Tufts VS Amherst (social scene)

1012mom
Sun, 24 Sep 2017 18:51:39 +0000

First, in any school the quality of relationships with professors are mostly dependent on the efforts of the student. Professors at both schools are very accessible.

Amherst: Fun college town. 5 college consortium increases available classes over many similar smaller schools. Superb academics and small classes. Sports important to the social scene. Small student population, which means you “know everybody” - for better or worse.

Tufts: Never heard anyone feel Greek life is a huge dominant force at Tufts, even the Greeks. Yes frosh go to more frat parties than upperclassmen, but there are four million other things to do if you are not into the parties. More global citizen artsy culture than Amherst, and tremendous access to Boston and the hipstery Davis Square.

Not sure why you think there is a higher rate of sexual assault at Tufts. This is not a particularly bigger problem at either school than it is anywhere - although a case at Amherst recently got a lot of publicity. Probably an even amount of "privilege"at each school, by which I assume you mean kids from wealthy families who went to private schools, etc. By the way, even privileged kids have to be smart, hard-working and interesting to get into either of these selective institutions.

Don’t apply ED if you are not sure you want to go to that particular school - unless of course you are a recruited athlete and need to go into the ED round to preserve your hook.