<p>Can anyone compare Wesleyan and Tufts.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Tufts is a little like what Amherst would be like if it had its own stop on the Boston T -- deserted on the weekends. It's not a commuter school, by any means; people do come from all over the country to attend its various preprofessional schools (diplomacy and health sciences are traditional favorites.) But, with so many competing academic groupings and social cliques (the frat scene is much bigger than at Wesleyan) there's very little of the bubble effect that people notice soon upon arriving in Middletown. It is perhaps symptomatic of the lack of school spirit that though Tufts closest neighbors are Holy Cross, Northeastern, Boston University and Boston College (also, Harvard and MIT -- but, that's another story) it's athletic couplings are with NESCAC schools (like Wesleyan) that are half its size.</p>
<p>Academically, I would say they are comparable; something like 90% of Tufts students go on to graduate school within 5 years of graduation. The students at both colleges report that the workload is incredibly heavy. I think the students at Wesleyan are just a tad more whimsical in their approach to academics and perhaps, life in general than their counterparts at Tufts.</p>
<p>And again, not unlike Brown, Tufts manages to shoehorn about twice the number of students into a campus that is not unlike Wesleyan's in a superficial sort of way. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Thanks for a really helpful response! (Tufts and Wesleyan are two of the several schools I'm deciding among.)</p>