Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Transformed from a safety to a first choice school virtually overnight.

Like Chicago and Wash U, Tulane started to give out lots of merit money and got a huge boost in selectivity and yield.

True. Also aggressively trying to attract full pay students from the area private schools, who may be B students, but are bright and have deep family pockets.

I don't think so. We live in one of the wealthiest towns in the country and my daughter received a mailing today from Tulane that says she has received priority consideration which among other things means she will get automatic consideration for merit aid and a waived application fee. She has no interest in the school but I'll assume she got the mail piece because of her high ACT score. Poor targeting.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Transformed from a safety to a first choice school virtually overnight.

Like Chicago and Wash U, Tulane started to give out lots of merit money and got a huge boost in selectivity and yield.

True. Also aggressively trying to attract full pay students from the area private schools, who may be B students, but are bright and have deep family pockets.

Anonymous wrote:Really? According to Naviance, it's 63% white/Caucasian. Seems pretty diverse compared to a lot of other places.

DC looked at it and was admitted with merit aid. It was more diverse than many of the other schools DC looked at and it is also draws students from nearly everywhere. Other schools, even more highly ranked schools, draw primarily from one or two geographic areas. Tulane pulls kids from all over the United States because of the New Orleans location.

I was surprised to see Tulane had a 27% population of jewish students.......it ranked 15th on that metric by Hillel.

Really? According to Naviance, it's 63% white/Caucasian. Seems pretty diverse compared to a lot of other places.

Not a lot of diversity.

Anonymous wrote:Transformed from a safety to a first choice school virtually overnight.

Like Chicago and Wash U, Tulane started to give out lots of merit money and got a huge boost in selectivity and yield.

Transformed from a safety to a first choice school virtually overnight.

Pitt is a great school in a cool city. Have u visited?

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Anonymous wrote:My DD was accepted to Tulane, Penn State, Pitt and is waiting to hear from Bucknell. Which would you choose?

bucknell

Bucknell is for squares.

Anonymous wrote:My DD was accepted to Tulane, Penn State, Pitt and is waiting to hear from Bucknell. Which would you choose?

bucknell

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Anonymous wrote: Does anyone have any insight/comments about the "party school" reputation? Outdated?

Every school is a party school if that is what you are looking for and every school has pockets of kids who don't want to party.

It's more about the city. Most people do not understand New Orleans- Mardi Gras, St Patrick's day, Halloween, jazz fess...city's unofficial motto Laissez les bons temps rouler. There is a permissive culture with regards to drinking and partying.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone is calling Penn State "pedophile U" now, so I wouldnt want that on my resume.

Not everyone.

Asshole.

Most people are...funny Penn State and and asshole guess they go together
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Anonymous wrote:Everyone is calling Penn State "pedophile U" now, so I wouldnt want that on my resume.

Not everyone.

Asshole.

Everyone is calling Penn State "pedophile U" now, so I wouldnt want that on my resume.