Tufts University Top Questions

Although I challenged myself in high school, I relied on extrinsic motivation to push me to try harder. Being away from my parents and encouraging influences I realize now that motivation from others is only half of what's necessary to succeed in life. It takes self-determination, self-assurance, and self-discipline as well as my passion to make a difference. I also wish I'd known more about ways to pay for school tuition and expenses. I had very limited knowledge of unsubsidized and subsidized loans and am suffering for that ignorance now.

Do not be afraid to be yourself. Everyone here is very accepting.

How Jewish it would be

how little help career services is, how much it is not a target school for business (investment banks, more specifically), how little intellectual discussion there is, how ugly the girls are, how much the parties suck

I wish I had sat in on a few classes to get a feel for how the academics were taught.

The school of engineering and school of arts and sciences are pretty much completely separate, with different advising systems and requirements.

a lot of work would be had, should speak with professors more often

The student body is a little on the wealthy side.

nothing

I wish I had known how quickly the "medium" sized school would become small. I also wish I had known that people don't utilize Boston that much.