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Anonymous wrote:I’ve always though of Tulane as the Pitt of the South— actively using early admissions policies (ED vs rolling) and to buy students with substantial merit in order to manipulate USNWR rankings.

Of course Pitt is much stronger in STEM than Tulane.

Is this post a joke? Pitt is a public school that is huge comparatively.

If you are looking at US News "manipulation" along with school size and type, Tulane would be closest to the Chicago of the South!

I group Northeastern, Tulane, and Miami together as none of them has ever been ranked higher than 30, they aggressively use early decision, no application fees, and other tricks to juke their stats. But they are also popular schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Only Duke really captures the arrogance of Hahvahd among southern schools.

And not every ivy is Harvard? Are Cornell, Emory , Vanderbilt not peer schools

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Anonymous wrote:If not Tulane, then definitely UVA. UVA is the Harvard of the South

Which makes WM the Brown of the South?

Agreed. Also, Brown is by far the most under appreciated Ivy. It has produced some of the brightest minds in the world. It has also been the go to Ivy for children of Hollywood royalty. (I know everybody says NYU is to go to for celebrities children but that’s not an Ivy)

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Anonymous wrote:What about American university instead of Tulane?

Not Ivy. Not South.

Anonymous wrote:What about American university instead of Tulane?

Anonymous wrote:I hear Bethany College is the "Ivy league of West Virginia"

Also I hear that Dillard University is the "Ivy league of New Orleans"

Geez. I guess depending on how you cut it, every college is the "Ivy league of "Some place"

Anonymous wrote:Only Duke really captures the arrogance of Hahvahd among southern schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Not my impression at all, more of a party school. Of course Ivy of the South is not a real thing but I know what it's supposed to signify and I picture Rice, Baylor, Emory, Duke, maybe Vanderbilt?

You can delete Baylor, include Vanderbilt and Tulane, and add Davidson and W&L (even though SLACs) to round it out.

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Anonymous wrote:Calling anything "ivy league" when it's not in the actual Ivy League is obnoxious - so, no.

And my kids is applying to Tulane.

Talking about schools based on sports conference in general is obnoxious. And the funniest thing is that many don't want the Ivy League schools to admit so many athletes. To a lesser extent people do it with the NESCAC too.

Many legitimately think Ivy or bust as if they are aiming for a particular low-level football conference! How many times have we heard about Duke not being an Ivy on this board?