Reflecting on my time at Tufts
I’m so thankful I chose to transfer to Tufts.
And that’s not to say my first college experience was terrible! I absolutely loved many aspects of my previous university and met some of my favorite people there who will be lifelong friends. That being said, I also love so many parts of being a student at Tufts and have been surrounded by the most warm, kind, silly people since my first day here. I believe Tufts provided me the space to grow and explore my interests in a way that I didn’t quite feel at my first university.
As I head into my last couple of weeks at Tufts, I’m feeling reflective and would like to share some of my main takeaways from my transfer experience and time at Tufts.
First of all (as I’ve said time and again in my blogs), I’ve found everyone at Tufts to be incredibly welcoming and helpful. Since my first day here, people have continuously gone out of their way to help me find my way around Tufts (both literally because I’m terrible at directions, but also figuratively). I’ve learned just as much from the people at Tufts as I have in my classes. And I’ve LOVED my classes — especially my English classes! I found all my professors to be very engaging and committed to teaching and ensuring we learn and expand our thinking in their classes.
Some of my favorite courses at Tufts include: Contemporary Multi-Ethnic Literature with Professor Rani Neutill, Dance on Camera with Professor Jaclyn Waguespack, and Intro to Fiction with Professor Simon Han. One of the amazing parts of college is the opportunity to explore a wide variety of classes and teaching-styles.
Besides the great range of classes here, there is also a surplus of activities and I hear about a new cool opportunity every day. My friends and classmates are involved in such interesting things from researching menstrual products made from silk worms to teaching a class about the Hunger Games to playing a Tufts version of Quidditch on the lawn. There is so much going on here at all times — in my time at Tufts, I did yoga with baby goats, sledded down the main hill on campus, learned how to box, wrote some poems and short stories in class, performed in a duet, watched two Boston Marathons, read lots and lots … and LOTS of books, and — most importantly — met some of my best friends.
My college process hasn’t been perfect by any stretch of the word. It hasn’t been easy. And it was nothing like I’d expected when I first applied to college in 2018. But I can say with full confidence as I head into graduation in a couple of weeks that I’m proud of myself and confident with my college decisions — both times around. There were positives and negatives at both schools I attended and I’m thankful I ended up at a school where there were many, many more positives than negatives.
Being a Jumbo has brought me so much joy and I will truly miss my life here. That said, I’m also super excited to enter the next stage of my life and I really trust that the education I received here prepared me for what’s to come! :)