Tulane vs Bucknell

[Anonymous]

Is there a clear better choice for a student wanting to study business?

[Anonymous]

I think Tulane is a better school academically and will have stronger peers.

[Anonymous]

New Orleans vs. BFE. Choice seems pretty damn clear to me.

[Anonymous]

Geographically they are night and day so before I focused on the academic side, I would make sure the student was well aware of the locations. Their experiences will be completely different at each one.

[Anonymous]

Education-wise no, but Tulane has better name recognition nationally. If the goal is to be in NYC, I’d vote Bucknell- all other times, Tulane.

[Anonymous]

Nyc - bucknell

Nationally - Tulane

Jewish or minority - Tulane

Gentile white - bucknell

[Anonymous]

Bucknell

[Anonymous]

PP, why do you think Bucknell is a clear choice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nyc - bucknell

Nationally - Tulane

Jewish or minority - Tulane

Gentile white - bucknell

Agreed.

[Anonymous]

Bucknell punches well above its weight placing in finance. Rivals lower tier ivies and Rice, Vanderbilt, Gtown, and ND specifically placing in NYC. Extremely enthusiastic and committed alumni base willing to help

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell punches well above its weight placing in finance. Rivals lower tier ivies and Rice, Vanderbilt, Gtown, and ND specifically placing in NYC. Extremely enthusiastic and committed alumni base willing to help

Yep

Good looking student body also esp the athletes

[Anonymous]

Tulane had robust alumni network in NE/ NYC/ Cali. Exmissions to internships and grad schools also v good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell punches well above its weight placing in finance. Rivals lower tier ivies and Rice, Vanderbilt, Gtown, and ND specifically placing in NYC. Extremely enthusiastic and committed alumni base willing to help

Honestly, I'm speechless. Several popular kids who are in the bottom fifth of my DC's Big 3 hope to go there. It's a very preppy school filled with extremely attractive upper middle class kids but to put it in the same sentence as Rice, Vanderbilt, Gtown is insane. it's basically an extension of a waspy boarding school - the equivilent of what Dennison and Trinity were back in the 90s, neither which for whatever reason continued on the trajectory. No one outside of Bucknell is talking about the impact of the grads in NYC (outside of getting into WASPY clubs).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell punches well above its weight placing in finance. Rivals lower tier ivies and Rice, Vanderbilt, Gtown, and ND specifically placing in NYC. Extremely enthusiastic and committed alumni base willing to help

Honestly, I'm speechless. Several popular kids who are in the bottom fifth of my DC's Big 3 hope to go there. It's a very preppy school filled with extremely attractive upper middle class kids but to put it in the same sentence as Rice, Vanderbilt, Gtown is insane. it's basically an extension of a waspy boarding school - the equivilent of what Dennison and Trinity were back in the 90s, neither which for whatever reason continued on the trajectory. No one outside of Bucknell is talking about the impact of the grads in NYC (outside of getting into WASPY clubs).

You are really rude, and your post is probably identifying and assuming so is extremely insensitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell punches well above its weight placing in finance. Rivals lower tier ivies and Rice, Vanderbilt, Gtown, and ND specifically placing in NYC. Extremely enthusiastic and committed alumni base willing to help

Honestly, I'm speechless. Several popular kids who are in the bottom fifth of my DC's Big 3 hope to go there. It's a very preppy school filled with extremely attractive upper middle class kids but to put it in the same sentence as Rice, Vanderbilt, Gtown is insane. it's basically an extension of a waspy boarding school - the equivilent of what Dennison and Trinity were back in the 90s, neither which for whatever reason continued on the trajectory. No one outside of Bucknell is talking about the impact of the grads in NYC (outside of getting into WASPY clubs).

The ironic thing is from my public hs in central pa, the few kid(s) who consistently go to bucknell are usually east or south Asian unhooked high scoring pre-meds from well off parents who don’t want to go to a large state university but dont get into t20s

Bucknell, lehigh and Rochester are the three that these type of smart but basic Asian kids apply (and get into).

And they end up going and liking it.

So while your idea of bucjnell is kinda true there is also a whole other side to it.