<p>So here's the story: I will be a freshman this fall and will likely be attending Tufts (assuming a waitlist miracle doesn't occur). When I applied to schools in January, Tufts was probably about #6 on my list, and while it may be a good fit in many ways, it is just frustrating to me that they don't offer majors than I am very interested in. While I won't go into my experience at Tufts looking like I will only be there for one year, it is certainly a possibility. So, my question is: How do students transferring OUT of Tufts do in the admissions process? I will likely look at going to Northwestern or Brown (rejected and waitlisted this year). Needless to say, this process has been extremely difficult for me to kind of see all of my hopes disappear in all of my rejections...Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>Sorry to stalk old posts but I was interested in where you applied, and I found this that you wrote a while ago before you found out about your other schools:</p>
<p>(Discussing the It isn’t Easy Being Green question)
I LOVED this prompt! Just search youtube to find the video of Kermit singing. Tufts had my favorite optional prompts out of the schools that I applied to. I had a good time with this one.</p>
<p>Be optimistic–Tufts’ essay questions may well be a reflection on Tufts.</p>
<p>The two of us I know of on CC who applied from Tufts both got into Cornell (I got in on a Spring 2011 GT to ILR and ilovebarneys got in to AEM for the fall). If you want to talk about Tufts or transferring, PM me. I’d be happy to give you more about my experience.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. Here’s how it went down…
Accepted: Tufts, Indiana, Tulane
Waitlist: WashU (rejected), Brown
Rejected: Northwestern, Harvard, Princeton, UVA, Penn Wharton (ED)</p>
<p>I don’t have a problem with Tufts as a school or the community, but more that they don’t offer courses or majors in the areas I want to study, namely Finance and Applied Math. My brother graduated from Tufts in 09 and loved it (economics major), but it is tough going to a school knowing they don’t have the major you want to do, I guess.</p>
<p>I have three friends who transferred from Tufts after freshman year. One is at Michigan, one is at Brown, and one is at Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>I don’t think you’ll have problems getting into the schools you want to get into, assuming that you work hard your freshman year.</p>
<p>You should absolutely pursue the education you think suits your needs the best, but if you find yourself loving Tufts, as I suspect you will, you might want to take a look at the Entrepreneurial Leadership minor offered through the Gordon Institute ([The</a> Gordon Institute - Tufts University](<a href=“http://gordon.tufts.edu/entLeader/minor/index.asp]The”>http://gordon.tufts.edu/entLeader/minor/index.asp)), as well as some of the applied math courses that many engineers and other finance-oriented students take, such as the year-long, upper level math sequence in Probability and Statistics (Math 161 <a href=“http://math.tufts.edu/downloads/CourseBookFall2010-revised.pdf[/url]”>http://math.tufts.edu/downloads/CourseBookFall2010-revised.pdf</a> and Math 162 <a href=“http://math.tufts.edu/downloads/BookletS2010.pdf[/url]”>http://math.tufts.edu/downloads/BookletS2010.pdf</a>). Doing this in conjunction with an Econ major might suit you quite well.</p>
<p>Thank you. I saw that program a few weeks ago, and it seems like something I would like to do. Is it possible to double major with Economics and Math, with a minor in Entrepreneurial Leadership? I guess something that makes me not love Tufts as much is that I’m afraid that job placement AFTER college isn’t going to be great. It is hard for me to imagine that many banks or finance related businesses recruiting from Tufts…any insight?</p>
<p>I think financial companies do a pretty good amount of recruiting at Tufts. I know one of my friends who’s an econ major has a job lined up at JP Morgan in New York next year.</p>
<p>And yes, that combination would be possible.</p>
<p>If you are really strong in math, you might also look at the alternative Econ major - “quantitative economics.” In fact, I think some of your courses would count toward both majors.</p>
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That’s actually not true. Check out the Tufts Financial Group and Tufts Financial Network. While it’s fair to say that Tufts grads are underrepresented in high finance, this is primarily because a disproportionately small number of Tufts students are <em>interested</em> in finance. Those that wish to work in finance don’t have an unduly hard time of finding internships and jobs in the finance sector.</p>
<p>Tufts alum Jamie Dimon hasn’t done too badly.</p>
<p>^ Haha, though one might ask how regular Americans have done as a result of Jamie Dimon – and his whole cadre of financial titans’ – work! :)</p>
<p>Look, kid: If you absolutely must go into finance, you will. I had friends at Tufts who studied environmental science and French – yes, you read that right – who were recruited to work at Goldman, JPMorgan, and the like (including now-defunct houses like Lehman and Bear Stearns). My friends who studied Econ and Quant. Econ? Same.</p>
<p>Get good grades. Be well-rounded. Know your markets and your math. You’ll get a job in finance.</p>
<p>Just remember to give back something to the world, other than “complex financial instruments” that send our entire economy spiraling down the toilet.</p>
<p>Actually, Jamie Dimon was one of the good ones in that whole episode. JPMorgan Chase was pretty healthy, and most believe it didn’t need to accept federal funding at all, only doing so after the Obama administration specifically requested that it do so to encourage other banks to accept the funding. It also paid the government back in full much quicker than it had to, and quicker than most banks.</p>
<p>How hard is it to get into Tufts! The only thing that might get me in is my A.P national scholar award and 1580 sat (is this good for Tufts?)</p>
<p>^^That’s not enough information, but there seems to be some inconsistency regarding your status and scores. In one post, you offered to read someone’s UofC essay saying you were attending UofC; in others you said that’s your dream school. In another you identified yourself as a sophomore. You reported SAT scores (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/543997-help-u-chicago-washu-cornell-2.html#post1063419819[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/543997-help-u-chicago-washu-cornell-2.html#post1063419819</a>) which suggest a 1450/1600, rather than a 1580. Can you clarify the discrepancies?</p>
<p>Good catch, WCASParent. Why do people do this, I wonder? Does it actually increase someone’s self-esteem to believe that strangers on the internet who have never met them think that they’re smarter than they are?</p>
<p>^ as you read through feinyNY’s posts it is clear that he is ■■■■■■■■.</p>
<p>Thank you all (at least those who helped) for the encouragement. I will definitely get involved with the Financial Group and make the best of the programs offered. Any ideas on “must have” professors in the economics/math realm? My brother has given me a couple, but I just wanted some more input. Thanks!</p>
<p>There are a number of good math profs. Some of them are Quinto, Gonzalez, Frumosu and Tu.</p>
<p>In econ, take a class with George Norman. The only thing sharper than his intellect is his wit, he wears elbow patches on his sports jackets, has a big bushy white beard, tells hilarious stories, and lectures in a Scots accent. What more could you ask for?</p>