I'm having a hard time deciding between Cornell and Tufts. What do people think about these two schools as far as curriculum, teaching style and life style?
Thanks for the replies so far.
Can anyone at Tufts verify that there's some kind of social life there? One of the things I loved about Cornell was the fact that the students seemed to hang out together, play IM sports, go out on weekends, etc., but my tour guide at Tufts made it sound like everyone pretty much goes to class and then goes home, maybe with a night at the bars (whatever bars may be in the Grafton area) once in a while. A few snippets of our conversations:
Me: Sweet, a basketball court. Do you guys have regular games?
Guide: I've never really seen anyone playing there.
Me: Nice, a pool table and foosball table in the lounge. Do people hang out here?
Guide: Not really.
Me: So do you guys go out on weekends?
Guide: I guess sometimes.
This was scary to me. I like to do things other than studying and sleeping, so I just want to make sure that this tour guide was the exception rather than the rule at Tufts. Right now Cornell has the edge partially because I feel like the quality outside of class might be considerably higher. Obviously this is just one of many factors though.