<p>Really? See I mention Tufts to people and only rarely do I get the electrifying responses you all seem to be having…maybe it’s just me.</p>
<p>Seriously though, Tufts isn’t even in the top 40 in terms of placement in the elite graduate schools according to the Wall Street Journal. It’s actually at #45 and the rankings are based on the number, not percentage of students attending the top 15 grad schools in medicine, law and business. If it were based on percentage Tufts likely wouldn’t even be in the top 100. Schools 3, 4 and 5 times smaller than Tufts (Bowdoin, Bates, for example) have more of their graduates entering the top programs. </p>
<p>I’m not going to look for the rankings but I remember seeing them on the wiki article for Bowdoin College if you doubt me. I did find this article that at least confirms my #45 statement but I cant seem to find the article with the numbers:</p>
<p><a href=“http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:T90NyUoG8W0J:www.ncf.edu/publicaffairs/documents/Journal.htm+wall+street+journal+45.+tufts&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3[/url]”>http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:T90NyUoG8W0J:www.ncf.edu/publicaffairs/documents/Journal.htm+wall+street+journal+45.+tufts&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3</a></p>
<p>Oh well. But you can see what I’m talking about.</p>
<p>Personally having attended an honors college at a state school in addition to Tufts I’ll say that the state education was equal if not probably also better than that at Tufts. I just don’t see what’s so special here, certainly nowhere in the realm of $40,000+ special, not a chance. C’mon, the biggest major here is IR…says it all right there. </p>
<p>Be realistic guys. Tufts is a good school no question but it’s not in the elite ranks of Harvard, Yale, etc. And it’s not in the ranks even of Bowdoin or that type of school. Sorry.</p>