<p>Does anyone know which field of engineering is taught best in the small engineering school at Tufts?</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>In which area(s) are you interested?</p>
<p>I am interested in Electrical Engineering.</p>
<p>There are lots of EE majors at Tufts, and I believe it’s a strong dept and that they do very well on job placement.</p>
<p>Which do you consider better for EE, Tufts or Lehigh?</p>
<p>Last year my D was deciding between the same 2 schools - Lehigh (w/excellent scholarship) or Tufts, but for ChemE. It really comes down to fit and where you’ll be most comfortable. Both schools will give you an excellent education and research/job opportunities. D ultimately chose Tufts and is very happy.</p>
<p>Is it that Tufts is considered more prestigious than Lehigh?</p>
<p>I think that is what my D thought, but she also felt like she belonged more at Tufts.</p>
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I hope you’ll choose the school that feels better matched for your personality and your growth, rather than the school with more perceived name cache. Prestige doesn’t necessarily equate to a better educational experience.</p>
<p>To me, it’s not an apples-and-oranges comparison. Lehigh is more of a “tech” school, akin to RIT, RPI etc., while Tufts has a much broader range of strengths beyond engineering such as Political Science, International Relations, etc… And it has grad schools such as the medical, dental, veterinary schools.
The study body is different also between these schools, partly to match the university’s offerings, but also Tufts is a more politically aware and involved campus.
Tufts has a much better surrounding area as well.</p>
<p>@Dan: Unfortunately, the notion of finding a college that “fits” the applicant is foreign to international applicants like me. Unlike American students, we neither have the stellar extracurricular records nor the finances to hand pick colleges that “fit” our personality. And that is even before we come to the fact that unlike American students, international students are not much exposed to american institutions and therefore do not know enough to determine whether or not a college is a fit. Would you believe that I heard of Lehigh and Vanderbilt, which I am learning now are rather famous universities only a week ago despite the fact that I will be applying to colleges next year? In the U.S., the average applicant would have known those names years before they even have to worry about applying to colleges. So your suggestion to choose colleges that fit the applicant does not fully apply to internationals. We go whereever we are accepted and by the way, unlike americans, we are not accepted at tons of places. So there is not much choice to go to a college that “fits” well with the applicant’s personality, ambitions etc.</p>
<p>^I would venture to say that my son had not heard of either Lehigh or Vanderbilt before his senior year of high school. He might have heard of them spring junior year when some kids in his ECs might have had one or the other of them as his choices. College guides like the Fiske guide, and the college websites themselves can give you some inkling of what schools personalities are like.</p>
<p>^ Dans of Lehigh and Vanderbilt may be provoked if they read your post.</p>
<p>^I always think a visit is better, but not everyone can visit. While I think most students can find their tribe at any given school there is no question that school’s are not exactly same. I think a school like Tufts has the various types more evenly represented than some schools. My older son for example is at Carnegie Mellon - there are lots of hardcore techies, and lots of hard care artist types, but while you can major in the regular arts and science type courses the school feels dominated by those more professionally oriented students. This is not necessarily a bad thing at all, just something you might want to be aware of.</p>