<p>" Secondly even though Michigan has an edge over Tufts for Maths or CS, I am a bit skeptical about weather, international friendliness and reputation.</p>
<p>You think Tufts is in the tropics? The weather is pretty comparable. Neither place is going to be warm in the winter. Michigan has over 5000 internationals. Ann Arbor is very welcoming and diverse. Not sure what you mean by reputation, since there are many surveys, some already listed, that show Michigan among the top 25 universities on the planet!</p>
<p>In my opinion Tufts is a better place for welcoming environment for internationals and I am not sure but it is my projection that Tufts CAN be the next UChicago. I imagine once Uchicago had 40% rate and now its comparable to Ivy acceptances. I don’t want to miss on such an experience."</p>
<p>It seems admittance rates is about your biggest priority at this point and in the future as well. If that is the case, just go to Tufts. You can brag to Harvard and MIT students for the next four years that Tufts will be almost as hard to get into as their schools. In the meantime, I don’t think they’re going to be too impressed. </p>
<p>Seriously, you are going to lose sleep over attending a school with a higher admittance rate (around 30 percent this year) than trying to go to the one that will afford you the best overall education in your area of interest? These two schools are ranked similarly by USNWR. The reality is you have to choose which factors are more important to you. Good luck!</p>