Tulane sees record applications

[Anonymous]

I think there is a real commitment at Tulane. The student to instructional faculty is 8 to 1, average is 12 to 1. More full time instructional faculty(61%) vs average(51%) and less teaching staff that are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty(39% vs national average 49%). This is a little more then just a marketing campaign.

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Anonymous wrote:They were e-mailing like nuts! So annoying, basically begged DD to apply, waved fees. Who wants to switch one humid area for worse humid and bla college?

My DC gave it a hard NO based on the climate alone.

LOL wow...guess your kid does not understand when the school will be in session?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there is a real commitment at Tulane. The student to instructional faculty is 8 to 1, average is 12 to 1. More full time instructional faculty(61%) vs average(51%) and less teaching staff that are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty(39% vs national average 49%). This is a little more then just a marketing campaign.

+1 Tulane has made a major investment its growth and I think it's great. One thing I also look for (not just for Tulane, but also for similarly strategizing colleges) is their financial plan for when the sheen of rapid growth wears off. It's one thing courting donors when you're making this kind of major investment. But all the things they are doing (tenure track faculty, supporting diversity, lots of merit money) are very expensive. Will they have the support to sustain/maintain the model once the initial thrill of rapid growth is gone?
Since Tulane is a R1 university, supporting more tenure track faculty will likely mean more research grants etc. so it may pay off.

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Anonymous wrote:I confused as to why we see these numbers at Tulane but not at schools like Lehigh, or other schools on that level.

It’s well known that Tulane spends huge amounts of money on merit aid.

Tulane knows exactly what they are doing. By offering large amounts of merit to the higher stat students they want to attract, they are absolutely building a better school. We also know from personal experience that they want students who have shown an interest in them and they also really like kids with a lot of community service. As other's have mentioned, lots of things changed after Katrina and they are really big on "giving back" to the community. They specifically have a service learning component that all students must fulfill to graduate. It's really not the same school that it was 10-15 years ago. And yes, kids party, but they party everywhere.

I know that they know, they offered a fantastic package to my kid last year . I am just pointing out that their merit aid packages do stand out from the rest of the “next tier” schools.

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Anonymous wrote:JMU Honors with UVA Law is a cost-effective plan and would allow me to support her in many other ways.

Why not UVA and then UVA Law?

UVA law school publishes online undergraduate institutions of the entering class. W&M and UVA are easily the two top producers in state, particularly when you adjust for institutional size.

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Anonymous wrote:JMU Honors with UVA Law is a cost-effective plan and would allow me to support her in many other ways.

Why not UVA and then UVA Law?

UVA law school publishes online undergraduate institutions of the entering class. W&M and UVA are easily the two top producers in state, particularly when you adjust for institutional size.

If you look at the last four years of admission to UVA Law, where they list top undergraduate schools for entering class, JMU only shows up one year when they had 5. UVA is top each year and had a total of 83. W&M was ranked near the top every year and had a total of 50 (keep in mind W&M is only about 6K undergraduates). VT and GMU are only listed once each, and VCU twice, but they have very low numbers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They were e-mailing like nuts! So annoying, basically begged DD to apply, waved fees. Who wants to switch one humid area for worse humid and bla college?

My DC gave it a hard NO based on the climate alone.

LOL wow...guess your kid does not understand when the school will be in session?

DC hates heat and humidity. The high in January is 63. Much too warm for him.

He has a northern temperament, just like his mother. I would sooner die than live in the South.

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Anonymous wrote:What top college didn't see record applications this year?

I thought a lot of the Ivy schools saw decrease in applicants?

Only among UVA boosters and parents on DCUM who think that all colleges are the same

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I confused as to why we see these numbers at Tulane but not at schools like Lehigh, or other schools on that level.

City schools are in... mostly older parents prefer schools in the woods/suburbia

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:JMU Honors with UVA Law is a cost-effective plan and would allow me to support her in many other ways.

Why not UVA and then UVA Law?

UVA law school publishes online undergraduate institutions of the entering class. W&M and UVA are easily the two top producers in state, particularly when you adjust for institutional size.

If you look at the last four years of admission to UVA Law, where they list top undergraduate schools for entering class, JMU only shows up one year when they had 5. UVA is top each year and had a total of 83. W&M was ranked near the top every year and had a total of 50 (keep in mind W&M is only about 6K undergraduates). VT and GMU are only listed once each, and VCU twice, but they have very low numbers.

waiting for someone to post undergraduate schools don't matter..... even at state law school they matter

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:JMU Honors with UVA Law is a cost-effective plan and would allow me to support her in many other ways.

Why not UVA and then UVA Law?

UVA law school publishes online undergraduate institutions of the entering class. W&M and UVA are easily the two top producers in state, particularly when you adjust for institutional size.

If you look at the last four years of admission to UVA Law, where they list top undergraduate schools for entering class, JMU only shows up one year when they had 5. UVA is top each year and had a total of 83. W&M was ranked near the top every year and had a total of 50 (keep in mind W&M is only about 6K undergraduates). VT and GMU are only listed once each, and VCU twice, but they have very low numbers.

waiting for someone to post undergraduate schools don't matter..... even at state law school they matter

For top law schools (and UVA is a top law school) I think it does matter because many of the applicants have high LSATs and high GPAs. The tie breakers, then are some sort of hook or reputation of undergraduate school.

[Anonymous]

And law and business and economics and.....

[Anonymous]

medicine

[Anonymous]

Tulane is not a top school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I confused as to why we see these numbers at Tulane but not at schools like Lehigh, or other schools on that level.

Would you rather spend September through May in New Orleans, or Bethlehem, Pennsylvania?