<p>I am an international student who has comparatively less understanding toward colleges in US.
I am unable to visit the States for the April Openning house so that I really need your suggestions on choosing my school.
Tufts major Environmental Engineering–Is it easy to get a job as an intl student after graduate?? Or is it easy to chage my major/ double majors (not one in engineering school but in art and science?)</p>
<p>Wesleyan Freeman Scholars
Richmond Scholars
If I want to first participate in working after graduate, is it wise to choose a liberal art college in a rural place?</p>
<p>All these three schools have offered generous FA package. A frustrating fact is that I have been admited to Cornell Hotel School, my favourite but I don’t have enough money to go. I am not really determined to exploring a specific field, but I want to make enough money after gradutate, at least enough for me to afford my further education. A little too realistic but Cornell teaches me a great lesson.</p>
<p>I appreciate any help. =)</p>
<p>I don’t think the location of the college makes much difference in job placement after graduation. If the college’s reputation warrants it, many businesses will travel to the college or make special arrangements to host groups of similarly situated colleges for interviews. In the cases of Wesleyan, Bowdoin, Swarthmore and a few other LACs, this is done all the time. None of the colleges you’ve mentioned are exactly “rural” or isolated. It all depends on how good their individual job placement centers are. I’ve heard good things about Wesleyan’s:
<a href=“http://www.wesleyan.edu/crc/[/url]”>http://www.wesleyan.edu/crc/</a></p>
<p>Thank you so much, Johnwesley. Perhaps influenced by the situation in my own country, I have some misunderstandings in this case. That is why I post here. =)
Thanks a lot!
So does Tufts have any advantage in terms of finding a job?</p>
<p>Yes, The Fletcher School of Diplomacy offers a rare undergraduate opportunity: a course of study leading to a professional degree. Tufts has a few others like that, including one in Health Sciences; they are sort of Tufts specialties.</p>
<p>Tufts firstly has a large percentage of international students, and so the school will be very ready to help you find jobs and such as an international student because they have lots of experience with it. Additionally, it is incredibly easy to switch majors (or schools–engineering to LA and vice versa) especially if you come in unsure and plan to be flexible with your classes. Additionally Tufts has tons of international opportunities regardless of your major, and lots of research opportunities for undergraduate students.</p>
<p>If you are interested in tourism (you mentioned the hotel management school), I took an interesting class on the Anthropology of Tourism last semester.</p>
<p>I agree with what AdamfromLA has to say. As an international student myself, Tufts offers so many other things that other universities in more rural areas or less cosmopolitan locations do not… and if you’re from Shanghai, you’re going to miss those kinds of things! Furthermore, Tufts’ Environmental Studies program is small, tight-knit, and my friends who are majors in that department are always going on Tufts-funded trips to amazing places to do research. Funding for undergraduate research is more rare in bigger universities (like Richmond); don’t know how it is at Wesleyan.</p>
<p>National Science Foundation (NSF) figures for the most recent period show Wesleyan the biggest recipient of federal funding among LACs by a wide margin. This means, a lot of research opportunities get tossed your way, if you’re interested:
<a href=“http://www.wesleyan.edu/sciences/sciencefacts.html[/url]”>http://www.wesleyan.edu/sciences/sciencefacts.html</a></p>
<p>^ ^ ^ (Tufts is not a LAC) Well, that’s great, then—seems as though you could get really good funding for undergraduate research at both Tufts and Wesleyan. They’re both great schools—it will probably come down to intangibles like location, size of student body, etc.</p>
<p>=) Thank you all, Johnwesley and lolabelle~
I fianlly decide to head for Tufts since people there are really really nice.
I feel warm across the distance.
You can add me on MSN if you want. (<a href="mailto:mengyu13■■■■■■■■■■■■">mengyu13■■■■■■■■■■■■</a>)</p>
<p>Great, Emily—congratulations on your decision. Any questions on specifics at Tufts, there’s a ton of Tufts alums and students who post on this board who’ll be happy to assist you. Have a great end to your high school career & summer!</p>
<p>Hey Emilyshanghai - I chose Tufts over Wesleyan too. I’m really interested in music, and I felt like Tufts had more to offer its students than Wesleyan did. Wesleyan has ~5 classes on Music composition, and I felt like that’d be too few to satisfy my needs. Furthermore, with only 2,800 students on campus, I felt like it’d be difficult to find many others on campus who were interested.</p>
<p>Though I’m not completely happy and excited with my choice, I think it will work out well.</p>
<p>fhimas88888888888: You are going to love the new music building and the music options available at Tufts.</p>