Bowdoin College VS Tufts University

Bee123
Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:06:41 +0000

I don’t think its that easy to label schools as “better” or “worse.” School A, for instance, may have an excellent biology program but a less strong women’s studies program. School B may have a strong history department, but a weaker science department. Each school has its own strengths. Some schools may be, as a whole, stronger in all departments than is another school.

In terms of Bowdoin and Tufts, both are excellent, excellent schools and I do not believe one can be labeled as “better” than another.

I do notice that graduate schools often like students who come from smaller undergraduate programs. Maybe this is due to the fact that they believe those students were able to benefit/learn more as a result of smaller class sizes. Or maybe, graduate schools are taking the same number of students from schools, regardless of size, but that 3 kids at Tufts (a bigger school) is proportionally less than 3 kids at Bowdoin (a smaller school).

Hope this helped…