Student Voices:
Tufts Pre-College
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The Tufts Pre-College blog offers a glimpse into what life is like for high schoolers who join our campus to participate in summer learning programs. During their stays, participants are immersed in campus life and have a chance to see what it’s like to be a Tufts student. 

    Buckling Down on Engineering Investigations
    Engineering Investigations

    Buckling Down on Engineering Investigations
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    Staying up late at night every day doesn’t seem too out of the ordinary for a teenager during the summer—except, when I did it for two weeks straight, I was learning engineering and its disciplines through Zoom.

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    Make Change for the Better: Leadership for Social Change
    Leadership for Social Change
    Make Change for the Better: Leadership for Social Change
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    This summer I participated in the Leadership for Social Change program with the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. At first, I...
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    Understanding Where I Belong in the Medical Field
    Mini Med School
    Understanding Where I Belong in the Medical Field
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    My name is Katerina Bonos and I participated in the Tufts Mini Medical School program in summer 2021! I was so excited to join the program t...
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    The Engineering Investigations Experience
    Engineering Investigations
    The Engineering Investigations Experience
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    Applying for the Engineering Investigations summer course, I never expected to learn so much about engineering in 2 weeks. My idea of the co...
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    What did I think of the Tufts Summer Engineering Design Lab?
    Engineering Design Lab
    What did I think of the Tufts Summer Engineering Design Lab?
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    I have always been a tinkerer, interested in robots, drones and airplanes. As a rising senior, I am very curious about Engineering as a care...
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    The Best Part About Being Dean of University College
    University College
    The Best Part About Being Dean of University College
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    The best part of being Dean of University College is the chance I get each summer to witness what it means to so many students to experience...
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    Climate Resilience: How Tuft’s Teaches the Next Generation to Work with and Protect our Changing Plane
    Climate Resilience Institute
    Climate Resilience: How Tuft’s Teaches the Next Generation to Work with and Protect our Changing Plane
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    Climate change isn’t all about greenhouse gas emissions and rising temperatures.
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