<p>I am interested in studying electrical engineering at Tufts. The engineering school is significantly smaller than the liberal arts college. I am curious in discussing engineering because I see very few people applying to Tufts that would like to study engineering. </p>
<p>Respond if you have comments about Tufts engineering, intend to major in some type of engineering there, or are currently studying engineering at Tufts.</p>
<p>I'm intrested in tufts for electrical/mechanical engineering also, need advice.</p>
<p>I suggest you email/message ariesathena, you can find her somewhere on this page since she posts from time to time. She doubled as an engineering/undergrad student in 5 years and can answer your questions better than I can.</p>
<p>Hi... :) Thanks, Snuffles! I'm not around here very often - mostly living on the law school thread - but you can email me with questions. </p>
<p>The engineering school is small, I think 173 of us graduated my year. I did chemical engineering, and, the fact that I don't want to be a lab rat aside, really loved it. I think that the EE classes are bigger (ours were the same 24 students in every required class, with about 10 or 12 in electives), but it's still good in that you get to know the students and the professors really well. It's rigorous but not competitive - at least when I was there (03 grad), everyone really helped each other through it. </p>
<p>The downside to the small school is that there aren't always a wide variety of courses - I was very interested in materials science (polymers, nano tech) for a while, and Tufts doesn't offer a mat.sci major or many courses in the area. It wasn't that big of a deal, as I got my polymers courses, but consider that if you are thinking of doing something very specialized. The chem-e department is more biotech focused, and bio is just NOT my thing. </p>
<p>Most of the people I graduated with are either getting masters/PhDs in engineering or working as engineers. (I'm the odd one for not being an engineer now.)</p>
<p>Overall - I really loved Tufts and would happily recommend the engineering school to anyone who wants to study engineering (with the caveat that it's a tough programme). Also, if you don't like engineering, it's really easy to transfer to liberal arts. Or, if you like engineering but want a second major, you'll find a ton of support for that. A few professors really went out of their way to make sure that I could get both of my majors in and working.</p>