Tufts versus Georgetown

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tufts University
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<p>Which has more prestige? Which is better for sciences?</p>

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<p>Georgetown definetly has more prestige and I don't think either is particulary known for their sciences.</p>

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<p>both are "global" schools andng emphasize international relations, studying abroad, etc. Tufts isn't known for the hard sciences, but it's a strong school for premed.</p>

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<p>I should have meant which is better for pre-med/pre-dental</p>

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<p>pre-med/pre-dental, def tufts</p>

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<p>I went through the science program - it was nice in that it's not terribly cut throat compared to other universities. However, the bar is set high, and you're mostly competing against yourself with the exception of Bio 13 and 14, which are weedout courses. The classes do get much smaller in the upper division courses so you see a lot of the same people over and over again, and if you get to know the professors rather well, you sometimes even have bargaining power over exam schedules/makeups and the like.</p>

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I should have meant which is better for pre-med/pre-dental

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<p>Both schools are exactly the SAME for pre-med/pre-dental. Don't base your decision on which school will put you into a more competitive position for admissions.</p>

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However, the bar is set high, and you're mostly competing against yourself with the exception of Bio 13 and 14

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Actually since the median for Bio 13 14, Phys 11 12, and Chem 1 2 53 54 are always scaled to an 80.0 in some way, you're ONLY competing with your PEERS.</p>

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<p>I went to Tufts undergrad and GU for grad school.
They are both first rate institutions. Go to whichever you like better; you can't lose.
As for pre-med/pre-dent, Tufts might be a little stronger, but there's not enough of a difference for that to be the determining issue.</p>

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<p>Chapst1ck, I'm not certain about Bio or Chem, but I know you are mistaken regarding Physics. I took Phys 11 and 12 and that was not the case.</p>

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Chapst1ck, I'm not certain about Bio or Chem, but I know you are mistaken regarding Physics. I took Phys 11 and 12 and that was not the case.

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<p>When did you take it? I can tell you for a fact that physics 11 taught in the fall of 06 and physics 12 taught in the spring of 07 had final grades that resulted in a more-or-less perfect bell curve with the peak being a B-.</p>

<p>Proof: [http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/7770/newpicturenk3.th.png

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<p>If you have access to blackboard, go here <a href="http://blackboard.tufts.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=%2Fbin%2Fcommon%2Fcourse.pl%3Fcourse_id%3D_1706_1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://blackboard.tufts.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=%2Fbin%2Fcommon%2Fcourse.pl%3Fcourse_id%3D_1706_1](&lt;a href="http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newpicturenk3.png%5D%5Bimg=http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/7770/newpicturenk3.th.png%5D%5B/url"&gt;http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newpicturenk3.png)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Look at the distributions of each test vs the final grade and it's obvious that some sort of scale was applied to create a bell curve with the median being a B-.</p>

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<p>Those poor people on the bottom of the curve.</p>