<p>im battling between the two; i dont know which one to apply ed to</p>
<p>ive read a lot about brandeis' atmosphere...jewish...overly gay-rights oriented...no social life...</p>
<p>but i love tufts...and they dont give merit aid...</p>
<p>so which one should i apply to?</p>
<p>im looking to be premed, maybe bio/journalism major...</p>
<p>but i dont want to be studying all the time</p>
<p>and i want a decent party scene</p>
<p>They both have two ED periods. You can apply to one and if it doesn't work out apply to the other.</p>
<p>tufts does have merit, who ever told u otherwise is full of garbage.</p>
<p>Might want to apply to some schools with a good combination of academics and social life like Colgate or Holy CROSS. HC has a very good pre-med program.</p>
<p>To be quite honest, from what I've seen, Brandeis and Tufts are extremely similar schools. If you're happy at one, you'll probably be happy at the other. Brandeis is a bit better for the sciences/pre-med and Tufts tends to be better at the humanities/social sciences (except for Judaic Studies, of course. =P) Tufts does not have any official merit aid, though there probably is some negotiation to be had regarding tuition. Brandeis DOES have a social life. I go there and am extremely happy. Yes, we work hard and, if you want a big party/Greek/whatever school, we're not it. However, there are a million things to do on any given weekend, plus Boston, plus most of the CA's are pretty chill about having small parties in the dorm rooms, as long as you don't disturb other people. If the fact that there is a large Jewish population and tolerance of alternative lifestyles is such a huge problem for you, then we probably don't want you anyways. Take your intolerance somewhere else. Sorry to be a little rude, but I'm tired of everyone complaining about us having large Jewish and homosexual populations. It's not necessarily a bad thing if a school isn't 100% white, Christian, and heterosexual. </p>
<p>Mostly, you should probably visit the schools to get a feel for the atmosphere. Judge by that and the strength of the academics in your areas of interest.</p>
<p>Tufts does not have merit aid - they give out a small scholarship (about $500) to those who are National Merit Scholars, but that's it.</p>
<p>I heard that during a Tufts alumni interviewer conference and know it to be true after attending there.</p>
<p>Tufts has much more of a social life than Brandeis. Especially party scene.</p>
<p>Tufts does not have merit aid.</p>
<p>"Brandeis is a bit better for the sciences/pre-med"</p>
<p>Actually I think our sciences > brandeis.</p>
<p>Tufts over Brandeis any time,IMHO.</p>
<p>Probably depends on the science, actually. I'd believe that for physics since that Brandeis department is tiny. But not for, say, neuroscience or bio-phys (a friend of mine took a bio-phys course, was writing a research paper, and the only expert he could find on that topic was his professor! O_O).</p>