Tufts University Students Tell It Like It Is
'What impressed me most about Tufts was that the school had a sense of humor about itself.
In the past 20 years, Tufts has become more competitive and more prestigious than its deans ever expected. There are new buildings everywhere, and Tufts is attracting the most talented students in the world. Still, with school colors that don't quite match, an alma mater that nobody knows, a mascot called Jumbo, and a hill so big that first-years need not worry about the Freshman 15, Tufts has retained the spirit that Nathan Tufts breathed when he vowed to 'put a light on the hill' in 1852.'
- From the Introduction
There's more to a school than you can find out from a brochure or a campus visit?take it from those who know best: the students. The College Prowler guidebook to Tufts gives you the inside scoop on everything the students think you need to know before you make your college decision!
Did You Know?- You can take a class on anything from bugs to massage therapy in the Experimental College and get full credit.
- You can create and teach your own class to freshmen in your junior or senior year.
- The most popular class is Introduction to Yiddish Literature, taught by former Provost Sol Gittleman.
Catch Up on Your Boston SlangBook it: To get out of some place quickly.
Bubbla: Water fountain.
Chowdahead: Stupid person.
Bulkie Roll: Kaiser roll for a sandwich.
Jimmies: Sprinkles for ice cream.
Rotary: A traffic circle.
Mass-holes: Boston's bad drivers.
Wicked: Adverb used to amplify the effect of another adverb, e.g. 'The Red Sox are wicked good this year!'
Find out if Tufts truly has something for you, straight from the students' mouths.
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Discover if Tufts is Right For You.The College Prowler Process
While writing our series of college guides, we felt it was critical that our content was unbiased and unaffiliated with any college or university. By hiring current students as authors, we strive to create college guides that truly represent each campus. Our guides cover both the good and the bad, and whether survey responses point to recurring trends or varying opinions, these sentiments are directly and proportionally expressed through our guides.
From the very beginning, student writers gather the most up-to-date stats, facts, and inside information on their colleges. They fill each section with student quotes and summarize the findings in editorial reviews. In addition, each school receives a collection of letter grades (A through F) that reflect student opinion. Once a guide is written, additional college students serve as editors and check for accuracy even more extensively. This same process is applied to all of the 258 colleges and universities College Prowler currently covers. Each guide is the result of endless student contributions, hundreds of pages of research and writing, and countless hours of hard work. All of this has led to the creation of a student information network that stretches across the nation. It’s no easy accomplishment, but it’s the reason that our guides are such a great resource.
