Is Tulane even that good?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised DCUM types like Tulane as much as they do. I’m not usually one to call a place a crime haven but New Orleans…

Tulane's campus isn't exactly adjacent to Bourbon St.

It's way up St Charles next to Audubon Park in a neighborhood of mansions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised DCUM types like Tulane as much as they do. I’m not usually one to call a place a crime haven but New Orleans…

Tulane's campus isn't exactly adjacent to Bourbon St.

It's way up St Charles next to Audubon Park in a neighborhood of mansions.

Sure and uchicago isn’t in O-block, but everyone here talks about it like there’s daily shootings on campus.

[Anonymous]

We've had 3 Tulane grads as research assistants in my office in recent years, and all 3 have been super.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate it when people post AI generated things. Like the PP's post demonstrates, AI generated text is often riddled with errors and sloppy logical fallacies, inconsistencies, etc. So lazy and dumb.

Ai messages have strong grammar often. That’s the point of AI.
You seem to overrate your own writing ability.

You seem to have misunderstood the point. AI writing can have "perfect" (boring and predictable) word choice, grammar, etc. and still be logically fallacious and incorrect.

Example: Founded in 2019, Tulane University is an institution of higher education located in the U.S. state of Florida. This necessarily means Tulane University is located in Miami-Dade County.

Grammatically correct yet logically fallacious and totally incorrect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a fantastic school and has a very strong network. And New Orleans is magical place to spend 4 years.

Not everyone has to go to Harvard. Not everyone can go to Harvard.

The people on DCUM typing away against Tulane with this "No not impressive" stuff are pounding away at their keyboard in their dingy pajamas as the 32 yr old DS who lives in their basement makes attempt no 3 at GMU.

This is the fallacy of the excluded middle. There's a lot of schools that aren't Harvard or Tulane. Most of them, I would rather send my kid to than Tulane. Overpriced finishing school for party kids. At least he'd learn something at George Mason.

I did a prof degree at Tulane and a grad degree at George Mason. Your assessment is way off.

This is clearly some parent whose kid couldn't get into any school better than George Mason or a peer institution. Disregard the crazies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Nola for a bachelor party last year and saw tons of Tulane kids out at the bars and music venues. You’re paying a lot of money to Tulane only for your kids to hang out in those grungy establishments.

Ngl, Nola is dumpy. Tulane feels like one of those places where wealthy private school kids go so they can avoid their state school.

Yea because the basement of a frat house with rapey elitist white males is so much better.

Ignorance + extreme inclination toward judgement is an ugly combination. I bet you make these kinds of biased judgements about everyone but are smart enough to keep them quiet with regard to other groups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I suggest you get off your computer and actually visit the school. It is an amazing place filled with smart, engaged and, yes, social kids. It is a great fit for many kids. It is a serious academic school with so many research opportunities. New Orleans is a unique place and many have a visceral negative reaction to the entire vibe. But if you visit and love it, it is hard to imagine a better place to spend 4 years.

This ^^.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a fantastic school and has a very strong network. And New Orleans is magical place to spend 4 years.

Not everyone has to go to Harvard. Not everyone can go to Harvard.

The people on DCUM typing away against Tulane with this "No not impressive" stuff are pounding away at their keyboard in their dingy pajamas as the 32 yr old DS who lives in their basement makes attempt no 3 at GMU.

This is the fallacy of the excluded middle. There's a lot of schools that aren't Harvard or Tulane. Most of them, I would rather send my kid to than Tulane. Overpriced finishing school for party kids. At least he'd learn something at George Mason.

oof

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just visited Tulane this year and it checks a lot of boxes. It is a medium-size school, in/near a city, pretty campus, undergrad teaching focus, and has on-campus housing. The weather is also warm (we are in the northeast coast and warm is appealing) and looks to have a friendly student body. It also offers good merit for strong students. Every school can be a party-school. Its price point is similar to many privates. My kid applied EA this year and was accepted with good merit. It is still on the list...

I never understand the people who mindlessly promote the weather in New Orleans, Texas, Atlanta, Arizona, Houston (all locations of oft-discussed schools). Do you even know what you're talking about, as you type from Bergen County or Stamford?

New Orleans weather isn't "warm" (except in February). It's balls hot and the sticky AF. It's swamplike, truly. And because it's belowish sea level, New Orleans flat out stinks between May and Thanksgiving.

This is not a reason to take Tulane, Rice, SMU, ASU, Baylor etc off your list. They all have their merits.

But for the love of godd, please stop and think before you type that 104 degrees for days on end is "warm, good" weather (Dallas, Austin, Tempe). Or that 87% humidity is "warm." No, it's a fetid swamp.

I think it is you who are typing from Bergen County or Stamford ...

I went to law school at Tulane. It was "warm" there. It does get cold enough for a coat for a month or two in winter, and it is sticky hot in the summer. But for students concerned with weather who want something "warm" as opposed to what they'd get at -- I don't know? Middlebury? U of M? Or even here in the DMV? -- it's warm at Tulane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a fantastic school and has a very strong network. And New Orleans is magical place to spend 4 years.

Not everyone has to go to Harvard. Not everyone can go to Harvard.

The people on DCUM typing away against Tulane with this "No not impressive" stuff are pounding away at their keyboard in their dingy pajamas as the 32 yr old DS who lives in their basement makes attempt no 3 at GMU.

This is the fallacy of the excluded middle. There's a lot of schools that aren't Harvard or Tulane. Most of them, I would rather send my kid to than Tulane. Overpriced finishing school for party kids. At least he'd learn something at George Mason.

DP. No connection to Tulane.
Dumbest thing I've ever read. I hate plebs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It is a top school for partying.

It also has a fantastic public health school, business school, architecture program, research opportunities, environmental science program and on and on. Stop the hate. It is a great school, with fabulous outcomes. The alumni network is great (especially in NYC, Chicago, Texas and California).

We alum always say "the cult of Tulane is strong." It's an incredible network -- especially, as pp points out, in NY, Chicago, Texas and CA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just visited Tulane this year and it checks a lot of boxes. It is a medium-size school, in/near a city, pretty campus, undergrad teaching focus, and has on-campus housing. The weather is also warm (we are in the northeast coast and warm is appealing) and looks to have a friendly student body. It also offers good merit for strong students. Every school can be a party-school. Its price point is similar to many privates. My kid applied EA this year and was accepted with good merit. It is still on the list...

I never understand the people who mindlessly promote the weather in New Orleans, Texas, Atlanta, Arizona, Houston (all locations of oft-discussed schools). Do you even know what you're talking about, as you type from Bergen County or Stamford?

New Orleans weather isn't "warm" (except in February). It's balls hot and the sticky AF. It's swamplike, truly. And because it's belowish sea level, New Orleans flat out stinks between May and Thanksgiving.

This is not a reason to take Tulane, Rice, SMU, ASU, Baylor etc off your list. They all have their merits.

But for the love of godd, please stop and think before you type that 104 degrees for days on end is "warm, good" weather (Dallas, Austin, Tempe). Or that 87% humidity is "warm." No, it's a fetid swamp.

I think it is you who are typing from Bergen County or Stamford ...

I went to law school at Tulane. It was "warm" there. It does get cold enough for a coat for a month or two in winter, and it is sticky hot in the summer. But for students concerned with weather who want something "warm" as opposed to what they'd get at -- I don't know? Middlebury? U of M? Or even here in the DMV? -- it's warm at Tulane.

Some say there’s this mythical land known as the “west coast,” it’s a Dwarvinian village never seen by human folk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a fantastic school and has a very strong network. And New Orleans is magical place to spend 4 years.

Not everyone has to go to Harvard. Not everyone can go to Harvard.

The people on DCUM typing away against Tulane with this "No not impressive" stuff are pounding away at their keyboard in their dingy pajamas as the 32 yr old DS who lives in their basement makes attempt no 3 at GMU.

This is the fallacy of the excluded middle. There's a lot of schools that aren't Harvard or Tulane. Most of them, I would rather send my kid to than Tulane. Overpriced finishing school for party kids. At least he'd learn something at George Mason.

I did a prof degree at Tulane and a grad degree at George Mason. Your assessment is way off.

This is clearly some parent whose kid couldn't get into any school better than George Mason or a peer institution. Disregard the crazies.

It is a crime put George Mason in the same sentence as Tulane….give me a break

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a fantastic school and has a very strong network. And New Orleans is magical place to spend 4 years.

Not everyone has to go to Harvard. Not everyone can go to Harvard.

The people on DCUM typing away against Tulane with this "No not impressive" stuff are pounding away at their keyboard in their dingy pajamas as the 32 yr old DS who lives in their basement makes attempt no 3 at GMU.

This is the fallacy of the excluded middle. There's a lot of schools that aren't Harvard or Tulane. Most of them, I would rather send my kid to than Tulane. Overpriced finishing school for party kids. At least he'd learn something at George Mason.

I did a prof degree at Tulane and a grad degree at George Mason. Your assessment is way off.

This is clearly some parent whose kid couldn't get into any school better than George Mason or a peer institution. Disregard the crazies.

It is a crime put George Mason in the same sentence as Tulane….give me a break

Exactly. No comparison to be made.

[Anonymous]

Tulane has an incredible Network in NYC, West Coast and Texas. Less than 12% of kids are from Louisiana. Very few stay there to work, which is their network in those 3 markets (NYC, LA and NYC) is very strong.