How prestigous is Tufts compared to elite schools?

tufta08
Tue, 12 Jul 2005 16:04:51 +0000

Tufts is well-known around Boston. However, we are in the shadow of Harvard and MIT; we need to use our education to learn how to present ourselves to employers, but simply having a Tufts degree won’t necessarily benefit us in the way that a Harvard degree might. That’s not to say Tufts isn’t a good school, but it also doesn’t mean Tufts has to be defended all the time. As for the relative amounts of knowledge gained for both of those degrees - that is debatable.

As for employers far away from New England, I don’t know how many would ‘recognize’ Tufts. Rather, I think the challenge is to learn how to present yourself with the degree as an important asset to your individual skill set, rather than a foremost factor in pursuing employment.