Which is more prestigious: BU or Tulane

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Anonymous wrote:Which school is more prestigious and has better job outlook? Boston U or Tulane?

BU is the fifth most prestigious school in Boston.

Name the four more prestigious schools. Keep in mind that Boston and Cambridge are two different places.

This information is too outdated.

Boston University now has no significant difference from Boston College or Tufts. It's seen as depending on the children's preferences.
I've even heard counselors call them the 'Boston triplets'.

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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.

I think the only valid reason to be in a thread like this is for the abstract joy of ranking universities. It's about on the same level of taping numbers to some ants and racing the ants.

It's an embarrassing, useless hobby, but at least it doesn't cause cancer or do much to increase global warming.

+1000. It's peak DCUM.

[Anonymous]

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 is creating policy while you and I are hanging out on DCUM.

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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?

Meanwhile Lauren Boobert did not graduate high school, now her and her family are racking up the mugshots for lewd public conduct, public fighting, petty theft.

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Anonymous wrote:Which school is more prestigious and has better job outlook? Boston U or Tulane?

I think that students should usually pick schools based on things like net cost, student satisfaction ratings, and grad school and employment outcomes data, not prestige.

But Boston University is tied with Northeastern for being the fourth most prestigious school in Boston.

Aside from Emory and, very arguably, the University of Miami and the University of Florida, Tulane is the most prestigious school in the entire Southeastern region. Tulane is much more important to the Southeast than BU is to New England.

Tulane is also in what is really a more interesting, more cosmopolitan city.

So, in my opinion, Tulane seems as if it’s more genuinely prestigious.

For purposes of choosing an underground graduate school: Strong, streetwise students who can drink without becoming alcoholics and have a chance to go to Tulane, and who would pay about the same amount for both schools, should choose Tulane over BU for most majors, because Tulane is a fine school in an amazing, fragile place. Go to New Orleans while it exists.

Other students who would pay about the same amount should usually pick BU, because they’re less likely to be killed by a cop or a criminal at BU, and
they’re much less likely to be evacuated due to a hurricane.

Vanderbilt?! UNC, W&L, Wake, Rice (unless you view Houston as Southwest or Texas as another country).

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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.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

+1

If you describe Tulane as non-descript you have zero credibility.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure but I would rather go to Tulane.

Why?

Didn't go to BU. Went to another Boston school. BU always seemed dreary. No fun. Kids I knew that went there were . . . fine.

Nothing exceptional or interesting.

Tulane is a place to have fun. Every Tulane grad I have met is interesting. Could be a small sample but that is my view.

Tulane degree will get you just about anywhere a BU degree will. So have some fun and be interesting.

I too went to a Boston-area school & pitied the BU students walking up & down Commonwealth Ave, with the ugliest collection of buildings on both sides of the street.

At most colleges you want to soak up the energy & breathe in the atmosphere. When you’re at BU you feel like doing whatever you can to protect yourself from the collective angst.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

+1

How simplistic. You're completely ignoring that there are hundreds of variables involved in selecting a college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure but I would rather go to Tulane.

Why?

Didn't go to BU. Went to another Boston school. BU always seemed dreary. No fun. Kids I knew that went there were . . . fine.

Nothing exceptional or interesting.

Tulane is a place to have fun. Every Tulane grad I have met is interesting. Could be a small sample but that is my view.

Tulane degree will get you just about anywhere a BU degree will. So have some fun and be interesting.

I too went to a Boston-area school & pitied the BU students walking up & down Commonwealth Ave, with the ugliest collection of buildings on both sides of the street.

At most colleges you want to soak up the energy & breathe in the atmosphere. When you’re at BU you feel like doing whatever you can to protect yourself from the collective angst.

Not everyone lives there, so visitors can be captivated by the emotions felt in the moment. From what I saw, I was fascinated by the lively streets and the students' atmosphere. Since everyone's experience is different, it seems impossible to generalize.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure but I would rather go to Tulane.

Why?

Didn't go to BU. Went to another Boston school. BU always seemed dreary. No fun. Kids I knew that went there were . . . fine.

Nothing exceptional or interesting.

Tulane is a place to have fun. Every Tulane grad I have met is interesting. Could be a small sample but that is my view.

Tulane degree will get you just about anywhere a BU degree will. So have some fun and be interesting.

I too went to a Boston-area school & pitied the BU students walking up & down Commonwealth Ave, with the ugliest collection of buildings on both sides of the street.

At most colleges you want to soak up the energy & breathe in the atmosphere. When you’re at BU you feel like doing whatever you can to protect yourself from the collective angst.

Wow. Can't wait to visit.

[Anonymous]

Tulane.

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This is like what is more prestigious: a Honda Accord or a Toyota Camry?

[Anonymous]

Tulane

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

+1

If you describe Tulane as non-descript you have zero credibility.

+1,000,000
Tulane is anything but "non-descript," lol. I went there for law school -- it is an incredibly vibrant, unique and challenging place. The campus alone is inspiring.