Help me compare Wesleyan and Tufts

soozievt
Tue, 02 Nov 2004 12:08:13 +0000

CollegeParent…love your description of Conn College and in particular, the reason for the lack of kids around on Sat. AM! ;-)

My D applied and got into Conn College which was her safety school but actually not typically what you would think of as a safety and that term is relative to each child. It is a VERY good school. We visited in junior year and my D liked it very much. I had applied there and got in when I was her age and it was funny to see this school come up on her list too.

The students are VERY friendly. I can’t tell you how many times kids came up to US and asked if they could help us (we obviously did not go there). Kids we spoke to enjoyed the school alot. They mostly all have singles after freshman year. Yeah, arts are alive there. We met with many folks on our trip including the department head to my D’s intended major (she spent an hour with us), the captains of a club team, and random kids my D approached. Kids were definitely about when we visited but this was on a weekday.

This school was smaller than my D’s other schools, though she would have attended, that was not her ideal size. The only other “drawback” for her was that it was the only school on her list that was “isolated” or where you cannot walk to anything. New London is not exactly exciting but even if it were, you cannot walk from the campus to anything though they run vans into town. This is not important to all kids but she wanted a campus where she could walk to things to do off campus, having grown up in a rural area. As far as NYC and Boston, they are not quite as close as posted above, definitely further than one hour away, so I don’t think kids are going to do that on a regular basis but it is surely available.

Conn College was appealing to my D even if not one of her favorites, she could see herself being happy there. I recommend the school. Sounds like a good fit for your D from what you shared Mom55 and it is not that easy to get into but easier than Tufts and Wesleyan. One of our top students in our senior class was not admitted to Conn College last year. It may be an easier “match” school for your D though.

Susan