Tufts vs. Northwestern pre-med?

mathmom
Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:44:50 +0000

Evanston vs. Somerville, Evanston is a bit closer to Chicago, and Chicago is a much bigger city, so Evanston is a bit more urbanized and larger than Somerville, though Somerville ends up being cuter and easier to manage.

It’s hard for me to believe that Evanston is closer to Chicago than Tufts is to Boston. (And that’s without counting all the liveliness of Davis Square and Harvard Square - so that you hardly need to go all the way into Boston.) Ok checked on Google maps, it’s a half hour drive, 1 hour train ride to downtown Chicago from Northwestern. Compare that with a 13 minute drive or half hour subway ride for Tufts.

Note however that Tufts except perhaps for the programs it runs itself only awards P/F credit for study abroad.