Thoughts on Tulane?

[Anonymous]

Who thrives here?

Pros?
Cons?

[Anonymous]

Drinking/partying kid
Or
Jewish from Long Island

Pre Med or pre-law
White
Affluent

[Anonymous]

No. I get that admissions are hard these days, but DCUMmers are asking about a lot of schools without academic distinction lately. Unless you're talking about really mediocre students, in which case it kind of doesn't matter, avoid these uncompetitive schools.

[Anonymous]

Jewish

[Anonymous]

^. Wow. Who peed in your cheerios? “Really mediocre students?” Avoid this “Uncompetitive school” without any “academic distinction”?

What do you actually know about Tulane, first hand? Or from a primary source?

[Anonymous]

Admissions is hard and smart families have a wide range of schools on their lists.

According to the most recent common data set, the SAT range was 1400-1500 so I would not use the words uncompetitive and mediocre students when describing Tulane students.

For the OP, general view is that you have to apply ED to have a shot to get in. They do play the yield game so regular decision is extraordinarily difficult.

[Anonymous]

Lots of attrition after freshman year. New Orleans is a hard place to be for a newly independent 18 year old. It's also quite dangerous and I wouldn't send my kid there right now.

-tulane grad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of attrition after freshman year. New Orleans is a hard place to be for a newly independent 18 year old. It's also quite dangerous and I wouldn't send my kid there right now.

-tulane grad

Attrition? Really? How much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of attrition after freshman year. New Orleans is a hard place to be for a newly independent 18 year old. It's also quite dangerous and I wouldn't send my kid there right now.

-tulane grad

Stop making shit up. 93 percent of Tulane students return for sophomore year.

https://oair.tulane.edu/data-profiles/student-achievement

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Admissions is hard and smart families have a wide range of schools on their lists.

According to the most recent common data set, the SAT range was 1400-1500 so I would not use the words uncompetitive and mediocre students when describing Tulane students.

For the OP, general view is that you have to apply ED to have a shot to get in. They do play the yield game so regular decision is extraordinarily difficult.

+2 For the class of 2027, average SAT was 1448 and ACT score was 32. Hardly mediocre. Welcome to 2023.

[Anonymous]

PP is ridiculous. “Mediocre”and “without academic distinction”? Tulane is a ranked in the top 50 by USNWR (it usually hovers between 38-45). It is a wonderful school filled with very engaged, friendly and smart kids. The students have a happy vibe that you can feel when you walk around campus. Tulane really is a unique place and you should have your student visit to see if they like it. Tulane puts a lot of emphasis in the admissions process on students that are committed to service and bettering their community. The students are very engaged in service throughout New Orleans. I have a DC at Tulane and one at another slightly higher ranked school, so I am talking from direct experience.

[Anonymous]

Tulane is great. I went to law school there and wouldn't trade my experience for a T14 and a million dollars. The campus is beautiful and historic. There is no city like New Orleans. Even the food on campus is amazing -- I remember wandering into the student center my first week for some food and the soup of the day was a homemade shrimp bisque. The school attracts a lot of people who have the grades/scores/experience to go Ivy but are attracted to New Orleans. Like a PP said, there is a happy vibe on campus. I loved my experience there and would highly recommend that people consider Tulane Law. YMMV a bit with undergrad, but again -- it's a happy place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. I get that admissions are hard these days, but DCUMmers are asking about a lot of schools without academic distinction lately. Unless you're talking about really mediocre students, in which case it kind of doesn't matter, avoid these uncompetitive schools.

You are hilarious. The admission rate is 9.6%. If you think that is mediocre then OMG your poor kid. I feel so bad for the pressure they are under.

But maybe you're a troll. Sorry, hard to tell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. I get that admissions are hard these days, but DCUMmers are asking about a lot of schools without academic distinction lately. Unless you're talking about really mediocre students, in which case it kind of doesn't matter, avoid these uncompetitive schools.

You are hilarious. The admission rate is 9.6%. If you think that is mediocre then OMG your poor kid. I feel so bad for the pressure they are under.

But maybe you're a troll. Sorry, hard to tell.

I think they are a troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tulane is great. I went to law school there and wouldn't trade my experience for a T14 and a million dollars. The campus is beautiful and historic. There is no city like New Orleans. Even the food on campus is amazing -- I remember wandering into the student center my first week for some food and the soup of the day was a homemade shrimp bisque. The school attracts a lot of people who have the grades/scores/experience to go Ivy but are attracted to New Orleans. Like a PP said, there is a happy vibe on campus. I loved my experience there and would highly recommend that people consider Tulane Law. YMMV a bit with undergrad, but again -- it's a happy place.

How far is the campus from the sketchy parts of the city?

How are the winters there?