Which is more prestigious: BU or Tulane

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Anonymous wrote:Which school is more prestigious and has better job outlook? Boston U or Tulane?

I think that students should usually pick schools based on things like net cost, student satisfaction ratings, and grad school and employment outcomes data, not prestige.

But Boston University is tied with Northeastern for being the fourth most prestigious school in Boston.

Aside from Emory and, very arguably, the University of Miami and the University of Florida, Tulane is the most prestigious school in the entire Southeastern region. Tulane is much more important to the Southeast than BU is to New England.

Tulane is also in what is really a more interesting, more cosmopolitan city.

So, in my opinion, Tulane seems as if it’s more genuinely prestigious.

For purposes of choosing an underground graduate school: Strong, streetwise students who can drink without becoming alcoholics and have a chance to go to Tulane, and who would pay about the same amount for both schools, should choose Tulane over BU for most majors, because Tulane is a fine school in an amazing, fragile place. Go to New Orleans while it exists.

Other students who would pay about the same amount should usually pick BU, because they’re less likely to be killed by a cop or a criminal at BU, and
they’re much less likely to be evacuated due to a hurricane.

Ummmmm..., Duke, Vanderbilt, UNC, Washington and Lee, Davidson, even Wake Forest are better schools than Tulane that are in the South. Not just Emory

And UVA

Also, University of Florida is not prestigious.

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Anonymous wrote:Which school is more prestigious and has better job outlook? Boston U or Tulane?

I think that students should usually pick schools based on things like net cost, student satisfaction ratings, and grad school and employment outcomes data, not prestige.

But Boston University is tied with Northeastern for being the fourth most prestigious school in Boston.

Aside from Emory and, very arguably, the University of Miami and the University of Florida, Tulane is the most prestigious school in the entire Southeastern region. Tulane is much more important to the Southeast than BU is to New England.

Tulane is also in what is really a more interesting, more cosmopolitan city.

So, in my opinion, Tulane seems as if it’s more genuinely prestigious.

For purposes of choosing an underground graduate school: Strong, streetwise students who can drink without becoming alcoholics and have a chance to go to Tulane, and who would pay about the same amount for both schools, should choose Tulane over BU for most majors, because Tulane is a fine school in an amazing, fragile place. Go to New Orleans while it exists.

Other students who would pay about the same amount should usually pick BU, because they’re less likely to be killed by a cop or a criminal at BU, and
they’re much less likely to be evacuated due to a hurricane.

Ummmmm..., Duke, Vanderbilt, UNC, Washington and Lee, Davidson, even Wake Forest are better schools than Tulane that are in the South. Not just Emory

You’re responding to me here. I was thinking of a region that includes Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, and maybe Arkansas and Kentucky. Duke and Vanderbilt are both clearly more prestigious than Tulane. I’m not sure about the other North Carolina schools you list really are. If Wake Forest is, maybe The Citadel and Sewanee are. But I see a lot of Tulane professors on TV, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Citadel or Sewanee professor on TV.

The only BU faculty member I’ve ever seen on TV is Isaac Asimov.

So, at a prestige parlor game level, I think Tulane beats places like Sewanee.

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Anonymous wrote:BU, by far. Knew many kids at Tulane. Drunken, Southern frat hell. None of the students particularly distinguished

Oh please do tell us how you came to know “many” kids at Tulane and how you came to this conclusion about a school you’ve most likely never seen.

What? I'm from Texas. Many of my friends and classmates from my small private school went to Tulane. I went to UT and visited Tulane many times (best friend went there) to visit on weekends and some holidays. I met many of the kids there and had known a good handful from school. I even toured the campus during my tours. And yes, my original statement still stands. Going to undergrad in NOLA takes a special kind of kid. It takes party school to a different level, and I say that having done undergrad in ATX.

My friends at BU had a completely different experience.

Kinkaid?

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Their major probably makes a difference

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Anonymous wrote:The answer to your question, as demonstrated by the responses in this thread, is that it depends on where you want to live.

Many in the Northeast would consider BU superior because they know it better and have a bias towards Northeastern schools.

If you want to be in the South, they are likely to look on Tulane more favorably.

BU is a major research institution with outstanding professors teaching undergraduates and graduate students.
Boston is a fantastic city, perhaps second only to New York. Boston is too good to pass up. new orleans ???? Forget it in terms of academics if you are comparing to Boston.

BU is next to many othert very fine universities and colleges.

If sticker price is not a question, I would take BU any day between the two.

I am from Boston and grew up knowing wuite well the universities and colleges in our wonderful city.

Can you really even compare the wto cities and states ( no offense )? Massachusetts and Boston are world leaders in education. Internships much better, too.

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Why not go to a good state or in-state university ?

I would not wish to go to either place, and certainly NOT pay the sticker price. Ridiculous fees for these non-descript places when there are very good state schools to attned.

Forget about either of them if a good state school is an option.

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Anonymous wrote:BU, by far. Knew many kids at Tulane. Drunken, Southern frat hell. None of the students particularly distinguished

Oh please do tell us how you came to know “many” kids at Tulane and how you came to this conclusion about a school you’ve most likely never seen.

What? I'm from Texas. Many of my friends and classmates from my small private school went to Tulane. I went to UT and visited Tulane many times (best friend went there) to visit on weekends and some holidays. I met many of the kids there and had known a good handful from school. I even toured the campus during my tours. And yes, my original statement still stands. Going to undergrad in NOLA takes a special kind of kid. It takes party school to a different level, and I say that having done undergrad in ATX.

My friends at BU had a completely different experience.

Kinkaid?

So close. WE did play Kinkaid in sports all the time. So same small private school circle. They're all the same at the end of the day - Kinkaid, SJS, Hockaday, EHS, SMH, St. Stephen's, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not go to a good state or in-state university ?

I would not wish to go to either place, and certainly NOT pay the sticker price. Ridiculous fees for these non-descript places when there are very good state schools to attned.

Forget about either of them if a good state school is an option.

Tulane is hardly non-descript. Perhaps you need to get out more. My DC would have loved to attend our state school, UVA, but was rejected outright. W&M does not appeal at all. I am not willing to send my kid to VT or JMU just to save money when Tulane is a top 40 school. But I understand not everyone has the means to send their kid to private, OOS schools. We are lucky that we don’t have financial constraints around where we send our kids to college.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not go to a good state or in-state university ?

I would not wish to go to either place, and certainly NOT pay the sticker price. Ridiculous fees for these non-descript places when there are very good state schools to attned.

Forget about either of them if a good state school is an option.

Tulane is hardly non-descript. Perhaps you need to get out more. My DC would have loved to attend our state school, UVA, but was rejected outright. W&M does not appeal at all. I am not willing to send my kid to VT or JMU just to save money when Tulane is a top 40 school. But I understand not everyone has the means to send their kid to private, OOS schools. We are lucky that we don’t have financial constraints around where we send our kids to college.

If you can pay the fees, send your kid to BU for all the reasons listed above. Tulane has so many extracurricular distractions - particularly for the kids with money.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not go to a good state or in-state university ?

I would not wish to go to either place, and certainly NOT pay the sticker price. Ridiculous fees for these non-descript places when there are very good state schools to attned.

Forget about either of them if a good state school is an option.

Tulane is hardly non-descript. Perhaps you need to get out more. My DC would have loved to attend our state school, UVA, but was rejected outright. W&M does not appeal at all. I am not willing to send my kid to VT or JMU just to save money when Tulane is a top 40 school. But I understand not everyone has the means to send their kid to private, OOS schools. We are lucky that we don’t have financial constraints around where we send our kids to college.

If you can pay the fees, send your kid to BU for all the reasons listed above. Tulane has so many extracurricular distractions - particularly for the kids with money.

I posted this. BU isn’t an option. My DC hated the sprawling, urban BU campus and didn’t apply.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not go to a good state or in-state university ?

I would not wish to go to either place, and certainly NOT pay the sticker price. Ridiculous fees for these non-descript places when there are very good state schools to attned.

Forget about either of them if a good state school is an option.

Tulane is hardly non-descript. Perhaps you need to get out more. My DC would have loved to attend our state school, UVA, but was rejected outright. W&M does not appeal at all. I am not willing to send my kid to VT or JMU just to save money when Tulane is a top 40 school. But I understand not everyone has the means to send their kid to private, OOS schools. We are lucky that we don’t have financial constraints around where we send our kids to college.

If you can pay the fees, send your kid to BU for all the reasons listed above. Tulane has so many extracurricular distractions - particularly for the kids with money.

I posted this. BU isn’t an option. My DC hated the sprawling, urban BU campus and didn’t apply.

Sorry, thought you were OP.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not go to a good state or in-state university ?

I would not wish to go to either place, and certainly NOT pay the sticker price. Ridiculous fees for these non-descript places when there are very good state schools to attned.

Forget about either of them if a good state school is an option.

Tulane is hardly non-descript. Perhaps you need to get out more. My DC would have loved to attend our state school, UVA, but was rejected outright. W&M does not appeal at all. I am not willing to send my kid to VT or JMU just to save money when Tulane is a top 40 school. But I understand not everyone has the means to send their kid to private, OOS schools. We are lucky that we don’t have financial constraints around where we send our kids to college.

What was wrong with w&m?

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Anonymous wrote:Why not go to a good state or in-state university ?

I would not wish to go to either place, and certainly NOT pay the sticker price. Ridiculous fees for these non-descript places when there are very good state schools to attned.

Forget about either of them if a good state school is an option.

I think the only valid reason to be in a thread like this is for the abstract joy of ranking universities. It's about on the same level of taping numbers to some ants and racing the ants.

It's an embarrassing, useless hobby, but at least it doesn't cause cancer or do much to increase global warming.

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These schools are so different. If you want Cold and Big City and no campus, BU. If you want Sunshine, traditional campus and more of a college feel and a fun, welcoming town, Tulane. I know of kids that have loved and transferred from both schools - so make it about fit, not prestige.

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Anonymous wrote:BU, by far. Knew many kids at Tulane. Drunken, Southern frat hell. None of the students particularly distinguished

Oh please do tell us how you came to know “many” kids at Tulane and how you came to this conclusion about a school you’ve most likely never seen.

What? I'm from Texas. Many of my friends and classmates from my small private school went to Tulane. I went to UT and visited Tulane many times (best friend went there) to visit on weekends and some holidays. I met many of the kids there and had known a good handful from school. I even toured the campus during my tours. And yes, my original statement still stands. Going to undergrad in NOLA takes a special kind of kid. It takes party school to a different level, and I say that having done undergrad in ATX.

My friends at BU had a completely different experience.

Thanks. Your experience from 1975 is interesting, but hardly relevant now. Unlike you, I actually know several students there now - they all love it and I would not describe any of them as partiers.

Again, your assumptions are still off. I'm not that old but I do grant you that I sound distinguished - particularly by comparison. I know kids there then and now - both from undergrad and law school. Can you believe it? I've known kids from there for a long period of time. Crazy given that I lived in Houston so long which is only hours from NOLA. Why is this so hard to grasp?

My original statement still stands. I wouldn't send my kids to Tulane given the amount of time that I've spent there. I would send my kids to BU. You, however, can do you - as the young people say.

NP - I visited NOLA twice, and I would never send my kid to college there. Ever.

+100. The setting is no small matter.

I know a handful of kids who went there, and yeah, it took them ....awhile....to "unlearn" the habits they picked up on while at Tulane.

I had a friend who was Type diabetic and went. IDK what his parents were thinking. He died his first semester. So, no.