I visited Tufts University today with my family. I’m typing this up from my hotel room, somewhere in Boston, after a nice hot shower - a very nice hot shower. I must say, I haven’t had a shower that nice in years. And after waking up at 5 a.m. and driving 3.5 hours on various interstates… yeah, that shower was a fantastic way to end the day.
But I digress. This is a serious post about serious business - where I’m go to college. It’s coming down to the wire for me. I must decide between two schools that gave me great deals, Lafayette and Tufts. However, that’s a decision for another day. Let’s talk about my visit to Tufts.
It was a beautiful day and the campus was stunning. Everything went swimmingly and I really liked the place. I went to a question and answer session for admitted students, a basic information session, and a tour. The question and answer session was surprisingly helpful while the information session was useless. No big deal, the tour was awesome.
My group’s tour guide was hilarious and wacky. He was frank, told us things he did and did not like about the school, and had a really awesome Boris and Natasha t-shirt. He was either the most honest tour guide I’ve ever had or a master salesman. Either way, I was sold.
Every school has its big themes, parts of the school’s experience that prospective students hear about every five minutes while on campus. Tufts, as expected, had the “liberal arts college with impressive engineering” angle. Sure, that’s great and all, but I’ve heard that one before. On the other hand, they threw around the idea of the potential of a campus that has sufficient on-site opportunities for its students while also being located near a major city. That’s very tempting and requires some thought on my part, and I’d appreciate any thoughts you may have.
I honestly don’t know what to make of it. I liked Tufts, can picture myself there, and have been given a stellar financial aid package. I’m going to take a few days to let the reality distortion field wear off and try some level-headed decision making.
Of course, I’ll post that analysis here. In the meantime, I hope you’ll pardon my grammar and flawed thought processes in this post. I’m exhausted and need to get some sleep. I’ll be sure to come back and clear up this post tomorrow, but I wanted to get some content out to you all as soon as possible.
Two days later, update: The grammar wasn’t all that bad. Nice.
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