Tufts vs. Northeastern Honors

silver67
Fri, 14 Apr 2017 02:40:57 +0000

My son is also deciding between Tufts and Northeastern (and Brandeis). We’re in the same boat in that he has generous merit awards from Northeastern and Brandeis but no merit aid from Tufts. What I have found comforting is that Tufts does cover all of demonstrated financial need. In our case though we don’t qualify for a lot of aid initially once our second child is also at college next year our EFC will drop to half and Tufts should increase the FA grant to reflect that. Their FA office was very helpful in answering questions BTW. After plugging projected numbers into the net price calculator for all four years and plugging it into a spreadsheet I’ve concluded that there will not be a huge difference between the NU bill and the Tufts bill in the long run.

We did love the shiny new campus and upbeat vibe of Northeastern, but Tufts has its charm and for premed (and IR) seems preferable…

Northeastern put on a great show for the April open house, I have to say. S is at Jumbo Days (overnight) today…let’s see how he feels about that in comparison. His Brandeis visit is next Sunday after which he has a choice to make.