Tufts gives all seniors an interminable (and mandatory) survey to complete online prior to graduation. I’ve been clicking radio buttons and check boxes and drop-down menus for the past hour. Below are some of the nuggets of wisdom I provided for the poor saps who have to read all of these things.
Survey question: Did you do a senior thesis?
Answer: No.
Survey question: Why not?
Answer: Towards the end of my junior year, I visited my advisor and asked him, “Should I do a thesis?” And his response was “Nah.”
Survey question: Is there anything Tufts could have done to make you consider doing one?
Answer: If he hadn’t said “Nah,” I might have considered it.
Survey question: Why did you double major?
Answer: No big reason. I like English, but I also like music.
Survey question: How did the double majoring affect your experience at Tufts?
Answer: Frankly, if I had just majored in English, I don’t know what I would have done with all the free time.
Survey question: Which course best characterized what a truly excellent college course should be?
Answer: Music for Multimedia II.
Survey question: Why?
Answer: When I took this course, there were only four students, and we learned to use state-of-the-art recording software in a fancy computer lab. We went on a class trips to visit a recording studio video game developer. It should be on the cover of every Tufts pamphlet.
Survey question: Any additional comments about your Tufts experience?
Answer: Tufts was pretty great. My high school guidance counselor encouraged me to apply to Harvard — we didn’t have enough Ivy-bound students, I think — but I told him I’d rather be here. I think I made the right choice.

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