Just got called off the waitlist.!! So torn. Have to decide by Friday.
Where were you planning on going?
Lehigh
variables?
Lehigh - College of Health vs Tufts -Arts & Sci
Tufts Con: My concern is overall fit. I really don’t a very politically active campus. I lean more conservative, with an open mind. But I don’t want that to be the center of my life.
Pros: Boston, Ranking, Prestige (my first dream school) mother’s favorite -lol
Lehigh: Definitely won’t join a frat. But Greek life seems to be shrinking. Connected with my main professors, and fit seems great.
Cost about the same, Tufts was my top choice for 3 yrs. Then changed mind and ED to Cornell , then deferred. Given TO
Lehigh was last school I looked at, and love the new program.
Overall concern…is it crazy to give up the prestige of Tufts?
Whichever school you select, hang on to the Cornell transfer option.
P.S. My advice has nothing to do with any of the schools mentioned, but, rather, is in respnse to your uncertainty.
It is OK to choose a place where you love the program. It is OK to decide you don’t like a place that you were crazy about in previous years - I mean do you still love your favorite food/band/clothing style from three years ago? It is OK to turn your back on a place of perceived prestige.
And I’m with Publisher about hanging onto the Cornell TO. You can revisit that option next spring.
are you premed? if yes then go where you can get good gpa and time to prepare for mcat + time for ec’s. Undergrad college prestige is not important for premed.
Tufts hands down. It’s a better place to go to school and Boston has the best collection of hospitals for field work, potential internships, etc.
Just my opinion. Obviously.
Didn’t you already decline an offer from the identically-ranked (in USN) University of Rochester? If you could look a bit beyond rankings then in search of a personal fit, it seems you could do the same now. So, really, the question seems to be, which school would suit you better, Lehigh or Tufts?
Rochester was easier to decline because it was one of the few schools I never visisted, too far from home, too cold and didn’t like location.
Tufts was it from day one. Also attended two summer programs and visited a bunch of times. My only concern was political activism (i’m not into big controversy etc)
Lehigh concern was Greek life and what else would there be outside of it. (love the program though)
I think I’m a JUMBO
Deposited at Tufts!!!
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Congratulations on your decision @Luckyjade2024! Don’t look back!
Thanks for all your advice along the way. I’m excited, I finally feel like I made the right choice.
So happy for you! Have a great four years!
That’s so nice of you! Thank you so much.
Now we’ll have to talk about the proverbial “elephant in the living room.”
I have a feeling my mother is out purchasing an elephant as I type!
Jumbo?
Of course!