<p>Could someone comment on the academics of Tufts and Tulane?</p>
<p>You may want to ask a more specific question. I’m not sure what you are looking for…majors, class size, school ranking…
Are you comparing these as your top two choices? What is your intended major? What factors are important to you? What are your current feelings about these schools?</p>
<p>They are so different, but Tufts is much harder to get into, and people (including employers and grad schools) know it</p>
<p>I have gathered lots of information on both school, ie. ranking, bios of profs, course listing, comments from students, etc. but i am still trying to get a feeling for the students at both schools (I do think there are excellent professors at both) as well as the strength of the music department and the music scene on campus. I am aware of the Tufts/NEC collaboration. Also, diversity of student body is very important. And connection to a community outside of school is also important. the last thing my son would want was to feel that he is inside a bubble that reminds him of his midwest college prep school.</p>
<p>Is your son a senior trying to decide? Or a junior deciding where to apply?
Have you visited both schools to get a first-hand feel for the atmosphere, types of students, surrounding area etc.?
We did a little research into Tulane when my son was applying, as our guidance counselor felt he would get a decent merit award there. But we were never interested enough to travel down there and my son did not apply there. He stuck to schools in the northeast and mid-Atlantic states.
I think Tufts has it over Tulane in any way I can think of. Overall reputation, higher-achieving student body, great graduate programs, proximity to Cambridge/Boston etc.
But if a student found New Orleans suited them better or preferred Tulane for some other reason, it is a very good school, so as is often the case, it may come down to personal preference.
I don’t have specific knowledge about the relative strengths of their music programs.</p>
<p>Tufts is not a “bubble” unless you really want it to be and never step foot off campus! </p>
<p>Diversity: a few stats from the profile (<a href=“Accepted Student Profile | Tufts Admissions):%5B/url%5D”>Accepted Student Profile | Tufts Admissions):</a>
Students of Color 27%
Foreign Citizens, Permanent Residents & U.S. Citizens Living Overseas 13%
Geographic Distribution by State and US Territory</p>
<p>Alabama (3), Arkansas (1), Arizona (6), California (119), Colorado (15), Connecticut (88), Delaware (4), DC (10), Florida (41), Georgia (6), Hawaii (1), Idaho (2), Illinois (45), Indiana (2), Iowa (4), Kansas (1), Kentucky (5), Louisiana (1), Maine (29), Maryland (45), Massachusetts (239), Michigan (5), Minnesota (10), Mississippi (1), Missouri (8), Montana (2), Nevada (2), New Hampshire (31), New Jersey (90), New Mexico (3), New York (184), North Carolina (6), Ohio (18), Oregon (14), Pennsylvania (43), Puerto Rico (5), Rhode Island (17), South Carolina (2), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (8), Texas (30), Utah (2), Vermont (9), Virginia (18), Washington (12), Wisconsin (10), Wyoming (1)</p>
<p>Geographic Distribution by Country (Top 7)</p>
<p>China, India, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Turkey, and Brazil</p>
<p>No Alaska, Nebraska, North Dakota, West Virginia, or Oklahoma??? Horrors!!! What’s happening to Tufts’ geographic diversity?</p>
<p>The class of 2016 has all 50 states! We represent!</p>
<p>The accepted student population may represent all 50 states, but the enrolling student population will not–remember, Tufts’ yield is pretty low…</p>
<p>I heard they are anticipating a 36% yield this year.</p>
<p>The following stats are from the blog of the Admissions department at Tufts ([Inside</a> Admissions Tufts University Admissions Department](<a href=“http://admissions.tufts.edu/blogs/inside-admissions/post/sweet-sixteen-by-the-numbers]Inside”>Sweet Sixteen by the Numbers · Inside Admissions | Tufts Admissions))</p>
<p>"Number of applicants: 16,378</p>
<p>Percent admitted: 21</p>
<p>Percent increase in applications since 1995: 92</p>
<p>Number of states represented: 50 (Hello, North Dakota!)</p>
<p>States with the largest number of acceptances: MA, NY, CA (CA was only 10 behind NY.)</p>
<p>Number from Idaho: 9</p>
<p>Number from Texas: 99</p>
<p>Number of high schools represented in applicant pool: 4,594</p>
<p>Number of high schools represented in the accepted class: 1,734</p>
<p>Percent who attend a public high school: 55</p>
<p>Largest number accepted from a single high school: 25 (It was a huge pool.)</p>
<p>Number of countries represented: 76</p>
<p>Percent who are foreign citizens: 10.5</p>
<p>Number who live abroad (includes American citizens): 485</p>
<p>Countries with the largest number of acceptances: China, Singapore, India</p>
<p>Number from the Southern Hemisphere: 32 </p>
<p>Number from Africa: 21</p>
<p>Number from Afghanistan: 1</p>
<p>Number for whom English is not the first language: 522</p>
<p>Percent female engineers: 38</p>
<p>Percent first-generation college-bound students: 10</p>
<p>Percent who applied for need-based financial aid: 51</p>
<p>Most popular first name: Daniel</p>
<p>Most popular male first names: Daniel, Matthew, Benjamin (Hmm, we have four admission officers with those names…)</p>
<p>Most popular female first names: Emily, Sarah, Julia (And we have one of those, too.)</p>
<p>Average rank of admitted students: Top 5%</p>
<p>Number of admitted students with SAT (M+CR) = 1600: 42</p>
<p>Number of admitted students with SAT (M+CR+W) = 2400: 14 </p>
<p>Mean SAT-Math for an accepted engineer: 759</p>
<p>Most popular anticipated majors (Arts & Sciences): International relations, biology, economics</p>
<p>Most popular anticipated majors (Engineering): Undeclared, biomedical, mechanical</p>
<p>Percent non-Caucasian: 38</p>
<p>Number who self-identified as LGBT: 58</p>
<p>Number enrolled in a Native American tribe: 16</p>
<p>Percent who say volunteering is their most important activity: 20</p>
<p>Number of applications received on 01/03/2012: 2,025 (Love those procrastinators!)</p>
<p>First deposit received for Regular Decision: 03/29/12 at 7:30 PM (Yes, that’s less than five hours after we released decisions. Love those early birds!)"</p>
<p>In rough numbers Tufts’ yield is about half Harvard’s and about double Tulane’s.</p>
<p>Last year the accepted pool was 49 states instead of 50 states and this year they had an ED Alaska admit. Therefore it looks like this year’s class did start from a stronger position.</p>