Tulane

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Why is Tulane so popular?

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It is a great school, has great alumni and the football is growing. Also nice weather.

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It’s an easy admit if you apply ED. So tons of wealthy kids who are mediocre students apply early and are done. Kids are drawn to the party atmosphere and parents like that the school has a national name.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s an easy admit if you apply ED. So tons of wealthy kids who are mediocre students apply early and are done. Kids are drawn to the party atmosphere and parents like that the school has a national name.

Define mediocre students. Genuinely curious if my kid has a shot.

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My DC’s college counselor calls Tulane a “Goldilocks” college - not too big and not too small. It is one of a handful of schools that has what a lot of kids want these days: mid-size (7,000 kids); in an urban area with lots of restaurants, music, festivals, parks, water, etc.; great weather; friendly and happy student body. It is R1 research university with tons of opportunities for research. I think some people picture the school in the middle of Bourbon Street or something. It is down by Audubon Park, Magazine Street, etc. If your DC is interested, go visit. It is a lovely place and my kid has gotten a great education. Not a “medicore” student, nor are their friends.

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Anonymous wrote:It is a great school, has great alumni and the football is growing. Also nice weather.

That could be hundreds of schools.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s an easy admit if you apply ED. So tons of wealthy kids who are mediocre students apply early and are done. Kids are drawn to the party atmosphere and parents like that the school has a national name.

Define mediocre students. Genuinely curious if my kid has a shot.

Class of 2027 profile of enrolled students

Average (recalculated & unweighted) GPA: 3.7
Average SAT: 1448
Average ACT: 33

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We know a kid accepted from DMV private with a 3.0 and not stellar test scores. Maybe things have improved somewhat but in general they aren’t getting the cream of the crop, esp boys.

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I understand the appeal (fun city, great weather from Oct-Apr…you avoid the summer muck, etc), but while most people have heard of Tulane I don’t think it has a huge national reach.

Kids I know from the DMV struggled to get internships in the DMV. Both finally stayed in Houston and NO for an internship.

I think any kid going to Tulane should plan to live in that region of the country to start their career. That should be fine for most kids…it should be part of the reason for attending.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC’s college counselor calls Tulane a “Goldilocks” college - not too big and not too small. It is one of a handful of schools that has what a lot of kids want these days: mid-size (7,000 kids); in an urban area with lots of restaurants, music, festivals, parks, water, etc.; great weather; friendly and happy student body. It is R1 research university with tons of opportunities for research. I think some people picture the school in the middle of Bourbon Street or something. It is down by Audubon Park, Magazine Street, etc. If your DC is interested, go visit. It is a lovely place and my kid has gotten a great education. Not a “medicore” student, nor are their friends.

This. My DS initially really wanted a Goldilocks school but refused to ED. He ended up deferred and WL at every mid-sized private he applied to so he’s at a large state school. My only hiccup with Tulane was their gender split, it’s very girl heavy.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s an easy admit if you apply ED. So tons of wealthy kids who are mediocre students apply early and are done. Kids are drawn to the party atmosphere and parents like that the school has a national name.

This was not true this year for girls.

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70% acceptance rate (in that range) for early decision. That makes it very very popular.

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Anonymous wrote:I understand the appeal (fun city, great weather from Oct-Apr…you avoid the summer muck, etc), but while most people have heard of Tulane I don’t think it has a huge national reach.

Kids I know from the DMV struggled to get internships in the DMV. Both finally stayed in Houston and NO for an internship.

I think any kid going to Tulane should plan to live in that region of the country to start their career. That should be fine for most kids…it should be part of the reason for attending.

Not our experience. DD got a summer internship in the DMV last year with a Fortune 100 company. Granted she submitted a fair amount of applications, and experienced rejections, but that's how competitive summer internships work.

She got it with no connections - just going through the regular channels and getting through the HireVue. She did do a lot of prep for her interviews, both through the career center and on her own, so that likely helped.

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Anonymous wrote:I understand the appeal (fun city, great weather from Oct-Apr…you avoid the summer muck, etc), but while most people have heard of Tulane I don’t think it has a huge national reach.

Kids I know from the DMV struggled to get internships in the DMV. Both finally stayed in Houston and NO for an internship.

I think any kid going to Tulane should plan to live in that region of the country to start their career. That should be fine for most kids…it should be part of the reason for attending.

I agree that a lot of business kids from Tulane end up in Houston, but you need to realize that a ton of Tulane kids are from Texas or the South and NYC or Chicago isn’t really the goal. However, my DC is at Tulane and had no problem getting an internship in NYC this summer and is planning to live with a few other Tulane friends that also have internships in NYC. Also, tons of Tulane grads that are from the NE live and work in NYC.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand the appeal (fun city, great weather from Oct-Apr…you avoid the summer muck, etc), but while most people have heard of Tulane I don’t think it has a huge national reach.

Kids I know from the DMV struggled to get internships in the DMV. Both finally stayed in Houston and NO for an internship.

I think any kid going to Tulane should plan to live in that region of the country to start their career. That should be fine for most kids…it should be part of the reason for attending.

Not our experience. DD got a summer internship in the DMV last year with a Fortune 100 company. Granted she submitted a fair amount of applications, and experienced rejections, but that's how competitive summer internships work.

She got it with no connections - just going through the regular channels and getting through the HireVue. She did do a lot of prep for her interviews, both through the career center and on her own, so that likely helped.

Are you claiming it would have been no different if interviewing with Houston, NO or companies in that region in general?

Sounds like your kid went through a ton of work to get 1 internship…and yes Fortune 100 companies are taking from 100+ universities.

Just trying to understand if you agree or disagree your kid would have had more options (Fortune 100, startups, boutique firms, etc) if stayed in that area.