Tufts vs Harvard vs Vanderbilt vs Upenn

Much2learn
Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:12:15 +0000

Honestly, Tufts is a great school, and if the OP feels comfortable there I think it is a great choice. I am just pointing out that, in my opinion, you are forgoing some opportunities. Harvard simply provides better opportunities than any other school, and Penn is not very far behind.

DD1 is a sophomore at Penn and gets invited to certain events where there are only students from a small handful of schools: Harvard, MIT, Penn, Columbia, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, Cal and a few more. Certainly, you can get anywhere from Tufts, but it may be a little bit harder. There is a reason that few students admitted to both choose Tufts over Harvard, or Tufts over Penn.

As far as salaries go, I am sure Mastadon is showing what the website says. I just think that the engineering salaries they are showing for Penn are simply incorrect. You just can’t hire a CS grad from Penn for an average of $49,200. Penn is showing that the lowest salary for CS was $70,000, the average is about $95,000, and the top end is $135,000. That is completely consistent with what DD1 is telling me is being offered to students she knows.