Tufts University Top Questions

Tufts students range from pretentious and ostentatious to shy and reserved, but all tend to be intelligent, hardworking, and articulate.

My classmates can support one another, as well as hold themselves up; they are tough, but don't mind a helping hand from time to time.

My classmates are diligent, friendly, thoughtful, and loving.

They are, energetic, motivated, soically concious, globaly aware, approchable, and happy to help.

I am Latina and that was more than ok at Tufts! I LIVED at the Latino Center but even more importantly was accepted at the Africana House, Women's Center, Start House( Asian- American Center) etc!!! Tufts has an amazing combination of students. International, From All over the US, Economically Diverse etc, Culturally Diverse etc. The best thing about Tufts is that with the amazing Students Activities Department, Director of Greek Affairs, BIG-6 Directors and Deans you always have someone who is looking out to make sure students are happy and that they remain. You will find students who are campaigning for Obama, or other who are devoted to their Greek philanthropic obligations or those who just want to make sure Tufts is a fun place to stay at by being involved on Concert Board or Class Council! One thing I do love about Tufts most is how service oriented we are.Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service is here just to ensure we are serving our surrounding and global community. Over all, Tufts is a pretty safe, engaging, fun place. It's not perfect and not everyone fits all of these, but hey so is the real world. At least it's a little nicer here.

Tufts is pretty diverse which is sweet because there is always going to be a group of friends for any type of person. Like if you don't want to go out and party all the time then you don't have to. There are plenty of people who would rather be doing other things. Everyone is pretty smart and aware of whats going on in the news and the world. Politically, its a liberal campus (what college isnt) but there are still plenty of republicans (gotta represent). I don't know much about the gay community but I do have a few gay friends and they seem to have a great time. There are plenty of organizations to get involved in too. I'm party of lecture series which plans and decides what celebrities come to speak. Everyone is really friendly too which I found surprising. Everyone is up to meet new people and give them a chance. I have friends in all 4 classes (or years or whatever) so it doesn't matter if you are a freshman, you can still click which someone who is, say, a junior.

I thought I came from a pretty upper-middle class background coming to Tufts, and I was shocked that I was closer to the lower end of the spectrum financially in the student body. There's a lot of private school kids and rich international students. The student body is overwhelming liberal, although there is a very vocal conservative minority. Conversatives might feel out of place, or at least certainly outnumbered. Political activism and activism in general are very common.

The students at Tufts are generally pretty white bread kids from all over Suburban America. The kids there are usually Upper-Middle to Upper Class, and all went to very prestigious High Schools. While Tufts student body is not the most diverse that I've ever seen, it is certainly welcoming to all different kinds of people. You can find all different races, religions, genders, political affiliations and orientations on campus, and everyone on campus is glad to see them. I have never heard or seen a situation where someone on campus was given trouble over the fact that they were in someway different, and I can't imagine that the student body would stand for it.

Tufts is pretty known for diversity and international representation. We have tons active of cultural and ethnic groups on campus (which also causes Tufts to be pretty PC). At first, it's intimidating to hearing so many languages spoken by all of the European/South American students while walking to class. However, the one area where Tufts is lacking is in socioeconomic diversity... In general, we're a pretty liberal campus. New England quaint, relaxed liberals. However, we also have a pretty vocal conservative minority on campus, and they're run into some trouble recently with some PC issues. Basically though, anyone can fit in here. We've got wealthy IR major types determined to become diplomats. There are social activist hippies who work in our Oxfam cafe and stage protests. We have nerdy computer engineers who harbor passions for philosophy and sorority-girl chemical engineers. International students, student senate go-getters, theatre kids, athletes, frat brothers, yeah... The one thing in common? Almost everyone at Tufts is pretty damn ambitious!

Very "diverse" but no one intermixes. A rural poor student would hate tufts. The sorority type girls get dressed up for class but one can wear sweatpants almost everywhere. Most students from wealthy NY and NJ. Very liberal leaning school. The people i interact with are not pretentious even though many of them are wealthy.