Williams vs Tufts for ED

PennCAS2014
Fri, 05 Aug 2016 14:46:36 +0000

Definitely visit both schools! And take what you read on the internet with a grain of salt… When i was applying to college I fully believed that my top choice school would be in a rural environment. About 2 hours into my drive to Rural School Number 1, it became clear to me that this was never going to work. Instead, I ended up falling in love with 3 urban universities. It is hard to know exactly how you will feel on campus until you’re really there- but visits, i think, are essential in making that decision. Additionally, try to talk to students actually at the schools. The reality is that the average student isn’t the one posting on CC and the average student’s experience is much more likely to mirror your own. This website is very useful for finding out more information about the schools and what certain individuals’ experiences at these schools were like- but the lived experience of being a student there will be far more complex.

And for the record, I don’t think you can go wrong with either school. Williams appealed to me because of the tutorial system- there isn’t really anything else like it in terms of undergraduate education. At larger universities with lots of resources, you can usually do an independent study that might mirror the way a tutorial works- but it’s more special when considered an integral component of ugrad education for the whole school.