Which is more prestigious: BU or Tulane

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Go to a good state school. What is the point of paying so much tuition money for either of those two places ?

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BU has Kornacki!

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Anonymous wrote:BU, by far. Knew many kids at Tulane. Drunken, Southern frat hell. None of the students particularly distinguished

Oh please do tell us how you came to know “many” kids at Tulane and how you came to this conclusion about a school you’ve most likely never seen.

What? I'm from Texas. Many of my friends and classmates from my small private school went to Tulane. I went to UT and visited Tulane many times (best friend went there) to visit on weekends and some holidays. I met many of the kids there and had known a good handful from school. I even toured the campus during my tours. And yes, my original statement still stands. Going to undergrad in NOLA takes a special kind of kid. It takes party school to a different level, and I say that having done undergrad in ATX.

My friends at BU had a completely different experience.

Thanks. Your experience from 1975 is interesting, but hardly relevant now. Unlike you, I actually know several students there now - they all love it and I would not describe any of them as partiers.

Again, your assumptions are still off. I'm not that old but I do grant you that I sound distinguished - particularly by comparison. I know kids there then and now - both from undergrad and law school. Can you believe it? I've known kids from there for a long period of time. Crazy given that I lived in Houston so long which is only hours from NOLA. Why is this so hard to grasp?

My original statement still stands. I wouldn't send my kids to Tulane given the amount of time that I've spent there. I would send my kids to BU. You, however, can do you - as the young people say.

NP - I visited NOLA twice, and I would never send my kid to college there. Ever.

+100. The setting is no small matter.

I know a handful of kids who went there, and yeah, it took them ....awhile....to "unlearn" the habits they picked up on while at Tulane.

I had a friend who was Type diabetic and went. IDK what his parents were thinking. He died his first semester. So, no.

That is so unbelievably sad.

It was. Just tragic. Great kid, whole life ahead of him, serious but manageable condition. I’d known him literally my whole life. But his parents never said No, because he had so many other health related restrictions. They seemed to be making it up by not setting limits.

Hard to be mad at the parents, who are still friends with mine. Terrible judgement, but God knows they paid for it. So, I guess I direct anger at Tulane. Maybe not fair, since they don’t hide what they are.

But still, lots of parents send kids with strong family history of substance abuse or health problems or kids who they know were going beyond experimenting a bit with alcohol in HS and were already significant drinkers. I get it’s your kid, your call. But, I’ve seen what can happen, so I disagree with it for a subset of kids. A college’s atmosphere matters. Some kids can drink like fish in college and have fun and be fine. And some kids can’t. And parents should really consider their kid’s medical and family history and personality and any problems in HS before sending a kid to Tulane. It’s just next level alcohol use. If you have a diabetic, a kid with a strong family history of substance abuse, who is already demonstrating signs of problems with alcohol— WHY?

I get it. I have a diabetic kid and we decided together that a school within 2-3 hours of home would be ideal. This has worked out for us. You write about this friend dying and his parent’s poor choices on EVERY Tulane thread. Do you really need to rehash this all the time? I am truly sorry he died and, as a parent of a diabetic teen, that is my worse nightmare. But can you try and be respectful of his memory and his family and let it go?
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This anecdote is directly relevant to the thread topic, and, as an NP, I had not seen it before so I'm glad this person posted it. It illustrates exactly why Tulane could be a bad idea for some people.

This is a very sad story and I am sorry to hear it. However, I can personally offer a contrary anecdote. My husband, a Type 1 diabetic since the age of 7, went to Tulane. He had a great experience and his health was not an issue.

I'm the PP- also a valid anecdote, thanks.

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Two very different schools. Not sure how you measure prestige. You can get an excellent education at either. I know them both well. Although both schools are urban, Tulane is in a residential area of the NOLA (beautiful, BTW), and Tulane has a defined campus. BU is right smack in the middle of Boston, and doesn't have a "campus feel" and that suits many students just fine. BU has more international students. Tulane has students from all over the country (not just the South; it's really not southern other than geography). If weather is a factor then, well, there's really no comparison. BU has some very innovative programs (HUB is cool), and Tulane has smaller class sizes, most students double or even triple major. I am slightly partial to Tulane. Don't get me wrong, I love Boston and BU, but New Orleans is such a unique place.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not go to a good state or in-state university ?

I would not wish to go to either place, and certainly NOT pay the sticker price. Ridiculous fees for these non-descript places when there are very good state schools to attned.

Forget about either of them if a good state school is an option.

Tulane is hardly non-descript. Perhaps you need to get out more. My DC would have loved to attend our state school, UVA, but was rejected outright. W&M does not appeal at all. I am not willing to send my kid to VT or JMU just to save money when Tulane is a top 40 school. But I understand not everyone has the means to send their kid to private, OOS schools. We are lucky that we don’t have financial constraints around where we send our kids to college.

If you can pay the fees, send your kid to BU for all the reasons listed above. Tulane has so many extracurricular distractions - particularly for the kids with money.

For a lot of families, a well-endowed private school will be cheaper than a state university. Some state universities cost $40,000, all-in, for in-state students.

Tulane and BU will probably beat that net price for most families earning under $120,000, and they’ll probably be a lot cheaper for great students with household income under $75,000.

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Anonymous wrote:Well shit. BU handed AOC a degree in international politics, after which she spouted off about "the Israeli occupation of Palestine" and then admitted she didn't know jack about geopolitics. So I'd go with Tulane.

Why AOC worked as a waitress when she has a degree from BU?

Why wouldn’t she?

Because you do not need to go to college if you will work as a waitress.

She worked as a waitress to help her mom financially after her dad died. She's a terrible person

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Anonymous wrote:Well shit. BU handed AOC a degree in international politics, after which she spouted off about "the Israeli occupation of Palestine" and then admitted she didn't know jack about geopolitics. So I'd go with Tulane.

Why AOC worked as a waitress when she has a degree from BU?

Why wouldn’t she?

Because you do not need to go to college if you will work as a waitress.

She worked as a waitress to help her mom financially after her dad died. She's a terrible person

It’s interesting how people treat college educated people in the service industry.

I worked for my family in catering when somebody called in sick even though I was an engineer. I’d run into people and they acted so weird that I worked in service. There are many reasons a college educated person would choose to work as a waitress or bartender.

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Anonymous wrote:Well shit. BU handed AOC a degree in international politics, after which she spouted off about "the Israeli occupation of Palestine" and then admitted she didn't know jack about geopolitics. So I'd go with Tulane.

AOC derangement syndrome! The reason a no-name first term rep became one of the most well known members of the house with ridiculously strong fundraising ability She thanks you and your ilk for always throwing her know out there.

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Anonymous wrote:Well shit. BU handed AOC a degree in international politics, after which she spouted off about "the Israeli occupation of Palestine" and then admitted she didn't know jack about geopolitics. So I'd go with Tulane.

Why AOC worked as a waitress when she has a degree from BU?

Why wouldn’t she?

Because you do not need to go to college if you will work as a waitress.

She worked as a waitress to help her mom financially after her dad died. She's a terrible person

It’s interesting how people treat college educated people in the service industry.

I worked for my family in catering when somebody called in sick even though I was an engineer. I’d run into people and they acted so weird that I worked in service. There are many reasons a college educated person would choose to work as a waitress or bartender.

The part that's baffling is that the people trashing her for working as a lowly waitress are the ones also railing against the "Washington elite."

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They also trash her because she’s not very smart

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You know, as opposed to former wraslin’ coach abuse denier Jim Jordan or full-on nutters Louie Gohmert, Marjorie Taylor Greene or Lauren Bobert. You win!

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Anonymous wrote:They also trash her because she’s not very smart

AOC won 2nd place in her category in the Intel International Science Fair. You or your kid do that?
She double majored at BU and graduated Cum Laude. She had the drive to run for the US Congress. You or your kid do that?

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Anonymous wrote:They also trash her because she’s not very smart

Saying that over and over won't make it true. I'll take her over someone who thinks injecting people with bleach is a good idea. I don't agree with a lot of her policies, but she does her research and presents her case well. Many people don't agree with Warren either, that doesn't mean she isn't smart.

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Anonymous wrote:They also trash her because she’s not very smart

AOC won 2nd place in her category in the Intel International Science Fair. You or your kid do that?
She double majored at BU and graduated Cum Laude. She had the drive to run for the US Congress. You or your kid do that?

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Newt Gingrich is a Tulane alumni but we're not going to bash the school just because of that are we?