<p>There are so many reasons why I love Tufts and I'm considering applying early decision II, but I was just wondering what don't people like about Tufts.</p>
<p>Sometimes the cookies in Dewick are less soft than would be ideal. There aren’t any paper towels in the dorm restrooms. And mail services are a really long walk from my dorm. So is the gym. The long walk to the gym is probably the worst thing.</p>
<p>There’s a reason why rich people never say, “I winter in Boston.”</p>
<p>I’m applying this year, and what really worries me the most are the hills. xD Sounds ridiculous, I know, but I HATE walking up hills. H A T E I T! I can walk for miles if it isn’t uphill. But I think that I’d get used to it. It’s a good workout.</p>
<p>well…it’s not that bad…think of walking on a treadmill with incline every time you go to class.
Also, during the winter you get to slide in the snow down the hill ;)</p>
<p>I actually like the hill factor- it’ll help keep you in shape.
other bad things?</p>
<p>Engineers register before all LA students, which really only makes a difference if you need a math class and all of the good professors’ classes are full. As a math major this was frustrating for a few semesters but once you get passed calc and diff eq, it’s fine. I do wish they would cap the number of engineers that could sign up for each section though…</p>
<p>^^ I don’t think they will change the priority registration for engineers, because the engineering students have so many more requirements and almost no flexibility in their schedules.</p>
<p>My daughter is interested in being a math major, at Tufts, and was forewarned about the engineers’ getting first priority. I hope it doesn’t impact her access too much–if she wanted to struggle getting classes in her major, she would have gone to a highly-impacted UC.</p>
<p>@nameless: the hilly part ain’t too bad :o</p>
<p>i was there over the summer and what was probs 10000x worse was georgetown in terms of hillyness :P</p>
<p>@OP: its too awesome so there’r alot of applicants :D</p>
<p>SWHarborfan-
I think your daughter will be okay. There are several great math professors. If there is a class that she is really anxious to be in and she is closed out on registration day, there are two alternatives: the wait list, and contacting the professor and asking whether s/he can get you into the class notwithstanding the limit. This approach is often successful (although sometimes the classroom simply has a limited number of seats, and the prof is without flexibility).</p>
<p>Thanks, WCAS, I will pass on your advice.</p>
<p>^^^^Whoops; I meant I will pass on your advice to my daughter not that I will pass on (ignore) your advice.</p>
<p>lol none of this is even remotely bad. hopefully i’ll be joining the class of '15</p>
<p>So far the only complaint I’ve heard from son is that as far as he can tell the housing office pays no attention to the forms you fill out for housing. He likes his roommate, but the hours they keep, their taste in music etc. are all different and he’s by far from the only one.</p>
<p>Sometimes the work hard/play hard mentality leans a little too much to the work hard side. There have been 2 or 3 weekend nights where there’s nothing (partywise) going on. I’m only a freshman though, so I’m sure this isn’t true for upperclassmen who have their own apartments/houses.</p>
<p>Yeah, sometimes the brownies in Dewick are really dry. You have to be careful about those.</p>
<p>In all seriousness, things about Tufts that aren’t so great:
- Unless you live near mail services, getting packages at school isn’t very fun. When I lived downhill my junior year, I would drive over instead of walking because it was such a pain.
- The hill does not keep you in shape. Living on the top floor of Tilton will not keep you in shape. There are usually no snow days at Tufts, and you will be expected to walk up and down the hill when there’s snow and ice on the ground.
- I was a biology major, and would like to warn potential biology majors that there are better programs elsewhere. I don’t regret going to Tufts, but it’s like going to Middlebury when you want to study math.
- Living off-campus carries risks. The landlords in the area tend to take advantage of students. If you want to live off-campus, know your rights!
- The dorms lack two things: wireless internet, and paper towels in the bathrooms. The former is just annoying, and the latter we all thought was some sort of oversight when we were new.</p>
<p>ellopoppet, yeah, freshman year is tougher if you’re looking to find fun parties because your only options tend to be the frats.</p>
<p>@Pirah
thank you for being realistic in this thread! Its hard to believe that the only thing negative about tufts is the hill, as most posters seem to be saying.</p>
<p>Several points to consider, however:</p>
<p>First, I am told most individuals live off campus junior and senior year. Junior year a lot of kids also study abroad. That being said, if you lived off campus (which isn’t bad) then mail is delivered to your house. </p>
<p>Second, I have also heard that some landlords are amazing while others are meh. But that’s pretty much true everywhere.</p>
<p>Third, I have no clue about biology. But I will say that Tufts is known for sciences and that they have some prominent biologists like Barry Trimmer and David Kaplan.</p>
<p>I tried to get my son to say something negative about Tufts, but his biggest complaint is that he’s working too hard to enjoy the good parts of Tufts. He’s taking a course that’s known to be ridiculously time consuming and it is.</p>