Tufts

<p>Is Tufts a prestigious school?</p>

<p>Tufts has an excellent reputation and a great campus. It suffers a little because it had been used as a "Safety" for a lot of kids applying to the Ivys. There was a little bit of backlash when Tufts started rejecting top applicants- the theory was that they did not expect these applicants to matriculate if accepted. Tufts has some strong programs- international relations being one.</p>

<p>The engineering program at Tufts seems to have the distinction of being the best at integrating engineering within a liberal arts curriculum. As many engineers later bemoan the narrowness of their college academic experience because of the coursework demands in their majors, Tufts appears to graduate engineering students who feel that their education was more well rounded.</p>

<p>What's the social side / student mix like at Tufts? Preppy?</p>

<p>My friend plays football there... he thinks it is a great school, but has a ton of small, anitsocial, unimpressive people. This is his opinion, though. So I guess it isn't really too athletic or anything... but he says the education is ridiculously good.</p>

<p>Excellent reputation. Not easy to get into. Location is ideal in my humble opinion. (quick trip to Boston)</p>

<p>It has enough prestige in that those who matter know it's a good school.</p>

<p>Nice safe suburb but 20 min by public transp to the city, beautiful campus, great food and a very collaborative spirit. Tons going on on campus. Students from our H S that go there are thrilled! Best part is th 8-1 professor to student ratio.</p>

<p>I love Tufts. Ideal location. Close to Boston without being in Boston. Excellent Academics. Engineering, IR, lots of pre-med majors. "Tufts syndrome" as it's rejection of top applicants it suspects using it as a safety is called, is mostly for people who never visit it, and never show true interest in it</p>

<p>I disagree... I felt the campus was very boring; unfortunately, it's in a town which is inconveniently "outside" Boston. The students are smarter than most of the professors there. Tufts has good graduate schools of dentistry and IR but the undergrad programs are mediocre.</p>

<p>part of it's charm IS being outside Boston. If you want Boston, there are more than enough universities in that area. I think it's suburban feel is one of my favorite things about tufts</p>

<p>Actually the undergrad program of IR is the best in the nation.</p>

<p>Within the greater Boston region, Tufts is very well-known as a very good school. I live in MA and sometimes it seems to be thought of as Boston College's smarter, dorkier brother, as well as being better than BU and Brandeis but worse than Harvard (though people in MA really don't see Harvard as being as high and mighty as people in the rest of the country think it is) and there are not many comparisons to MIT because MIT is... different (in a good way!). But anyways, the appeal is mostly regional, though people around the country that really know their colleges well will know about Tufts and have the vague notion that it's a good school.</p>

<p>I would actually agree with Ritchieboy on the campus to some degree. It's not very impressive, though by no means is it unpleasant. The location near Boston is a good thing. Some of my friends at BU right in the city find it a bit too ... noisy and stuff.</p>

<p>WOw does it really matter?</p>

<p>i don't understand why the beauty of a campus is that important. as long as it's not in danger of spontaneously collapsing, I say there are about a million more important factors</p>

<p>well i meant does it really matter if a schoool is prestigious or not?</p>

<p>Unless you are a sophmore or have no knowledge about any college thats really stupid.</p>

<p>I've heard that it is a great school and I have also heard that it has a excellent med school as well...
I've heard that it shares applicants with: Lehigh, Bucknell, URochester, Washington St. Louis, Boston College
So if you like Tufts, look into those other colleges as well</p>

<p>There's three things I like about Tufts. The first is that its really good for the sciences and a good number of its pre-meds are successfull in gaining admission to med school. </p>

<p>The second is Tufts Early Admissions program to its professional schools, specifically the School of Medicine. After meeting the necessary pre-reqs, a Tufts sophmore can apply to the School of Medicine and, if accepted, secure a seat in their respective medical class. Although the School of Medicine is only ranked the 40th, I've heard its pretty good. </p>

<p>The third is that Tufts is synonymous for great study-abroad opportunities. In fact, Newsweek said that Tufts was the HOTTEST school for studying abroad. </p>

<p>Unfortunately, Tufts seems to be one of those schools, such as Rice, where they are not known by many people outside of the region it's located. Some MA kids don't even know about Tufts. Maybe that's is why kids who are not familiar with Tufts see it as a "safety." However, to the people that matter, Tufts seems to be "prestigious" if you look at its graduate placement rates.</p>

<p>yeah, i agree about what you said about Tufts not getting the national prestige of some other schools. It's considered very prestigious in New England and New York, but not so much south of the Mason-Dixon line, or West of Lake Erie. </p>

<p>Tufts is in a bit of a bind, because I think that it is one of the very best schools in the "2nd tier" or "1.5 tier" (I feel it's stronger than schools like William and Mary, NYU, BC, Lehigh, Carnegie Melon, etc), but as of right now, lacks the resources to compete with the Dukes, Rices, Northwesterns, and obviously the Ivy League.</p>

<p>how bout compared with emory</p>