Tufts v. NYU for Engineering/CS

reesievan
Sun, 05 Apr 2015 15:14:09 +0000

Best of luck to you. I have a son who is a junior majoring in CS in the Engineering School at Tufts and a daughter who is a freshman in Arts and Sciences at Tufts. Re: CS, the program is very highly regarded and in much demand. It is academically very rigorous but the students also tend to work in teams to support one other. My son has just landed a good paying summer job in the CS field in MA, which he found out about through attending one of the career fairs they often hold at Tufts. Can’t really respond to the question about social life, not knowing where you are from and what you are looking for. The Medford campus at Tufts is very nice, feels as safe as you could want, though it’s more suburban, and if you want the city, Boston is a short T ride, and my daughter does that a lot. There’s Greek life at Tufts, though it’s not huge. Most importantly for us, the students at Tufts are very friendly, and seem very happy. That’s one of the things we liked about it over other demanding schools, namely that there’s a balance between academic rigor and still having fun and enjoying life.