UIUC vs. Tufts for Civil Engineering

PengsPhils
Mon, 08 May 2017 20:20:10 +0000

Coming from a Boston loving student here: UIUC will just a big step up when it comes to engineering. Boston is an amazing city. In the end (as you said), it comes to which you value more - the 4 years in Boston, or the UIUC engineering. You can make the best of Tufts engineering, but you’ll have to work harder and press for opportunities more than UIUC.

I love Boston and am a huge advocate for fit when comparing schools in the same ballpark. For engineering, it’s hard to put Tufts at the level where its comparable enough. If you will be happy at UIUC, you’ve got the rest of your life to live in Boston or any other city you please. I say go UIUC, assuming you’ll be happy there without the city for that period of time.