Tufts vs. Amherst

uesmomof2
Thu, 07 Jan 2016 13:06:10 +0000

Academically they are both strong schools with a slight edge to Amherst in most rankings. Can you go spend time at both schools? They have very different “feels.” Amherst is a small school in a charming but tiny town surrounded by other small schools in small towns (with exception of U.Mass Amherst which is a big school in a small town). I know two city kids, for whom it was too small and they transferred to mid size schools in cities. Tufts is a bigger school in a suburb of Boston. Cambridge and Boston are probably 20 minutes away (though I’m not sure how often Tufts students get off campus).