Tulane

[Anonymous]

I went to law school there. Best three years of my life.

Full of students smart enough to attend an Ivy who would rather enjoy amazing food, Mardi Gras parades, and fun in the Quarter. We had a blast and my class became very close even though Tulane is a very big law school. The network is really helpful. As we all tend to say -- The Cult of Tulane is Strong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SMH. Some bitter people on here live to throw some shade on kids' colleges.

I don't have skin in the game or a student at Tulane but to just completely denigrate a school and all of the students in it as being "mediocre", "drunk", "not the cream of the crop", "drawn to the party atmosphere" (anecdotally that is definitely not what I've seen as being the primary driver), "The early decision acceptance rate at Tulane University is 68%... Those who have few other good options will latch on to Tulane for this reason only."

The parental judgment and shade on here is petty and gross. And boldly inaccurate on top of it. No wonder our kids are miserable.

Our DD attends Tulane and her experience is nothing like the haters describe. She and her friends are driven, accomplished achievers. She has loved her experience in her classes, sorority and the Nola community. It seems Tulane is doing something right because she's upbeat, engaged and content.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I understand the appeal (fun city, great weather from Oct-Apr…you avoid the summer muck, etc), but while most people have heard of Tulane I don’t think it has a huge national reach.

Kids I know from the DMV struggled to get internships in the DMV. Both finally stayed in Houston and NO for an internship.

I think any kid going to Tulane should plan to live in that region of the country to start their career. That should be fine for most kids…it should be part of the reason for attending.

Fun city. Have you visited New Orleans in the last year? Anything but fun. Scary is more like it.

I bet you are from Potomac or McLean or some such Basic place and check to make sure your car doors are locked if you have to drive through downtown DC because it is sooo scary. OMG, look -- homeless people! So many POC. OMG. Lock the doors. Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand the appeal (fun city, great weather from Oct-Apr…you avoid the summer muck, etc), but while most people have heard of Tulane I don’t think it has a huge national reach.

Kids I know from the DMV struggled to get internships in the DMV. Both finally stayed in Houston and NO for an internship.

I think any kid going to Tulane should plan to live in that region of the country to start their career. That should be fine for most kids…it should be part of the reason for attending.

Fun city. Have you visited New Orleans in the last year? Anything but fun. Scary is more like it.

I bet you are from Potomac or McLean or some such Basic place and check to make sure your car doors are locked if you have to drive through downtown DC because it is sooo scary. OMG, look -- homeless people! So many POC. OMG. Lock the doors. Lol.

Also Tulane is in the Garden District, like 20 min from the French Quarter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand the appeal (fun city, great weather from Oct-Apr…you avoid the summer muck, etc), but while most people have heard of Tulane I don’t think it has a huge national reach.

Kids I know from the DMV struggled to get internships in the DMV. Both finally stayed in Houston and NO for an internship.

I think any kid going to Tulane should plan to live in that region of the country to start their career. That should be fine for most kids…it should be part of the reason for attending.

Fun city. Have you visited New Orleans in the last year? Anything but fun. Scary is more like it.

I bet you are from Potomac or McLean or some such Basic place and check to make sure your car doors are locked if you have to drive through downtown DC because it is sooo scary. OMG, look -- homeless people! So many POC. OMG. Lock the doors. Lol.

Actually, no, not from the DMV area. Have family that lives in New Orleans and grew up there. They are even discussing leaving. If you call, unconscious men, naked from the waist down line in doorways, OK, or unconscious women, dressed in rags, laying in the middle of the sidewalk in the French quarter OK, or drug deals in plain sight during the day near Jackson Square or getting harassed, walking down the street for being a female OK, then New Orleans is for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand the appeal (fun city, great weather from Oct-Apr…you avoid the summer muck, etc), but while most people have heard of Tulane I don’t think it has a huge national reach.

Kids I know from the DMV struggled to get internships in the DMV. Both finally stayed in Houston and NO for an internship.

I think any kid going to Tulane should plan to live in that region of the country to start their career. That should be fine for most kids…it should be part of the reason for attending.

Fun city. Have you visited New Orleans in the last year? Anything but fun. Scary is more like it.

I bet you are from Potomac or McLean or some such Basic place and check to make sure your car doors are locked if you have to drive through downtown DC because it is sooo scary. OMG, look -- homeless people! So many POC. OMG. Lock the doors. Lol.

Also Tulane is in the Garden District, like 20 min from the French Quarter.

Yes, but please describe the area that you have to drive through to get into the upper part of the garden district before you get to Tulane. I’ll wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SMH. Some bitter people on here live to throw some shade on kids' colleges.

This isn’t personal to you or your kid. Stop thinking that the world revolves around you. It’s just not the school that it used to be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understand the appeal (fun city, great weather from Oct-Apr…you avoid the summer muck, etc), but while most people have heard of Tulane I don’t think it has a huge national reach.

Kids I know from the DMV struggled to get internships in the DMV. Both finally stayed in Houston and NO for an internship.

I think any kid going to Tulane should plan to live in that region of the country to start their career. That should be fine for most kids…it should be part of the reason for attending.

Fun city. Have you visited New Orleans in the last year? Anything but fun. Scary is more like it.

I bet you are from Potomac or McLean or some such Basic place and check to make sure your car doors are locked if you have to drive through downtown DC because it is sooo scary. OMG, look -- homeless people! So many POC. OMG. Lock the doors. Lol.

Actually, no, not from the DMV area. Have family that lives in New Orleans and grew up there. They are even discussing leaving. If you call, unconscious men, naked from the waist down line in doorways, OK, or unconscious women, dressed in rags, laying in the middle of the sidewalk in the French quarter OK, or drug deals in plain sight during the day near Jackson Square or getting harassed, walking down the street for being a female OK, then New Orleans is for you.

This. We went to New Orleans last year and we will never go back. This isn’t the edgy slightly seedy New Orleans of the 90s. This is dangerous, blighted, very sad. Once the city council made it impossible for law-enforcement to remove incapacitated people from the streets you will be stepping over them or around them as you make your way through the French Quarter. There’s a reason why there was a recall for the mayor. The city of New Orleans is in crisis.

[Anonymous]

Tulane is not near the French Quarter. It is in a lovely area Uptown. No one is passed out or naked around there.