<p>What are Tuft's peer schools? Looking for schools in the New England area, either liberal arts or universities. These schools have to be similar in selectivity such that I can add it ton my college list as another school like Tufts that I may go to incase Tufts rejects me.</p>
<p>Boston College
Brandeis University
Emory University
Georgetown University
University of Rochester
Vanderbilt University</p>
<p>Wesleyan also comes to mind.</p>
<p>I think of Brandeis and Lehigh. </p>
<p>I don’t consider Emory and Vanderbilt peer schools to Tufts though.</p>
<p>Bowdoin, Holy Cross, Brandeis, Bates.</p>
<p>Based upon the Op’s criteria, Brandeis is clearly the match. Brandeis and Tufts are similar in a lot of respects: 1) both are well-respected research universities with a liberal arts focus; 2) they are ranked similarly; 3) their locations are similar–both in middle-class suburbs of Boston and both located on a hill so you get exercise walking to class; 4) their student body size is similar (Brandeis is a bit smaller) and student demographics are similar; 5) they share the issue of the preeminence of Harvard and MIT in the Boston area–and the various attitudes that creates. It may be known as “Tuft’s Syndrome” but it exists at Brandeis as well. </p>
<p>While Brandeis is known as a “Jewish” school–this is often misconstrued because Brandeis is not a religious institution, but rather is a non-sectarian independent university founded and largely funded by Jews as a reaction to the quota systems in place at other top universities which limited Jewish enrollment from the 1920’s into the 1950’s. Tuft’s origins are actually similar–founded by Universalists as a non-sectarian college. Today, while Brandeis’ percentage of Jewish enrollment is a little higher than Tuft’s–the difference is not significant.</p>
<p>I think the biggest differences between the two institutions is the campus architecture (Brandeis is modern/international in style, while Tufts is more traditional/eclectic) and the fact that Brandeis takes its dedication to social justice pretty seriously (not that you won’t find plenty of people dedicated to social justice at Tufts; just that it is not as institutionalized).</p>
<p>If you’re looking for schools that are at Tuft’s level of selectivity or just below, then the following might be a helpful comparison for those that are classified as National Universities. I also added class size data so you could see the level of attention that students can expect to receive in the classroom. IMO, this is one of the most attractive features of what Tufts has to offer. </p>
<p>S/F Ratio , % classes <20 , % classes over 50 , SAT 25 - SAT 75 , ACT 25 - ACT 75 , College</p>
<p>7/1 , 72.8% , 5.1% , 1340 - 1500 , 30 - 33 , Tufts</p>
<p>Schools at similar or slightly higher levels of selectivity:</p>
<p>S/F Ratio , % classes <20 , % classes over 50 , SAT 25 - SAT 75 , ACT 25 - ACT 75 , College</p>
<p>5/1 , 65.4% , 8.1% , 1320 - 1530 , 30 - 34 , Rice
7/1 , 68.2% , 7.0% , 1310 - 1500 , 30 - 33 , Emory
8/1 , 70.6% , 9.2% , 1320 - 1540 , 28 - 33 , Brown
8/1 , 67.7% , 6.6% , 1330 - 1500 , 30 - 33 , Vanderbilt
10/1 , 58.1% , 16.8% , 1300 - 1500 , 29 - 33 , Cornell
11/1 , 64.7% , 11.1% , 1290 - 1510 , 29 - 33 , Johns Hopkins
12/1 , 55.0% , 9.4% , 1320 - 1500 , 31 - 34 , Notre Dame</p>
<p>Schools at similar or slightly lower levels of selectivity:</p>
<p>S/F Ratio , % classes <20 , % classes over 50 , SAT 25 - SAT 75 , ACT 25 - ACT 75 , College</p>
<p>11/1 , 64.1% , 11.0% , 1290 - 1500 , 29 - 33 , Carnegie Mellon
11/1 , 56.4% , 5.5% , 1310 - 1490 , 26 - 33 , Georgetown
11/1 , 44.7% , 7.4% , 1250 - 1440 , 27 - 32 , WILLIAM & MARY
14/1 , 44.3% , 10.5% , 1210 - 1390 , 26 - 31 , U N CAROLINA
15/1 , 50.0% , 14.0% , 1220 - 1440 , 27 - 32 , U VIRGINIA</p>
<p>Schools at lower levels of selectivity:</p>
<p>S/F Ratio , % classes <20 , % classes over 50 , SAT 25 - SAT 75 , ACT 25 - ACT 75 , College</p>
<p>9/1 , 68.7% , 6.6% , 1290 - 1450 , 29 - 32 , Brandeis
9/1 , 48.4% , 10.0% , 1230 - 1400 , na - na , Lehigh
9/1 , 61.1% , 12.7% , 1220 - 1430 , 27 - 31 , U Rochester
9/1 , 65.2% , 5.1% , 1250 - 1420 , 29 - 32 , Tulane
11/1 , 55.8% , 2.2% , 1240 - 1400 , 27 - 31 , Wake Forest
11/1 , 51.7% , 5.4% , 1190 - 1380 , 27 - 31 , U Miami
12/1 , 59.7% , 11.4% , 1250 - 1440 , 28 - 31 , NYU
13/1 , 47.2% , 7.6% , 1250 - 1430 , na - na , Boston College
15/1 , 45.9% , 17.8% , 1220 - 1430 , 27 - 31 , U MICHIGAN</p>
<p>Selectivity is often a “cover” for prestige. If that is what you are seeking, I can’t help you. If however, you are seeking schools of similar size, culture, location, depth of programs, faculty credentials, student-faculty ratios then perhaps I can make a few suggestions. </p>
<p>Picking a college based on its admission stats alone, it seems to me, is superficial, except in the case of people genuinely trying to gauge their chances of admission from objective data (whether its reach, match or safety for them.) </p>
<p>Academically, there is a plethora of schools which can match Tufts. Tufts is somewhat unique in offering its School of Law and Diplomacy and in that regard is very similar to Georgetown’s Walsh School and George Washington’s Elliott School.</p>
<p>Georgetown? A peer of Tufts? No.</p>
<p>[Profile</a> of the Class of 2013 - Office of Undergraduate Admissions - Tufts University](<a href=“Tufts University”>Tufts University)</p>
<p>**Arts and Sciences<a href=“Accepted”>/B</a>:</p>
<p>CR Range: 690-760
Math Range: 690-770
<em>both ranges include students of the school of engineering</em>
Acceptance Rate: 27 percent
Percent Ranked in Top 10% of class: 91 percent
Persons of Color: 23 percent</p>
<p>[Georgetown</a> University- Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www12.georgetown.edu/undergrad/admissions/applying_firstyear_sdprofile.cfm]Georgetown”>http://www12.georgetown.edu/undergrad/admissions/applying_firstyear_sdprofile.cfm)</p>
<p>**Arts and Sciences<a href=“Accepted”>/B</a>:
CR Range: 680-770
Math Range: 670-770
Acceptance Rate: 19 percent
Percent Ranked in Top 10% of class: 96.6 percent</p>
<p>**School of Foreign Service<a href=“Accepted”>/B</a>:
CR Range: 700-790
Math Range: 680-770
Acceptance Rate: 21 percent
Percent Ranked in Top 10% of class: 97.3 percent</p>
<p>Persons of Color: 37 percent</p>
<p>You missed the point kwu. Stats don’t make a school a peer school or not. Its about the quality of education and the program.</p>