p>Second, transferring is risky, especially if you're leaving California for the first time. I have a friend who is from SoCal, who went to school in Texas for a year, then transferred back to SoCal after a year because she couldn't get into the Texas culture. When she started school in SoCal as a sophomore, she found that people had already made friends as freshmen, because of living in the dorms and because new kids were more disposed to seeking each other out. As a sophmore she's having a hard time making friends. </p>
<p>Also, in your case, moving so far away (as you know) is tricky. It seems to me, from people I know, the people who do ok moving away are the ones who are really committed to it, and who really want to go to the school they're moving to.</p>
<p>All that being said, I can understand where if you're really not happy you should transfer. Just remember you might have to work even harder to meet people if you start a new school as a junior. Also, moving to the east coast is almost like moving to another country. This could be a good thing. Or not.</p>
<p>Have you visited Tufts? Good luck to you.</p>
<p>Yeah the East Coast is going to be a big shock from the West I'd imagine, although there are probably just as many hippies in Boston as there are in California. If you're an atheist who hates this country you'll probably fit right in ;)</p>
<p>I don't know how things are out West but generally people in the NorthEast are somewhat acurately viewed as being cold, prickly, unapproachable and just down right rude. This is what alot of folks from the South and MidWest have told me. There is some amount of truth in this although to be sure it is exagerated to some degree.</p>
<p>I think Cranberry makes some good points about moving. The only way you're going to want to move that far is if you're really, REALLy committed to going to Tufts. It is rather difficult making friends as a transfer, especially if this is your sophomore or junior year. Yes, it is really difficult. Fortunately I somehow bumped into some people from Tufts over the summer after my first semester and that's how I met some folks. If I hadn't had bumped into them though I don't know what I would have done...yeah, it can be difficult man, not just at Tufts, but at any school you come to as a transfer student.</p>
<p>If you joined alot of clubs you'd probably be all set though. Thing is most student organizations are a complete waste of time outside of the social experience. That's not my opinion, that's a FACT.</p>
<p>RBAY, that is definitely your opinion. My extracurriculars have constituted some of the best parts of my college experience. Sorry to hear yours did not.</p>
<p>Other than the weather, I don't think that the move from the city of Berkeley to Medford/Somerville/Cambridge is as different as if you were going for example from LA to Middlebury, VT. And the move from a huge university where it's difficult to know your professors and hard to find your social group to a Tufts-type place seems to be just what you are looking for. Also, it's only for 2 years, it's not like you're making a major commitment to leave home forever.</p>
<p>But I do think that the suggestion to join some clubs or groups is spot on, and I'd suggest making some contacts before getting to campus. If you can't find what you're looking for on the website, check out tuftslife.com or ask your admissions officer. Best of luck, I'm sure you're going to find what you're looking for.</p>
<p>No West Coast to East Coast is different, period. Not AS different as LA to Vermont but it's a huge change. What a terrible analogy that was.</p>
<p>Well I've lived in Berkeley and I've lived in Medford and Somerville, and I don't think they are as different (other than the weather) as some of you have implied. </p>
<p>But even if they are, I think it's a great idea for kids who have grown up in the Bay Area to spend a little time in the East. And for the 2 years that this transfer student would be looking at, I don't think that s/he or the parents should be overly concerned.</p>
<p>I just don't think the fact that it's not LA vs. Vermont means that there isn't a very big difference. But hey maybe that type of thinking could open up new doors to the marketing folks at Tufts. Ah, I can see it now...</p>
<p>Tufts: It's not Baghdad so you should fit right in!!!</p>
<p>Thank you for that nugget Seashore.</p>
<p>Seashore, thank you for your helpful input; your experience living in both Berkeley and Medford/Somerville makes me feel much better about the possibility of heading out east to Tufts. And rightbackatyou, I'll make sure to join some clubs (already know which ones I'm interested in). And I'm pretty you sold me on going to Tufts by pointing out it's not Baghdad. Score!
I'm sure going east will neither be a walk in the park nor a "holy crap people here don't have hearts" experience. I go back to Jersey every summer, so I'm not just some California girl with no east coast flair. I feel better knowing the opinion from both sides, so thanks so much!
Anyone else have transfer experiences...? Or super-secret-golden answers for getting in as a transfer? (almost done with my app anyways, though, woot!)</p>
<p>I never cared much for how creepy Telegraph felt late at night walking back to my car. I ate food at the I-house once as it was Russian food day; my poor teacher was so excited to try Russian food only to end up throwing up after eating her meal. Though I felt bad that she was sick, part of me chuckled because of how foolishly naive she was in looking forward to Berkeley dormitory food.</p>
<p>Man I better be getting comissions on some of these applications, I'll tell ya</p>
<p>dude no. Your teacher threw up because most Russian food is gross. Speaking as a Russian American who has been forced to eat nasty Russian food for the first 17 years of her life, I can tell you, we can put out some nasty ****.</p>
<p>aelles - summering at the Jersey Shore might not be the BEST indicator of East Coast life, lol. But please, please...call it New Jersey. Jersey's in England. Saying "Jersey" is one step away from "Dirty Jerz", which...NO. lol. Good luck!</p>
<p>Dude I cannot believe you don't like Russian food. I love Russian food...shoot I used to live in Brighton Beach for crying out loud.</p>
<p>wow, well then you basically lived in Russia. No seriously - an American on Brighton is like a foreigner, lol.</p>
<p>Some Russian food is good: borscht with sour cream, olivier, vinegret, vareniki, pilmeni, blini, chibureki. Note, a third of those are stolen from the French when they invaded. But when you're at a Russian restaurant, it's just terrible.</p>
<p>That part about Brighton Beach is true, although alot of people say I look Armenian for some reason so the odd looks on the street weren't too intense I supposed. Not as intense as they could've been, lol.</p>
<p>Also, chibureki = divine.</p>
<p>I think my teacher was mostly infatuated with the borscht, but one look at it revealed a layer of oil about a quarter of a mm thick that made it look grotesque.</p>