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.

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.

It’s not at all what you said. People can prefer Tulane over VT for its size and others prefer NYU/BU over UVA/VT for its urban campus or a host of other reasons.

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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.

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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And when your homesick freshman is panicking in October of first year because there is already pressure to find a group house off campus for sophomore year, and your kid doesn’t have any close friends yet. That’s a good time for all.

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I thought it was more of a favorite among students rather than parents.

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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.

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

That’s exactly what I said.

It’s not at all what you said. People can prefer Tulane over VT for its size and others prefer NYU/BU over UVA/VT for its urban campus or a host of other reasons.

Your reading skills aren’t very good, so we’ll just leave this one here.

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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.

Post of the year!!!

despite the sarcasm of this wonderfully written post, I bet that deep inside, this is at least part of of the reason some of these elitist private schools get a ton of applicants from well to do families…

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Anonymous wrote:Campus is pretty run down and then there are just some weird things like the math department is not part of liberal arts but rather engineering.

When did you last visit? There’s tons of new construction, especially new dorms. Campus is nice and lush, especially in the spring.

Not sure about math, but others have mentioned flexibility to pursue majors in different schools. A student could decide for example to pursue both a BS in business and a BA in a liberal arts major.

Visited spring of 2024 and visited Syracuse a week later and it was so much nicer! Yes, lots of construction and tent classrooms etc. also, that very strange arrangement where math is not in liberal arts, where it is at literally every other school, makes it tricky to double major in math and say finance

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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

True. I had never heard of Wake and thought Northeastern was a joke until moving to the DMV.

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Anonymous wrote:Hurricane season will be such fun for them,

And Vanderbilt/Nashville has tornados. Many cities have challenges ranging from weather to crime to housing, etc. At least hurricanes are predictable and you can make a plan to be safe. We have many family friends with Tulane graduates, and they all had great experiences and job outcomes. I don't know if it's the school, the food, the weather...but kids at Tulane are happy. Full stop. And I say this with a bit of envy since my kid is at a competitive and intense work hard/play hard school.

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Not worth the money

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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?

Yes, really. This shows you know nothing about the school. Civic engagement and community service is a huge part of the core curriculum and vibe of Tulane.

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Anonymous wrote:Hurricane season will be such fun for them,

And Vanderbilt/Nashville has tornados. Many cities have challenges ranging from weather to crime to housing, etc. At least hurricanes are predictable and you can make a plan to be safe. We have many family friends with Tulane graduates, and they all had great experiences and job outcomes. I don't know if it's the school, the food, the weather...but kids at Tulane are happy. Full stop. And I say this with a bit of envy since my kid is at a competitive and intense work hard/play hard school.

The food in Nola is amazing. Even the Humble Bagel is da bomb.

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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?

Yes, really. This shows you know nothing about the school. Civic engagement and community service is a huge part of the core curriculum and vibe of Tulane.

+100.

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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.

Tulane is ranked 63. It is a pretty good school.

It is also a manageable size. Not every kid wants to go to a huge school.

This! I really think the “just go to state school” crowd forgets that not everyone enjoys that environment. I would’ve, personally, traded my time at UMich with a more supportive, small environment.

My kid is at Tulane. Did not get into our in state school (UVA), so we are shamed for choosing Tulane? Why do you people care? It is a fabulous school. Yes, so are lots of other schools. You do what is good for your family and try not to judge others so much.

Not shaming. Just generally curious what changed about it.

Also, would a Catholic school kid fit in? In my time, my Jewish HS friends were the ones who liked Tulane.

Very big and active Catholic community at Tulane. Also, New Orleans is a predominately Catholic city.

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Anonymous wrote:Not worth the money

*because we don't have $350k set aside for this.

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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

True. I had never heard of Wake and thought Northeastern was a joke until moving to the DMV.

The Wake one is weird because they play ACC sports.