<p>Alistar, your facts are right, but your placement of them into pros/cons is entirely subjective. For me, D1 sports and a small student body are cons and quirky students are a plus. </p>
<p>Here are some distinguishing factors of each:</p>
<p>Brandeis: Small, pretty religious (Judaism), good academics, good financial aid, not a huge party school, small class sizes, Waltham is kind of bummy like alistar said, Brandeis is kind of forgotten about in the Boston area to be honest (but it shouldn’t be, it’s a great school)</p>
<p>BC: large student body, also a little bit religious (Jesuit/Catholicism), homogeneous, big sports scene, heavy drinking culture, good academics, so-so financial aid, absolutely gorgeous campus, takes forever to get into the city (its subway line has ~20 stops before downtown Boston), good for finance/econ, Newton (the town) is craaazy nice and rich</p>
<p>Tufts: medium student body, most liberal of the three, “quirky” students, very global-outreach focused, good for IR and science, small endowment, close to Harvard/MIT and downtown Boston, <em>arguably</em> the best academically, good financial aid, not a very good party scene, very accessible professors, Medford/Somerville are meh but Davis Square is pretty cool</p>