Tufts vs. BC vs. Brown vs. Georgetown vs. Villanova

<p>I am down to these five schools. I am planning on majoring in math. All of these schools will cost me about the same amount of money. I visited all of them in the past week, and I love them all! I can not decide which one to go to. Things that are important to me are that there is good school spirit, there is a strong math program, and the students work hard but are still approachable and like to have fun! Can you convince me that Tufts is the best school for me? Thanks.</p>

<p>I would rule out Villanova first. It’s simply not comparable.
Then I would probably rule out BC, unless there is something in particular about it that you love.
I know Tufts and Georgetown really well, and you can’t go wrong with either. They are both excellent schools in great, but very different, cities.
Brown is a lot like Tufts but (1) it has a better reputation and more cachet, (2) it has no distribution requirements, and (3) Providence is fine, but it’s not as cool as Boston.
What does your gut tell you about where you’d be happiest? Personally, if you have been accepted to all of these schools I think it’s hard to say no to Brown.</p>

<p>I would choose Brown as my first choice if location isnt that big a deal for you. If it is, then Tufts for sure!</p>

<p>Brown or Tufts. Gtown if you really like Washington.</p>

<p>Go to Brown generally. For math, definitely go to Brown.</p>

<p>Is this a joke or something? :wink: These schools are all pretty different in terms of location, size, reputation, type of student who attends, etc etc etc. You should at least have some sort of an idea of what type of school you want to attend. Once you share that with us, we can probably give you a better idea. </p>

<p>I will tell you though, BC & Villanova are pretty homogenous schools, mostly Catholic northeasterners not on financial aid. Georgetown is probably also like that except that its reputation and size in DC affords it the opportunity to get a somewhat diverse student body, although for the most part its a relatively homogenous school . </p>

<p>Brown and Tufts are essentially extremely similar with regards to size, location, type of students who attend, both are pretty diverse with regards to background of students whether it be socieconomic, ethnicity or nationality. I don’t believe there is really one type of Brown student or one type of Tufts student. The only major differences are Brown’s ivy league status and its open curriculum (Tufts on the other hand has structured core requirements). </p>

<p>People at Tufts have school spirit as well, that seems to be a concern of yours! Did you mean school spirit related to sports?</p>