Tufts or Vassar

Cosmopolitan
Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:35:04 +0000

Lucy, since you are in Az, you may not know much about these two locations, unless you’ve been to visit both. My D is also considering Tufts, so you’ll find lots of info on this site regarding the U, but I haven’t seen a lot about Boston on here. If you don’t know boston, it is one of the greatest US cities: beautiful, comfortable, reasonably safe, with thrilling museums and cultural opps (including sports lol), beaches nearby, shopping, restaurants (assuming your student has a nickel or parents come often), great public transportation, thousands of students from other colleges and on and on. I think that anyone interested in living in a city would want to put Boston near the top of the list. However, you will be cold.

Poughkeepsie, on the other hand, is not exactly a bustling metropolis, if you’re interested in that sort of thing. Vassar is a great school too, pretty, much smaller than Tufts, and located in a small, modest city along the Hudson River about 1 1/2 hours from NYC. I suggest a visit to both if you’re able and you should get a pretty good idea of the winner. Good luck and don’t forget to bring a parka, hat and gloves!