Is Tulane the Ivy League of the South?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wouldn't that be Duke?

Duke is better than many Ivys

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If they were to form a Magnolia League (a Southern Ivy League equivalent with 8 schools), Tulane would almost definitely be invited.

Sticking to small to medium, private (except WM, which is very small for a Tier 1 public):
Wake Forest
Duke
Davidson
Washington and Lee
U Richmond
W& M
Vanderbilt
Emory
Rice
Georgetown
JHU

That’s ten off the top of my head, and assumes large state Us (UNC, UVA, UFlorida, UTAustin) don’t qualify. Who are you voting off the island

I'd vote off U Richmond (not of the same academic caliber) and JHU (Baltimore is not a culturally southern city, it has much more in common with other Northern industrial cities).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is Tulane the “Ivy League” of the South?

NO. Its more like Boston university of south.

[Anonymous]

Within this fictional Magnolia League...

(same order as an original list)
Tier 1: (Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton equivalent)
-Duke, Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice, Georgetown, JHU

Tier 2Brown, Penn, Cornell, Dartmouth equivalent)
Davidson, Washington and Lee, U Richmond, W&M

They're all great schools!

[Anonymous]

If you meant Ivy level school in south then Rice and Vanderbilt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Within this fictional Magnolia League...

(same order as an original list)
Tier 1: (Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton equivalent)
-Duke, Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice, Georgetown, JHU

Tier 2: (Brown, Penn, Cornell, Dartmouth equivalent)
Davidson, Washington and Lee, U Richmond, W&M

They're all great schools!

OMG I DID NOT mean to add a face! Forgot to put a space here-> :_(

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they were to form a Magnolia League (a Southern Ivy League equivalent with 8 schools), Tulane would almost definitely be invited.

Sticking to small to medium, private (except WM, which is very small for a Tier 1 public):
Wake Forest
Duke
Davidson
Washington and Lee
U Richmond
W& M
Vanderbilt
Emory
Rice
Georgetown
JHU

That’s ten off the top of my head, and assumes large state Us (UNC, UVA, UFlorida, UTAustin) don’t qualify. Who are you voting off the island

I'd vote off U Richmond (not of the same academic caliber) and JHU (Baltimore is not a culturally southern city, it has much more in common with other Northern industrial cities).

U Richmond has the same ranking as Barnard, Colgate, Hamilton and Wesleyan
Baltimore was on the edge of the Confederacy

But even if both came off, you’d still have 8 without Tulane.

[Anonymous]

I’ve always though of Tulane as the Pitt of the South— actively using early admissions policies (ED vs rolling) and to buy students with substantial merit in order to manipulate USNWR rankings.

Of course Pitt is much stronger in STEM than Tulane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve always though of Tulane as the Pitt of the South— actively using early admissions policies (ED vs rolling) and to buy students with substantial merit in order to manipulate USNWR rankings.

Of course Pitt is much stronger in STEM than Tulane.

Is this post a joke? Pitt is a public school that is huge comparatively.

If you are looking at US News "manipulation" along with school size and type, Tulane would be closest to the Chicago of the South!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve always though of Tulane as the Pitt of the South— actively using early admissions policies (ED vs rolling) and to buy students with substantial merit in order to manipulate USNWR rankings.

Of course Pitt is much stronger in STEM than Tulane.

Is this post a joke? Pitt is a public school that is huge comparatively.

If you are looking at US News "manipulation" along with school size and type, Tulane would be closest to the Chicago of the South!

Yes, welcome to the Magnolia League! We'd have the Chicago and the Harvard of the South in one terrible sports conference. Vandy would win more conference football games in a year than they have won in the last 5!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Within this fictional Magnolia League...

(same order as an original list)
Tier 1: (Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton equivalent)
-Duke, Vanderbilt, Emory, Rice, Georgetown, JHU

Tier 2Brown, Penn, Cornell, Dartmouth equivalent)
Davidson, Washington and Lee, U Richmond, W&M

They're all great schools!

The Columbia booster is not very subtle.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest is way more prestigious, highly ranked, and difficult to get into than Tulane.

Tulane is where prep school kids go who can't get into anything better.

Facts.

No offense but Wake Forest is a good safety school. Tulane is not. Tulane is a much better school and much more competitive.

Wake Forest is not a safety school. You have no idea what you are talking about. Wake is ranked 29th, while Tulane is ranked 44th. Huge difference. Wake is in the range of Chapel Hill and Tufts. Tulane is in the range of Brandeis, Northeastern, and Cases Western. Based on our school's scattergram, Wake accepts numerous students with 3.7gpa and above, while Tulane accepts numerous students with 3.3gpa and above.

I’m sorry but Wake Forest is a good college but it is none of those things 👆and you know it.

No, practically there's no difference between #29 ranked schools like WF, UF, UNC and schools like BU, NU in the #40s in terms of perceived prestige.
BU and NU are regarded any less than WF if not regarded as more prestigious.
You can see it from the student stats and acceptance rate.   

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve always though of Tulane as the Pitt of the South— actively using early admissions policies (ED vs rolling) and to buy students with substantial merit in order to manipulate USNWR rankings.

Of course Pitt is much stronger in STEM than Tulane.

Funny, I always thought of them as almost the opposite. Pitt caters to donut hole families who need merit, Tulane caters to independent school families who need full pay to tip the admission scales

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest is way more prestigious, highly ranked, and difficult to get into than Tulane.

Tulane is where prep school kids go who can't get into anything better.

Facts.

No offense but Wake Forest is a good safety school. Tulane is not. Tulane is a much better school and much more competitive.

Wake Forest is not a safety school. You have no idea what you are talking about. Wake is ranked 29th, while Tulane is ranked 44th. Huge difference. Wake is in the range of Chapel Hill and Tufts. Tulane is in the range of Brandeis, Northeastern, and Cases Western. Based on our school's scattergram, Wake accepts numerous students with 3.7gpa and above, while Tulane accepts numerous students with 3.3gpa and above.

I’m sorry but Wake Forest is a good college but it is none of those things 👆and you know it.

No, practically there's no difference between #29 ranked schools like WF, UF, UNC and schools like BU, NU in the #40s in terms of perceived prestige.
BU and NU are regarded any less than WF if not regarded as more prestigious.
You can see it from the student stats and acceptance rate.   

+2 But saying Tulane is less prestigious than BU and NU is also ridiculous. Tulane is a fabulous school. The kids are very smart and admissions are competitive. DCUM has posters that love to rip on Tulane.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How did this ignorant post make it to 6 pages?

+1
It is pretty funny, isn't it?

Yeah, and WTF is a "green wave" as a mascot. Tulane...some of the people on this board are seriously brain wave impaired.

WTF is the Harvard mascot? why does Stanford use an evergreen tree as it's mascot? you're pretty f"ing stupid, must have gone an SEC school.