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While Tufts students are as multidimensional as the Hill they call home, these descriptors tend to define our community. Located just five miles outside of Boston, Tufts values close student-faculty collaboration, unique interdisciplinary research, and diversities of all kinds.
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Finding your Community at Tufts   Upon my first day at Tufts I was severely overwhelmed. I wasn’t acquainted with a single soul unlike my peers who completed a pre-orientation program. I managed to get acquainted with some of my peers who completed a pre-orientation program and they…
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