<p>Im wondering about the two schools..location wise (havent visited either), academics, social life, ranking, and prestige with International relations. I am big on study abroad...i know tufts has that...bt how does it compare to emory???</p>
<p>I dont know too much about Emory's study abroad, but I know Tufts has one of the best study abroad programs anywhere.</p>
<p>Emory's in Atlanta, Tufts is in Boston. I've never actually been to Atlanta, but I'd imagine they'd be very diffrent. However, from what I've heard about the student body of Emory, the southern location isn't reflected in the students. When they say "the city" they're talking about New York, not Atlanta.</p>
<p>Some people might tell you that Emory has more prestiege but I have my doubts about this. I'd guess they're about the same.</p>
<p>Tufts is not in Boston, it is in a suburb of Boston called Medford. It shouldn't be confused with other colleges that ideally have a downtown Boston location.</p>
<p>^ That being said, I can get to downtown Boston in 12 minutes from Tufts. IR as an undergrad is arguably the best in the country - Georgetown, JHU, and a few others being the only others comparable. The social life is what you make of it - there are constantly events happening on campus revolving around the arts (a capella concerts, gospel choir, drama, etc), student activism, lectures (more than sometimes necessary lol), etc. Of course, there are parties as well, the more interesting ones being at the "culture" houses - Arts Haus, Crafts House, German House, etc. Then there is Boston and even closer, Davis Square. Davis has a bunch of good places to go - notably, Anna's Tacqueria for cheap excellent burritos, Somerville Theatre for some of the cheapest movie tickets in the area, Diesel Cafe for an eclectic setting and coffee, Diva/Namaskar (good Indian), Goodwill is always fun, and then there is of course the entire city of Boston to explore, which I go into every week.</p>
<p>^ That is after your 10 minute walk to the subway station, you board the subway that takes you an additional 12? minutes into downtown Boston.</p>
<p>^are you REALLY that lazy?</p>
<p>jk jk ;-) but some of us prefer not to be smack dab in the middle of a large city. Boston is close enough that you can see it from the roof of the library, and a 10 minute walk/joey ride plus a 15 or so minute T-ride isn't THAT bad.</p>
<p>Medford is like One Somerville, One Cambridge, and One river away from Boston. I don't consider Tufts "in Boston" as I consider BU and BC in Boston.</p>
<p>Honestly though, that "difference" in distance on the T for each stop is literally what, 2-3 minutes per stop? We also should say that MIT and Harvard are miles away from the heart of Boston. Which it is.</p>
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Medford is like One Somerville, One Cambridge, and One river away from Boston. I don't consider Tufts "in Boston" as I consider BU and BC in Boston.
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BC is not any more in Boston than Tufts is. Have you ever been to BC? The main campus is right between Newton and Brookline (technically Chestnut Hill). Trust me, I run there all the time.</p>
<p>BC is way far down the Green Line from downtown Boston. I concur.</p>
<p>And it's interesting that this was sparked by someone saying that Tufts is not "ideally" in downtown Boston. I sure as hell chose Tufts precisely BECAUSE it wasn't a campus-less city block. No one's saying Tufts is in Boston, but that it's easy to access Boston while enjoying the benefits of a safe, enclosed suburban campus.</p>
<p>And dude, I hate that we get knocked because students find Medford lacking. First of all, if you have a car, you can find lots of nice places to eat around Medford and Somerville. I just took the bus to Union Square and had amazing Mexican food, totally different from Anna's in Davis. And who even CARES if Medford doesn't offer enough entertainment? For entertainment, we go into Boston. (Although every so often some awesome performer comes to the Somerville theater, which is awesome...and people go to bars in Davis and Teele Square and whatever.)</p>
<p>I remember being SHOCKED when I found out that some of my friends would walk to Alewife or Porter Squares. Then I realized that they're.....really not that far away. lol.</p>
<p>Personal opinion: Emory students are ugly.</p>
<p>The guys are short and the girls are tall and fat.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^^^ ??? </p>
<p>Is it not possible to be more productive than that?</p>
<p>I was simply stating a very rare oddity.</p>
<p>Most Southern schools are full of very attractive people.</p>