<p>Point #1. Worcester is a tier two city. It is not a large city on the level of Boston, NYC, or Chicago. Where’s the public transit system? Where are the cool trendy neighborhoods? </p>
<p>Point #2. if money is the same at all of these, go to Tufts. If you are 18 years old, I highly doubt you KNOW you want to become an engineer. Tufts will give you the same engineering opportunities (to be honest, they are roughly equal from all these schools) but will also give you a shot to explore banking, consulting, etc. </p>
<p>I would definitely say the engineering curriculum is great at WPI, and is probably even better than Tufts, but its not worth closing yourself off to those other options and the chance to meet people with diverse perspectives and majors. </p>
<p>–WPI alum</p>