UGA vs. Tulane for Business

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love NOLA and Tulane is a great school but I think UGA is the winner here, mostly because of $$, but also bc Athens seems like nice college town that is safer/has a lot less crime than N.O., and because at a larger school it seems there are more varied opportunities both academically and socially.

Oh and also because you don't really have to worry about hurricanes in Athens

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One thing that hasn’t been mentioned is school size. Where would your DC prefer? UGA sounds like a great place but it’s big, I think you take buses to get around etc.very different type of school.

They said, your kid sounds very social and it might not make sense to pay that much more for Tulane. You can save the money for grad school or gift them a down payment.

The rankings seem all over the place. I would tend to defer to poets and quants but I’m no expert. I don’t think I’d focus on Tulane “dropping” in rankings. That’s just a function of the weird us news changing of the inputs in a way that really elevated large state flagships.

To be fair state flagships are more popular than ever. Especially elite flagships like UGA.

[Anonymous]

I'm biased because I went to law school at Tulane, but I'll chime in here that it was the best 3 years of my life. Tulane students are happy, New Orleans is an incredible place to be for a few years, and the social opportunities are great. As far as networking goes -- as my friends and I always put it: The Cult of Tulane is Strong.

There has been some chatter on here about Tulane being "mostly rich kids." I think that is pretty accurate. Rich kids from the south, and rich kids from the Eastern Seaboard with a large portion of those kids coming from NY. I did not grow up rich, and after my 1L year I asked my boyfriend to buy me some diamond earrings because all of the other female students were wearing them. But still -- like I said -- best 3 years of my life.

[Anonymous]

OP here - DC committed to Tulane and very excited! I have heard nothing but positive things about Tulane from current students, families, and alumni.

Loved UGA and Terry, checked a lot of boxes, but had a lot of concerns about having to apply for Terry sophomore year and no guarantees of getting into top major, or even getting into Terry at all. From reading a lot of posts from students it sounded like those who were accepted to Terry but didn't get into the most competitive majors ended up in Econ as the default, my DC is 100% NOT an Econ major. This was the dealbreaker.

Didn't really find a good backup major in another college at UGA in the event of a Terry rejection sophomore year, so we sadly eliminated it. Just didn't feel comfortable leaving the major to chance and felt the guaranteed acceptance to Freeman closed the deal for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tulane is twice as expensive. The male female ratio is very skewed.

The settings are very different. Is there a preference?

Tulane is falling in overall rankings. UGA is rising.

Yeah but those rankings are skewed because Tulane tends to be white and wealthy and those rankings are based on that in large part.

Tulane connections and network are great. I would go to Tulane. No I did not go there but have family that did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - DC committed to Tulane and very excited! I have heard nothing but positive things about Tulane from current students, families, and alumni.

Loved UGA and Terry, checked a lot of boxes, but had a lot of concerns about having to apply for Terry sophomore year and no guarantees of getting into top major, or even getting into Terry at all. From reading a lot of posts from students it sounded like those who were accepted to Terry but didn't get into the most competitive majors ended up in Econ as the default, my DC is 100% NOT an Econ major. This was the dealbreaker.

Didn't really find a good backup major in another college at UGA in the event of a Terry rejection sophomore year, so we sadly eliminated it. Just didn't feel comfortable leaving the major to chance and felt the guaranteed acceptance to Freeman closed the deal for us.

Congrats OP! My DD is a rising senior. Her housemate is in the Freeman B school and really likes it. The kids all seem to have good internship opportunities. Nola is a great town and DD is really enjoying her time at Tulane. Hope your DD does as well!

[Anonymous]

Where else was DD a direct admit?