No flames please but why is Tulane such a popular school among parents? I can see why kids like it - Nola and all- but

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Anonymous wrote:Because private school parents need schools that seem appealing/impressive to other private school parents. Several schools have carved out that space by being “rich kid” schools. Tulane, Wake, Northeastern, etc. Look at their Pell grant numbers, they have some of the lowest percentages of any national university.

Because private school parents understand how much better small class sizes and individualized attention can make an educational experience. I’d send my kid to a mid size private over any flagship. You are free to have your own opinions and act accordingly.

Because private school parents are ignorant about how common these things are at large universities too, especially once you get past intro classes. Schools like Tulane are their safety blanket though.

lol, no, have fun with two years of TAs teaching classes, 300 kid plus lectures, and three kids stuffed into a double. And forget about getting a decent advisor. Maybe ten percent of kids at a flagship, the most motivated, get a respectable education.

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Anonymous wrote:Because private school parents need schools that seem appealing/impressive to other private school parents. Several schools have carved out that space by being “rich kid” schools. Tulane, Wake, Northeastern, etc. Look at their Pell grant numbers, they have some of the lowest percentages of any national university.

This. It is so odd how private school parents think sometimes. They would rather shell out a shit ton of money to have their kids attend second tier private schools over much better state flagships. You see it a lot. And it makes no sense. I guess you can’t buy brains.

And which state flagship would you suggest my DC DC target?

What are their stats?

A UC
UVA
UMD
W&M
UNC
USC Business especially
UGA
U FL
Michigan

Right, instead of sending your kid to UFL where they don’t even have dorms for all the freshman and a decent percentage of classes will be taught online because they can’t physically fit all the kids in the classroom.

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Anonymous wrote:Because private school parents need schools that seem appealing/impressive to other private school parents. Several schools have carved out that space by being “rich kid” schools. Tulane, Wake, Northeastern, etc. Look at their Pell grant numbers, they have some of the lowest percentages of any national university.

This. It is so odd how private school parents think sometimes. They would rather shell out a shit ton of money to have their kids attend second tier private schools over much better state flagships. You see it a lot. And it makes no sense. I guess you can’t buy brains.

It is rather quaint that one must belabor the obvious, but allow me to elucidate. The notion of my progeny, raised amidst the cultivated environs of a top-tier enclave and polished by the rigors of private education, commingling with the plebeian masses spawned by your pedestrian public schooling is, frankly, inconceivable. Naturally, I should prefer their milieu to reflect the exclusivity and refinement befitting their upbringing, qualities endemic to esteemed private institutions, however "second-tier" the uninitiated might crudely label them.

As for the trifling matter of tuition, those paltry sums of $30,000 or $50,000, pray, do you genuinely presume such figures give one of my standing pause? A vulgar fixation on fiscal minutiae is the hallmark of lesser strata, for those of us accustomed to investing in legacy rather than ledger books, it is merely the cost of preserving distinction.

Let us not feign egalitarian delusions. Excellence thrives in curated ecosystems, not in the cacophony of the common herd.

Lol. Quality post.

+1. This wins the thread.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because private school parents need schools that seem appealing/impressive to other private school parents. Several schools have carved out that space by being “rich kid” schools. Tulane, Wake, Northeastern, etc. Look at their Pell grant numbers, they have some of the lowest percentages of any national university.

Because private school parents understand how much better small class sizes and individualized attention can make an educational experience. I’d send my kid to a mid size private over any flagship. You are free to have your own opinions and act accordingly.

Because private school parents are ignorant about how common these things are at large universities too, especially once you get past intro classes. Schools like Tulane are their safety blanket though.

lol, no, have fun with two years of TAs teaching classes, 300 kid plus lectures, and three kids stuffed into a double. And forget about getting a decent advisor. Maybe ten percent of kids at a flagship, the most motivated, get a respectable education.

Lol thanks for demonstrating the ignorance I mentioned. You make it easy.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve never thought of it as a particularly serious school (I’m from the south originally).

What changed?

My dc is interested in it but I worry he wouldn’t fit in. He’s not a partier, and he will be coming from a small catholic school. (We are not from DMV fwiw).

Honestly I only hear about Tulane on DCUM. Must be a McLean/Potomac/NW DC thing.

+1. Before my kids hit high school age, the only person I knew who attended was a childhood friend. Who died of alcohol poisoning his freshman year. So I have a pretty negative reaction (but realize rationally that’s the extreme).

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Anonymous wrote:There is a lot to like in Tulane’s flexible curriculum, emphasis on service, decent D1 sports, vibrant social scene, small classes taught by profs, and Goldilocks student body size.

Emphasis on service? Really?

Absolutely. They will 100% serve your 18 year old at the Wednesday night pre-pre party.

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No prestige

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because private school parents need schools that seem appealing/impressive to other private school parents. Several schools have carved out that space by being “rich kid” schools. Tulane, Wake, Northeastern, etc. Look at their Pell grant numbers, they have some of the lowest percentages of any national university.

Because private school parents understand how much better small class sizes and individualized attention can make an educational experience. I’d send my kid to a mid size private over any flagship. You are free to have your own opinions and act accordingly.

Because private school parents are ignorant about how common these things are at large universities too, especially once you get past intro classes. Schools like Tulane are their safety blanket though.

lol, no, have fun with two years of TAs teaching classes, 300 kid plus lectures, and three kids stuffed into a double. And forget about getting a decent advisor. Maybe ten percent of kids at a flagship, the most motivated, get a respectable education.

Lol thanks for demonstrating the ignorance I mentioned. You make it easy.

Not ignorance, truth. But keep your blinders on, your kid will get to take a few seminars as an upperclassman with maybe less than 50 kids, and then you can continue to pretend it’s something like going to a small to medium size private university.

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Anonymous wrote:Because private school parents need schools that seem appealing/impressive to other private school parents. Several schools have carved out that space by being “rich kid” schools. Tulane, Wake, Northeastern, etc. Look at their Pell grant numbers, they have some of the lowest percentages of any national university.

Because private school parents understand how much better small class sizes and individualized attention can make an educational experience. I’d send my kid to a mid size private over any flagship. You are free to have your own opinions and act accordingly.

Except many schools just as popular as Tulane with the private school crowd are not very small, like Northeastern, USC, NYU, BU, McGill, even Miami.

A few people care about the size, but for most that’s the ex-post rationalization of it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because private school parents need schools that seem appealing/impressive to other private school parents. Several schools have carved out that space by being “rich kid” schools. Tulane, Wake, Northeastern, etc. Look at their Pell grant numbers, they have some of the lowest percentages of any national university.

Because private school parents understand how much better small class sizes and individualized attention can make an educational experience. I’d send my kid to a mid size private over any flagship. You are free to have your own opinions and act accordingly.

Because private school parents are ignorant about how common these things are at large universities too, especially once you get past intro classes. Schools like Tulane are their safety blanket though.

lol, no, have fun with two years of TAs teaching classes, 300 kid plus lectures, and three kids stuffed into a double. And forget about getting a decent advisor. Maybe ten percent of kids at a flagship, the most motivated, get a respectable education.

Weird. You preach small classes and act like the choice is Michigan or Tulane. Like SLACs don’t exist.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a lot to like in Tulane’s flexible curriculum, emphasis on service, decent D1 sports, vibrant social scene, small classes taught by profs, and Goldilocks student body size.

Emphasis on service? Really?

Absolutely. They will 100% serve your 18 year old at the Wednesday night pre-pre party.

But the kids absolutely aren’t partying at the state flagship your kids attend, please.

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Anonymous wrote:I always thought Tulane was a perfectly respectable school. Never heard anyone trash it until moving to the DMV.

+1 it has name recognition (ie ppl have heard of it) more so than a lot of "peer" schools in terms of admissions or rankings

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because private school parents need schools that seem appealing/impressive to other private school parents. Several schools have carved out that space by being “rich kid” schools. Tulane, Wake, Northeastern, etc. Look at their Pell grant numbers, they have some of the lowest percentages of any national university.

Because private school parents understand how much better small class sizes and individualized attention can make an educational experience. I’d send my kid to a mid size private over any flagship. You are free to have your own opinions and act accordingly.

Because private school parents are ignorant about how common these things are at large universities too, especially once you get past intro classes. Schools like Tulane are their safety blanket though.

lol, no, have fun with two years of TAs teaching classes, 300 kid plus lectures, and three kids stuffed into a double. And forget about getting a decent advisor. Maybe ten percent of kids at a flagship, the most motivated, get a respectable education.

Weird. You preach small classes and act like the choice is Michigan or Tulane. Like SLACs don’t exist.

Because the poster I was responding didn't mention slacs. That’s usually how it works.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because private school parents need schools that seem appealing/impressive to other private school parents. Several schools have carved out that space by being “rich kid” schools. Tulane, Wake, Northeastern, etc. Look at their Pell grant numbers, they have some of the lowest percentages of any national university.

Because private school parents understand how much better small class sizes and individualized attention can make an educational experience. I’d send my kid to a mid size private over any flagship. You are free to have your own opinions and act accordingly.

Except many schools just as popular as Tulane with the private school crowd are not very small, like Northeastern, USC, NYU, BU, McGill, even Miami.

A few people care about the size, but for most that’s the ex-post rationalization of it.

Don’t be daft. People are not choosing NYU and BU for small size.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because private school parents need schools that seem appealing/impressive to other private school parents. Several schools have carved out that space by being “rich kid” schools. Tulane, Wake, Northeastern, etc. Look at their Pell grant numbers, they have some of the lowest percentages of any national university.

Because private school parents understand how much better small class sizes and individualized attention can make an educational experience. I’d send my kid to a mid size private over any flagship. You are free to have your own opinions and act accordingly.

Except many schools just as popular as Tulane with the private school crowd are not very small, like Northeastern, USC, NYU, BU, McGill, even Miami.

A few people care about the size, but for most that’s the ex-post rationalization of it.

Don’t be daft. People are not choosing NYU and BU for small size.

That’s exactly what I said.