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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BU, by far. Knew many kids at Tulane. Drunken, Southern frat hell. None of the students particularly distinguished [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.

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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.[/quote]

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

+100. The setting is no small matter. [/quote]
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.[/quote]

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

That is so unbelievably sad. [/quote]

It was. Just tragic. Great kid, whole life ahead of him, serious but manageable condition. I’d known him literally my whole life.   But his parents never said No, because he had so many other health related restrictions. They seemed to be making it up by not setting limits.

Hard to be mad at the parents, who are still friends with mine. Terrible judgement, but God knows they paid for it. So, I guess I direct anger at Tulane. Maybe not fair, since they don’t hide what they are.

But still, lots of parents send kids with strong family history of substance abuse or health problems or kids who they know were going beyond experimenting a bit with alcohol in HS  and were already significant drinkers.  I get it’s your kid, your call. But, I’ve seen what can happen, so I disagree with it for a subset of kids. A college’s atmosphere matters. Some kids can drink like fish in college and have fun and be fine. And some kids can’t. And parents should really consider their kid’s medical and family history and personality and any problems in HS before sending a kid to Tulane. It’s just next level alcohol use.  If you have a diabetic, a kid with a strong family history of substance abuse, who is already demonstrating signs of problems with alcohol— WHY?[/quote]

That's just awful. But I echo that sentiment about environment being important. I had same experience with friends at Tulane. I'm sure it's great for some kids but if you even think that your child might be a heavy drinker or partier, it's really not the town for DC. Program could be fantastic but NOLA is not. It just isn't for a certain type of kid. [/quote]

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