Tufts: For the serious student, not the party animal.
If you're not sure what you want to study, Tufts is great. We have a good IR program (so all the related disciplines are strong - political science, economics, language), premed program (again, natural sciences all strong), drama program, philosophy...basically we have very strong undergrad programs unless you want to major in business or finance, which we don't offer. If you want to root for DI sports teams, or watch them, do not come to Tufts.

Yale: Fun times as a Yalie
Being from northwest Washington I wasn't able to make any east coast college rounds, so view/guide books were very important in my decision. Between the Yale view book and the site online, yale,edu (which includes a virtual tour...very cool) I found everything that I wanted and needed to know. One thing in particular that drew me to Yale is the residential college system. Although an approximately 6,000 undergrad populace isn't too large, it's big enough where you don't know e...