Bowdoin vs Tufts

buzzers
Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:25:11 +0000

Congrats on both schools. Tufts does have the Boston access. And you can get to Boston from Bowdoin, but it’s like a 2 hour bus ride.

Tufts Mock Trial Team is also one of the best in the nation, I believe.

But you want diverse things. In all honesty, going to either one won’t hinder your law school aspirations or your humanities aspiration.

Tufts does have an edge when it comes to social justice/“saving the world” type of thing. This is because of their Fletcher school and their international emphasis. Thus, a lot of those kinds of things are pretty popular.

But again, you can’t go wrong with either. Like others have said, go visit both and see what “feels” the best.

I will say one thing about Bowdoin, however. Bowdoin is a heavy drinking culture (like one of the heaviest). I guess when you are in Maine, not much else to do. But drinking is prevalent at every campus, except Bowdoin is known to have more of that imbued in their culture than other schools. Best of luck!