Tulane or Wake Forest?

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane has a large population of Northeastern students, while Wake is more of a regional school. In terms of networks in NYC, Tulane is probably better.

The better question though is, why either? Expensive Southern private schools that aren't all that academically rigorous nor well recognized.

That really is the question. What are you trying to accomplish by going to either one?

When I hear Tulane, I assume a partier. When I hear Wake Forest, I assume redneck (maybe a cleaned up redneck with money, but still a redneck).

Not that rankings are everything, but WF is in the upper 20s. I've never spent much time in the South and happen to know some extremely intelligent people who attended Wake. Rednecks? Hardly.

PPs are nuts. Wake Forest hovers right around UNC and UVA in rankings. Tulane is right there with W&M and Boston University. These are both wonderful universities that are very difficult to get into and filled with hard working, high achieving kids.

I'm not the PP's, but you are just selling the schools for little reason.

Rankings of private and liberal-arts focused schools tend to be inflated in the USNews ranking while public schools are deflated. This is because private schools tend to have much larger endowments which is included in the financial metrics tracked by USNews, while public schools have annual funding from the state which is not tracked.

Regardless, if someone is going to UVA or W&M, you know they are doing so because these are good options for the in-state tuition they offer. I would have the same questions to someone applying to UVA & W&M exclusively but was from say, New York or Massachusetts.

The point is, neither school is more impressive or provide a better academic setting than the in-state options in VA & MD, while being very expensive and being even more South.

For the love of Pete (1) can you knock it off about schools in the South - maybe some kids want to have a non-SJW/actual academic experience in a temperate climate; and (2) OP never said anything about applying to state schools in the DMV or anywhere else. Maybe her kid actually wants to go to Wake or Tulane, and *gasp* not UVA. The world does not evolve around you, or the DMV.

It's a sign of intelligence to write off a substantial portion of the country.

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Anonymous wrote:If your DC wants to work in NY, which would you choose.

Wake Forest. Definitely.

Not sure about working in NYC but definitely Wake if DS wants to be on Bachelor series.

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Wake has an outstanding academic environment and many students go on to work in NYC. It is definitely not a redneck school but rather many students are from affluent families. It is a select school with many students from the top 20% of the population. If you don’t like to work hard then this is not the place for you as the school is known as “Work Forest”. The ranking of Wake and Tulane is similar. Many of the students in our private that go to Wake would also be accepted to Tulane and vice versa. And finally to the prior post, at least the current Bachelor is a man of substance. This speaks well for the values of Wake Forest for the people that truly know the school. Good luck with your decision.

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Tulane Alum here- I wouldn't change the 4 extraordinary years in NOLA for anything. You only go to college once, why not go to an interesting place?

And it is not all partying. The city is beautiful, the music is great, and the school is a solid school.

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Anonymous wrote:If your DC wants to work in NY, which would you choose.

Wake Forest. Definitely.

Not sure about working in NYC but definitely Wake if DS wants to be on Bachelor series.

LOL so true

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Anonymous wrote:If your DC wants to work in NY, which would you choose.

Wake Forest. Definitely.

Not sure about working in NYC but definitely Wake if DS wants to be on Bachelor series.

LOL so true

Wouldn't mind my DD bringing home Matt or Tyler, that's for sure!!!

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Anonymous wrote:If your DC wants to work in NY, which would you choose.

Wake Forest. Definitely.

Not sure about working in NYC but definitely Wake if DS wants to be on Bachelor series.

LOL so true

Wouldn't mind my DD bringing home Matt or Tyler, that's for sure!!!

Okay dad.

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I know there is a sizable Jewish population at Tulane. What about at Wake? Would a Jewish person feel comfortable?

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane is much better recognized.

By nobody on this planet.

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Anonymous wrote:I know there is a sizable Jewish population at Tulane. What about at Wake? Would a Jewish person feel comfortable?

With what?

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane is much better recognized.

By nobody on this planet.

I’m so glad that, even with your knowledge and ability to have surveyed everyone on the planet about whether they recognize the name Tulane (or not), you still have taken time out of what must be your very busy schedule to post here for us plebes on DCUM. Thank you for the edification.

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Anonymous wrote:I know there is a sizable Jewish population at Tulane. What about at Wake? Would a Jewish person feel comfortable?

Its so-so private in Confederate country, what do you think?

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Ironically, I met several Jewish students from NY. Just remember that decades ago it was Baptist.

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Anonymous wrote:I know there is a sizable Jewish population at Tulane. What about at Wake? Would a Jewish person feel comfortable?

Its so-so private in Confederate country, what do you think?

Yea, research triangle area of NC is Confederate country. Go educate yourself granny.

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Guess your child didn’t get in. Not so easy but great to criticize. Grow up.