Tufts University Tufts, a mid-sized private research university in 419 Boston Ave, Medford, MA in the USA, is comprised of three undergraduate schools which are

 

The School of Arts and Sciences (which has a wide range of majors + minors)

The School of Engineering (with six departments, seventeen majors, and 8 ABET-accredited majors)

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, SMFA (where students can get in for a Bachelors of Fine Arts, BFA, and/or pursue a 5-year combined degree program)

Tufts is one of the most "undergraduate-focused" research universities in the USA. It stirs up its faculties to collaborate with their undergraduate students in a wide range of innovative research stretching to every field and discipline. This makes Tufts one of the top research universities in the USA. Tufts has also earned the highest classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the university's output of research activity.

Academics at Tufts

Tufts offer the appealing flexibility to bridge across disciplines! A student can also choose a second major or minor. One can double majors across colleges. The interdisciplinary education that Tufts provides, encourage students of the School of Arts and Sciences to take courses in world-civilization, foreign language and culture, writing, etc. whereas the students in the School of Engineering dedicate half of their coursework to the majors and other related engineering topics and the remaining is divided into equal portions among math, science, arts, humanities, and social science courses.

Majors

The most favored majors that Tufts offers are

Computer Science

Economics

Biology

International Relations

Political Science and Government

English

Public Health

Research and Experimental Psychology

History

Mechanical Engineering

Tufts has a graduation rate of 92%. In 2020, 94% of graduates were planning on attending graduate school or got employed within six months of graduation.

Financial Aid

Tufts makes sure that all the qualified applicants can afford the undergraduate education, so it proudly meets 100% OF THE DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED OF EVERY ADMITTED STUDENT, REGARDLESS OF THEIR CITIZENSHIP STATUS. The demonstrated need is the difference between the annual cost to attend Tufts and the amount a student's family is expected to contribute each year. The financial need is determined by the analysis of family financial resources reported on the CSS profile. Speaking of the relation between admissions and financial aid, Tufts is a NEED-AWARE school when it comes to international students.

The Tufts Syndrome

An important fact about Tufts is that it is very strict about its “yield-protection” which is also known as the Tufts Syndrome. So to avoid being the victim of the notorious Tufts Syndrome, be more enthusiastic about your essays which present your creativity and your writing stature. Also, don’t forget to demonstrate your zeal through the “Why Tufts?” essay!

Many thanks to Nazifa Nawar Rafi for collecting this info!

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