Which is more prestigious: BU or Tulane

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You're doing this all wrong. I assure you there are successful graduates from both schools, just as there are successful graduates from much lesser known schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Neither are particularly prestigious so just choose the one you'd be happier at.

This. If you are seeking prestige, this is not the list to be working from.

These are schools that people have heard of, and many have an opinion on (good or bad), but "prestige" doesn't really factor into those opinions.

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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.

Was this before Hurricane Katrina? Not a knock. Just curious

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BU has serious grade deflation... something to consider.

BU is in Boston and brutally windy (it’s not much colder than DC but the wind) ... but saying Boston is not fun, hmmm, BU might not be a fun school but the area is very fun/interesting.

Boston has a ton of college students so you won’t just be socializing with just BU students.

I’d flip a coin.

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Tulane for sure. Boston has too many other to colleges for anyone to consider BU as prestigious.

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane for sure. Boston has too many other to colleges for anyone to consider BU as prestigious.

They do have a chip on their shoulder being across the “pond” from Harvard and MIT.

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Anonymous wrote:BU has serious grade deflation... something to consider.

BU is in Boston and brutally windy (it’s not much colder than DC but the wind) ... but saying Boston is not fun, hmmm, BU might not be a fun school but the area is very fun/interesting.

Boston has a ton of college students so you won’t just be socializing with just BU students.

I’d flip a coin.

Boston is not much colder than DC? Have you ever lived in Boston?

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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.

Was this before Hurricane Katrina? Not a knock. Just curious

Yes it was. What is the difference?

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I'd say they're at very similar levels.

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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.

6th

Two of those schools could possibly be 1 and 2 in the world, so the competition really begins at 3.

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Anonymous wrote:BU, by far. Knew many kids at Tulane. Drunken, Southern frat hell. None of the students particularly distinguished

Oh please do tell us how you came to know “many” kids at Tulane and how you came to this conclusion about a school you’ve most likely never seen.

What? I'm from Texas. Many of my friends and classmates from my small private school went to Tulane. I went to UT and visited Tulane many times (best friend went there) to visit on weekends and some holidays. I met many of the kids there and had known a good handful from school. I even toured the campus during my tours. And yes, my original statement still stands. Going to undergrad in NOLA takes a special kind of kid. It takes party school to a different level, and I say that having done undergrad in ATX.

My friends at BU had a completely different experience.

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Anonymous wrote:BU, by far. Knew many kids at Tulane. Drunken, Southern frat hell. None of the students particularly distinguished

Oh please do tell us how you came to know “many” kids at Tulane and how you came to this conclusion about a school you’ve most likely never seen.

What? I'm from Texas. Many of my friends and classmates from my small private school went to Tulane. I went to UT and visited Tulane many times (best friend went there) to visit on weekends and some holidays. I met many of the kids there and had known a good handful from school. I even toured the campus during my tours. And yes, my original statement still stands. Going to undergrad in NOLA takes a special kind of kid. It takes party school to a different level, and I say that having done undergrad in ATX.

My friends at BU had a completely different experience.

Thanks. Your experience from 1975 is interesting, but hardly relevant now. Unlike you, I actually know several students there now - they all love it and I would not describe any of them as partiers.

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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.

6th

How 6th? I can only find 4 schools more prestigious in Boston: Harvard, MIT, Tufts, BC. What's the additional school above BU?

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Anonymous wrote:BU, by far. Knew many kids at Tulane. Drunken, Southern frat hell. None of the students particularly distinguished

Oh please do tell us how you came to know “many” kids at Tulane and how you came to this conclusion about a school you’ve most likely never seen.

What? I'm from Texas. Many of my friends and classmates from my small private school went to Tulane. I went to UT and visited Tulane many times (best friend went there) to visit on weekends and some holidays. I met many of the kids there and had known a good handful from school. I even toured the campus during my tours. And yes, my original statement still stands. Going to undergrad in NOLA takes a special kind of kid. It takes party school to a different level, and I say that having done undergrad in ATX.

My friends at BU had a completely different experience.

Thanks. Your experience from 1975 is interesting, but hardly relevant now. Unlike you, I actually know several students there now - they all love it and I would not describe any of them as partiers.

Again, your assumptions are still off. I'm not that old but I do grant you that I sound distinguished - particularly by comparison. I know kids there then and now - both from undergrad and law school. Can you believe it? I've known kids from there for a long period of time. Crazy given that I lived in Houston so long which is only hours from NOLA. Why is this so hard to grasp?

My original statement still stands. I wouldn't send my kids to Tulane given the amount of time that I've spent there. I would send my kids to BU. You, however, can do you - as the young people say.

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Anonymous wrote:BU, by far. Knew many kids at Tulane. Drunken, Southern frat hell. None of the students particularly distinguished

Oh please do tell us how you came to know “many” kids at Tulane and how you came to this conclusion about a school you’ve most likely never seen.

What? I'm from Texas. Many of my friends and classmates from my small private school went to Tulane. I went to UT and visited Tulane many times (best friend went there) to visit on weekends and some holidays. I met many of the kids there and had known a good handful from school. I even toured the campus during my tours. And yes, my original statement still stands. Going to undergrad in NOLA takes a special kind of kid. It takes party school to a different level, and I say that having done undergrad in ATX.

My friends at BU had a completely different experience.

Thanks. Your experience from 1975 is interesting, but hardly relevant now. Unlike you, I actually know several students there now - they all love it and I would not describe any of them as partiers.

Again, your assumptions are still off. I'm not that old but I do grant you that I sound distinguished - particularly by comparison. I know kids there then and now - both from undergrad and law school. Can you believe it? I've known kids from there for a long period of time. Crazy given that I lived in Houston so long which is only hours from NOLA. Why is this so hard to grasp?

My original statement still stands. I wouldn't send my kids to Tulane given the amount of time that I've spent there. I would send my kids to BU. You, however, can do you - as the young people say.

NP - I visited NOLA twice, and I would never send my kid to college there. Ever.