Tufts University Top Questions

Students at Tufts are a part of a politically active, engaged, and artistic community.

Tufts has the best of both worlds: large enough student population to be a renowned research university with many opportunities but small enough that no one is "just a number" and students can build strong relationships with professors (and the amazingly diverse student body with just as much knowledge to offer as professors).

Tufts is very simply described by its own mascot--Jumbo, the elephant--, as Tufts is an ironically small school full of people with jumbo-sized hearts, jumbo-sized aspirations, jumbo-sized accomplishments, jumbo-sized appetites (academically, too), jumbo-sized drive and ambition, and jumbo-sized knowledge of all that is going on in the world (where else would you meet a large percentage of people from diverse backgrounds who actually know the difference between long track and short track speed skating?).

Tufts is very diverse, with lots of extracurriculars and a variety of very well-rounded students from all over the nation and the world.

A diverse university that offers a vast array of educational opportunities while making learning challenging but fun.

Tufts is a comfortable, friendly school with many opportunities if you choose to take them.

Tufts is a lively, energetic place where work and play are very separate.

Tufts is a place with an emphasis on actively making a positive difference in the world.

My school is academically challenging, but at the same time, provides resources that help students succeed, so if you take advantage of those you should be good to go. Also, because the school is not too big, it is easy to meet other students and to get the individual attention you need from many of the professors.

Tufts is incredibly ethnically and socially diverse, with strong academic programs in International Relations, Language, Engineering, and Economics.

Tufts University is a perfectly-sized school in the suburbs of Boston that offers the best education with the most intelligent professors surrounded by fabulous, diverse peers.

There is a lot of work, it gets very cold, students are very friendly, faculty are very helpful.

Tufts attracts students with a strong commitment to citizenship and public service; while students enjoy a wide range of activities, sports and social events, public service is a constant thread in the DNA of these offerings.

Tufts is a great place for the diverse student body, who, no matter what major, all want to help save the world.

I'm a strange mix of geek, jock, and hippie who plays sports and loves to be outdoors but also does well in the classroom.

small and packed with people who care .

fts empowers her students to challenge the assumed and constructed in this world, which leads many students to try to change the world for the better through community service.

Tufts has a friendly, challenge seeking student body, who like to have fun and get good grades at the same time

This is the best view of Boston (and of the campus) anywhere in the world.

library steps are kind of a central node of the campus.