Tips to Succeed at Tufts

Get involved in an organization, and rise to a leadership role.

Go to office hours so some professors will know you well.

Learn to write well.

If a professor is bad, don't stick around. Drop the class, and switch into something that will keep you interested.

Check e-mail constantly.

Don't even try to apply for an on-campus apartment before you are a senior, unless a senior is pulling you into an apartment.

Study abroad so that you don't have to deal with finding junior-year housing.

Look for sophomore-year housing in older dorms, or Tufts-owned houses—they have the biggest rooms.

First semester, take courses in very different subjects so you can find out what you like.

Write a senior thesis even though you don't have to.