<p>OK, so all my suggestions are food:</p>
<ol>
<li>Sno-Balls with condensed milk</li>
<li>King Cake (especially if you get the baby!)</li>
<li>Beignets and cafe’ au lait at Morning Call</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Great concert tickets at a fraction of the price of what they are elsewhere</li>
</ol>
<p>Excellent additions dfunckmom. It is less than shocking that a very high percentage of the list involves food and New Orleans related items. It is all part and parcel of the Tulane experience. I will wait to republish the list until we see what else comes along. If you don’t mind, I will slot your last one in at 36 and name both institutions.</p>
<p>Consider yours added also, Vitrac.</p>
<ol>
<li>Beautiful campus</li>
<li>Big research university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students</li>
<li>Academic Flexibility – Easy to switch majors and to double major</li>
<li>The pre-professional programs and resources</li>
<li>The most extensive university related community service program in the country, and the opportnity to continue to rebuild a historic, unique American city</li>
<li>The quality of your peers</li>
<li>New Orleans (this should be worth like 10 spots, LOL!)</li>
<li>Some of the best food</li>
<li>Very happy students who love being here</li>
<li>Very collaborative atmosphere</li>
<li>Easy access to streetcar (how unique is that?)</li>
<li>Reilly Center is awesome</li>
<li>Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities</li>
<li>Undergrads have nearly limitless research opportunities.</li>
<li>Camellia Grill</li>
<li>Audubon Park across the street (HUGE park with golf course, zoo. etc).</li>
<li>Excellent Honors program</li>
<li>The music</li>
<li>Fantastic amount of merit aid, more than I have seen at any top 50 school</li>
<li>Diversity of the student body</li>
<li>The new plaza they built on McAlister Drive. Plans are to expand it to Newcomb Place, making the campus nearly 100% pedestrian.</li>
<li>Halloween</li>
<li>School closes for Mardi Gras</li>
<li>Jazzfest</li>
<li>Granny Cart Lady (RIP, but I leave her on here in spirit)</li>
<li>Dean Jean on the Mezzanine (and free donuts)</li>
<li>The Boot</li>
<li>The Crepe Place</li>
<li>Incredible need-based financial aid (thank you Tulane)</li>
<li>Small school attributes with Division I sports</li>
<li>Voodoo Fest</li>
<li>Bruffs Commons Dining (meal plan) open continuously until 10PM</li>
<li>Great Political Science (for one, James Carville teaches there)</li>
<li>Hands-on architecture, building houses from planning to completion</li>
<li>One of, if not the best student run stock trading programs in the South. Students actually invest part of Tulanes endowment.</li>
<li>Beignets and cafe’ au lait at Café du Monde and/or Morning Call</li>
<li>Po`boys</li>
<li>The Gulf Coast</li>
<li>Tulane’s Crawfest</li>
<li>Airport only 20 minutes away, frequent shuttles to airport</li>
<li>Hollywood films shot on campus</li>
<li>Gorgeous homes around the campus</li>
<li>Magazine Street</li>
<li>The WEATHER, particularly in winter</li>
<li>Taking a Primates class and getting to study the primates at Audubon Zoo</li>
<li>Lots of great apartments close to campus in cool old houses</li>
<li>Second Line at Freshman Convocation</li>
<li>Notable speakers at Commencement such as Presidents Bush 41 and Clinton, Ellen Degeneres, Anderson Cooper, James Carville and Mary Matalin, and Tom Friedman this coming May. Apologies to notables I have left out.</li>
<li>Mardi Gras beads hanging in the live oaks on St Charles Avenue</li>
<li>Chilling out on the banks of the Mississippi</li>
<li>Notable sporting events in the city, such as Super Bowls and the NCAA basketball Final Four in 2012 (Tulane as host). Maybe some tickets for students at reasonable prices???</li>
<li>The French Quarter (it is more than just Bourbon Street). For example, the French Market.</li>
<li>The Annual French Quarter Festival</li>
<li>Above ground cemeteries</li>
<li>Things within a one hour drive: The bayous</li>
<li>Things within a one hour drive: Magnificent plantation homes on River Road</li>
<li>Things within a one hour drive: Real Zydeco at Cajun bars</li>
<li>K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen</li>
<li>Real Vampires</li>
<li>Oak Street Po’ Boy Festival</li>
<li>The H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College Institute (Newcomb Scholars)</li>
<li>Weekend Brunch at Dante’s Kitchen</li>
<li>Jazz at the Rat</li>
<li>Sno-Balls with condensed milk (A special kind of Sno-Cone for those of you in the rest of the country, but with shaved ice instead of crushed ice and sometimes unique ingredients)</li>
<li>King Cake Parties (especially if you get the baby!)</li>
<li>Great concert tickets at a fraction of the price of what they are elsewhere</li>
</ol>
<p>Add Harry Connick Jr. to list of commencement speakers (he spoke before Degeneris). Also 2010, members of the World Champion Saints were on stage for graduation.</p>
<p>LOL, I will add Harry next update, but the list will become unwieldy if we add every current event that is non-enduring. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVED what the Saints did last year, but…</p>
<ol>
<li>Beautiful campus</li>
<li>Big research university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students</li>
<li>Academic Flexibility – Easy to switch majors and to double major</li>
<li>The pre-professional programs and resources</li>
<li>The most extensive university related community service program in the country, and the opportnity to continue to rebuild a historic, unique American city</li>
<li>The quality of your peers</li>
<li>New Orleans (this should be worth like 10 spots, LOL!)</li>
<li>Some of the best food</li>
<li>Very happy students who love being here</li>
<li>Very collaborative atmosphere</li>
<li>Easy access to streetcar (how unique is that?)</li>
<li>Reilly Center is awesome</li>
<li>Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities</li>
<li>Undergrads have nearly limitless research opportunities.</li>
<li>Camellia Grill</li>
<li>Audubon Park across the street (HUGE park with golf course, zoo. etc).</li>
<li>Excellent Honors program</li>
<li>The music</li>
<li>Fantastic amount of merit aid, more than I have seen at any top 50 school</li>
<li>Diversity of the student body</li>
<li>The new plaza they built on McAlister Drive. Plans are to expand it to Newcomb Place, making the campus nearly 100% pedestrian.</li>
<li>Halloween</li>
<li>School closes for Mardi Gras</li>
<li>Jazzfest</li>
<li>Granny Cart Lady (RIP, but I leave her on here in spirit)</li>
<li>Dean Jean on the Mezzanine (and free donuts)</li>
<li>The Boot</li>
<li>The Crepe Place</li>
<li>Incredible need-based financial aid (thank you Tulane)</li>
<li>Small school attributes with Division I sports</li>
<li>Voodoo Fest</li>
<li>Bruffs Commons Dining (meal plan) open continuously until 10PM</li>
<li>Great Political Science (for one, James Carville teaches there)</li>
<li>Hands-on architecture, building houses from planning to completion</li>
<li>One of, if not the best student run stock trading programs in the South. Students actually invest part of Tulane’s endowment.</li>
<li>Beignets and cafe’ au lait at Caf</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Beautiful campus</li>
<li>Big research university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students</li>
<li>Academic Flexibility – Easy to switch majors and to double major</li>
<li>The pre-professional programs and resources</li>
<li>The most extensive university related community service program in the country, and the opportnity to continue to rebuild a historic, unique American city</li>
<li>The quality of your peers</li>
<li>New Orleans (this should be worth like 10 spots, LOL!)</li>
<li>Some of the best food</li>
<li>Very happy students who love being here</li>
<li>Very collaborative atmosphere</li>
<li>Easy access to streetcar (how unique is that?)</li>
<li>Reilly Center is awesome</li>
<li>Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities</li>
<li>Undergrads have nearly limitless research opportunities.</li>
<li>Camellia Grill</li>
<li>Audubon Park across the street (HUGE park with golf course, zoo. etc).</li>
<li>Excellent Honors program</li>
<li>The music</li>
<li>Fantastic amount of merit aid, more than I have seen at any top 50 school</li>
<li>Diversity of the student body</li>
<li>The new plaza they built on McAlister Drive. Plans are to expand it to Newcomb Place, making the campus nearly 100% pedestrian.</li>
<li>Halloween</li>
<li>School closes for Mardi Gras</li>
<li>Jazzfest</li>
<li>Granny Cart Lady (RIP, but I leave her on here in spirit)</li>
<li>Dean Jean on the Mezzanine (and free donuts)</li>
<li>The Boot</li>
<li>The Crepe Place</li>
<li>Incredible need-based financial aid (thank you Tulane)</li>
<li>Small school attributes with Division I sports</li>
<li>Voodoo Fest</li>
<li>Bruffs Commons Dining (meal plan) open continuously until 10PM</li>
<li>Great Political Science (for one, James Carville teaches there)</li>
<li>Hands-on architecture, building houses from planning to completion</li>
<li>One of, if not the best student run stock trading programs in the South. Students actually invest part of Tulane’s endowment.</li>
<li>Beignets and cafe’ au lait at Caf</li>
</ol>
<p>Oops, Voodoo Fest was already #31. Great adds on the others. I am going to amend just slightly.</p>
<ol>
<li>Beautiful campus</li>
<li>Big research university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students</li>
<li>Academic Flexibility – Easy to switch majors and to double major</li>
<li>The pre-professional programs and resources</li>
<li>The most extensive university related community service program in the country, and the opportnity to continue to rebuild a historic, unique American city</li>
<li>The quality of your peers</li>
<li>New Orleans (this should be worth like 10 spots, LOL!)</li>
<li>Some of the best food</li>
<li>Very happy students who love being here</li>
<li>Very collaborative atmosphere</li>
<li>Easy access to streetcar (how unique is that?)</li>
<li>Reilly Center is awesome</li>
<li>Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities</li>
<li>Undergrads have nearly limitless research opportunities.</li>
<li>Camellia Grill</li>
<li>Audubon Park across the street (HUGE park with golf course, zoo. etc).</li>
<li>Excellent Honors program</li>
<li>The music</li>
<li>Fantastic amount of merit aid, more than I have seen at any top 50 school</li>
<li>Diversity of the student body</li>
<li>The new plaza they built on McAlister Drive. Plans are to expand it to Newcomb Place, making the campus nearly 100% pedestrian.</li>
<li>Halloween</li>
<li>School closes for Mardi Gras</li>
<li>Jazzfest</li>
<li>Granny Cart Lady (RIP, but I leave her on here in spirit)</li>
<li>Dean Jean on the Mezzanine (and free donuts)</li>
<li>The Boot</li>
<li>The Crepe Place</li>
<li>Incredible need-based financial aid (thank you Tulane)</li>
<li>Small school attributes with Division I sports</li>
<li>Voodoo Fest</li>
<li>Bruffs Commons Dining (meal plan) open continuously until 10PM</li>
<li>Great Political Science (for one, James Carville teaches there)</li>
<li>Hands-on architecture, building houses from planning to completion</li>
<li>One of, if not the best student run stock trading programs in the South. Students actually invest part of Tulane’s endowment.</li>
<li>Beignets and cafe’ au lait at Caf</li>
</ol>
<p>again…need to add Harry Connick Jr to #48. and also Stevie Wonder!!! (this May).</p>
<p>Ok, ok!! Lol.</p>
<ol>
<li>Beautiful campus</li>
<li>Big research university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students</li>
<li>Academic Flexibility – Easy to switch majors and to double major</li>
<li>The pre-professional programs and resources</li>
<li>The most extensive university related community service program in the country, and the opportnity to continue to rebuild a historic, unique American city</li>
<li>The quality of your peers</li>
<li>New Orleans (this should be worth like 10 spots, LOL!)</li>
<li>Some of the best food</li>
<li>Very happy students who love being here</li>
<li>Very collaborative atmosphere</li>
<li>Easy access to streetcar (how unique is that?)</li>
<li>Reilly Center is awesome</li>
<li>Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities</li>
<li>Undergrads have nearly limitless research opportunities.</li>
<li>Camellia Grill</li>
<li>Audubon Park across the street (HUGE park with golf course, zoo. etc).</li>
<li>Excellent Honors program</li>
<li>The music</li>
<li>Fantastic amount of merit aid, more than I have seen at any top 50 school</li>
<li>Diversity of the student body</li>
<li>The new plaza they built on McAlister Drive. Plans are to expand it to Newcomb Place, making the campus nearly 100% pedestrian.</li>
<li>Halloween</li>
<li>School closes for Mardi Gras</li>
<li>Jazzfest</li>
<li>Granny Cart Lady (RIP, but I leave her on here in spirit)</li>
<li>Dean Jean on the Mezzanine (and free donuts)</li>
<li>The Boot</li>
<li>The Crepe Place</li>
<li>Incredible need-based financial aid (thank you Tulane)</li>
<li>Small school attributes with Division I sports</li>
<li>Voodoo Fest</li>
<li>Bruffs Commons Dining (meal plan) open continuously until 10PM</li>
<li>Great Political Science (for one, James Carville teaches there)</li>
<li>Hands-on architecture, building houses from planning to completion</li>
<li>One of, if not the best student run stock trading programs in the South. Students actually invest part of Tulane’s endowment.</li>
<li>Beignets and cafe’ au lait at Caf</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Beautiful campus</li>
<li>Big research university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students</li>
<li>Academic Flexibility – Easy to switch majors and to double major</li>
<li>The pre-professional programs and resources</li>
<li>The most extensive university related community service program in the country, and the opportnity to continue to rebuild a historic, unique American city</li>
<li>The quality of your peers</li>
<li>New Orleans (this should be worth like 10 spots, LOL!)</li>
<li>Some of the best food</li>
<li>Very happy students who love being here</li>
<li>Very collaborative atmosphere</li>
<li>Easy access to streetcar (how unique is that?)</li>
<li>Reilly Center is awesome</li>
<li>Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities</li>
<li>Undergrads have nearly limitless research opportunities.</li>
<li>Camellia Grill</li>
<li>Audubon Park across the street (HUGE park with golf course, zoo. etc).</li>
<li>Excellent Honors program</li>
<li>The music</li>
<li>Fantastic amount of merit aid, more than I have seen at any top 50 school</li>
<li>Diversity of the student body</li>
<li>The new plaza they built on McAlister Drive. Plans are to expand it to Newcomb Place, making the campus nearly 100% pedestrian.</li>
<li>Halloween</li>
<li>School closes for Mardi Gras</li>
<li>Jazzfest</li>
<li>Granny Cart Lady (RIP, but I leave her on here in spirit)</li>
<li>Dean Jean on the Mezzanine (and free donuts)</li>
<li>The Boot</li>
<li>The Crepe Place</li>
<li>Incredible need-based financial aid (thank you Tulane)</li>
<li>Small school attributes with Division I sports</li>
<li>Voodoo Fest</li>
<li>Bruffs Commons Dining (meal plan) open continuously until 10PM</li>
<li>Great Political Science (for one, James Carville teaches there)</li>
<li>Hands-on architecture, building houses from planning to completion</li>
<li>One of, if not the best student run stock trading programs in the South. Students actually invest part of Tulane’s endowment.</li>
<li>Beignets and cafe’ au lait at Caf</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Beautiful campus</li>
<li>Big research university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students</li>
<li>Academic Flexibility – Easy to switch majors and to double major</li>
<li>The pre-professional programs and resources</li>
<li>The most extensive university related community service program in the country, and the opportnity to continue to rebuild a historic, unique American city</li>
<li>The quality of your peers</li>
<li>New Orleans (this should be worth like 10 spots, LOL!)</li>
<li>Some of the best food</li>
<li>Very happy students who love being here</li>
<li>Very collaborative atmosphere</li>
<li>Easy access to streetcar (how unique is that?)</li>
<li>Reilly Center is awesome</li>
<li>Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities</li>
<li>Undergrads have nearly limitless research opportunities.</li>
<li>Camellia Grill</li>
<li>Audubon Park across the street (HUGE park with golf course, zoo. etc).</li>
<li>Excellent Honors program</li>
<li>The music</li>
<li>Fantastic amount of merit aid, more than I have seen at any top 50 school</li>
<li>Diversity of the student body</li>
<li>The new plaza they built on McAlister Drive. Plans are to expand it to Newcomb Place, making the campus nearly 100% pedestrian.</li>
<li>Halloween</li>
<li>School closes for Mardi Gras</li>
<li>Jazzfest</li>
<li>Granny Cart Lady (RIP, but I leave her on here in spirit)</li>
<li>Dean Jean on the Mezzanine (and free donuts)</li>
<li>The Boot</li>
<li>The Crepe Place</li>
<li>Incredible need-based financial aid (thank you Tulane)</li>
<li>Small school attributes with Division I sports</li>
<li>Voodoo Fest</li>
<li>Bruffs Commons Dining (meal plan) open continuously until 10PM</li>
<li>Great Political Science (for one, James Carville teaches there)</li>
<li>Hands-on architecture, building houses from planning to completion</li>
<li>One of, if not the best student run stock trading programs in the South. Students actually invest part of Tulane’s endowment.</li>
<li>Beignets and cafe’ au lait at Caf</li>
</ol>
<p>The only School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in the US/World?</p>
<p>Hmmm, I guess you mean presented as a package like that, since of course there are many public health programs. I’ll see what I can find out. Anyone that knows anything about this, input appreciated!</p>
<ol>
<li>Beautiful campus</li>
<li>Big research university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students</li>
<li>Academic Flexibility – Easy to switch majors and to double major</li>
<li>The pre-professional programs and resources</li>
<li>The most extensive university related community service program in the country, and the opportnity to continue to rebuild a historic, unique American city</li>
<li>The quality of your peers</li>
<li>New Orleans (this should be worth like 10 spots, LOL!)</li>
<li>Some of the best food</li>
<li>Very happy students who love being here</li>
<li>Very collaborative atmosphere</li>
<li>Easy access to streetcar (how unique is that?)</li>
<li>Reilly Center is awesome</li>
<li>Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities</li>
<li>Undergrads have nearly limitless research opportunities.</li>
<li>Camellia Grill</li>
<li>Audubon Park across the street (HUGE park with golf course, zoo. etc).</li>
<li>Excellent Honors program</li>
<li>The music</li>
<li>Fantastic amount of merit aid, more than I have seen at any top 50 school</li>
<li>Diversity of the student body</li>
<li>The new plaza they built on McAlister Drive. Plans are to expand it to Newcomb Place, making the campus nearly 100% pedestrian.</li>
<li>Halloween</li>
<li>School closes for Mardi Gras</li>
<li>Jazzfest</li>
<li>Granny Cart Lady (RIP, but I leave her on here in spirit)</li>
<li>Dean Jean on the Mezzanine (and free donuts)</li>
<li>The Boot</li>
<li>The Crepe Place</li>
<li>Incredible need-based financial aid (thank you Tulane)</li>
<li>Small school attributes with Division I sports</li>
<li>Voodoo Fest</li>
<li>Bruffs Commons Dining (meal plan) open continuously until 10PM</li>
<li>Great Political Science (for one, James Carville teaches there)</li>
<li>Hands-on architecture, building houses from planning to completion</li>
<li>One of, if not the best student run stock trading programs in the South. Students actually invest part of Tulane’s endowment.</li>
<li>Beignets and cafe’ au lait at Caf</li>
</ol>
<ol>
<li>Beautiful campus</li>
<li>Big research university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students</li>
<li>Academic Flexibility – Easy to switch majors and to double major</li>
<li>The pre-professional programs and resources</li>
<li>The most extensive university related community service program in the country, and the opportnity to continue to rebuild a historic, unique American city</li>
<li>The quality of your peers</li>
<li>New Orleans (this should be worth like 10 spots, LOL!)</li>
<li>Some of the best food</li>
<li>Very happy students who love being here</li>
<li>Very collaborative atmosphere</li>
<li>Easy access to streetcar (how unique is that?)</li>
<li>Reilly Center is awesome</li>
<li>Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities</li>
<li>Undergrads have nearly limitless research opportunities.</li>
<li>Camellia Grill</li>
<li>Audubon Park across the street (HUGE park with golf course, zoo. etc).</li>
<li>Excellent Honors program</li>
<li>The music</li>
<li>Fantastic amount of merit aid, more than I have seen at any top 50 school</li>
<li>Diversity of the student body</li>
<li>The new plaza they built on McAlister Drive. Plans are to expand it to Newcomb Place, making the campus nearly 100% pedestrian.</li>
<li>Halloween</li>
<li>School closes for Mardi Gras</li>
<li>Jazzfest</li>
<li>Granny Cart Lady (RIP, but I leave her on here in spirit)</li>
<li>Dean Jean on the Mezzanine (and free donuts)</li>
<li>The Boot</li>
<li>The Crepe Place</li>
<li>Incredible need-based financial aid (thank you Tulane)</li>
<li>Small school attributes with Division I sports</li>
<li>Voodoo Fest</li>
<li>Bruffs Commons Dining (meal plan) open continuously until 10PM</li>
<li>Great Political Science (for one, James Carville teaches there)</li>
<li>Hands-on architecture, building houses from planning to completion</li>
<li>One of, if not the best student run stock trading programs in the South. Students actually invest part of Tulanes endowment.</li>
<li>Beignets and cafe’ au lait at Café du Monde and/or Morning Call</li>
<li>Po`boys</li>
<li>The Gulf Coast</li>
<li>Tulane’s Crawfest</li>
<li>Airport only 20 minutes away, frequent shuttles to airport</li>
<li>Hollywood films shot on campus</li>
<li>Gorgeous homes around the campus</li>
<li>Magazine Street</li>
<li>The WEATHER, particularly in winter</li>
<li>Taking a Primates class and getting to study the primates at Audubon Zoo</li>
<li>Lots of great apartments close to campus in cool old houses</li>
<li>Second Line at Freshman Convocation</li>
<li>Notable speakers at Commencement such as Presidents Bush 41 and Clinton, Ellen Degeneres, Anderson Cooper, James Carville and Mary Matalin, and Tom Friedman May 2011. Also Harry Connick Jr. and, in May 2011 Stevie Wonder for honorary degrees. Apologies to notables I have left out.</li>
<li>Mardi Gras beads hanging in the live oaks on St Charles Avenue</li>
<li>Chilling out on the banks of the Mississippi</li>
<li>Notable sporting events in the city, such as Super Bowls and the NCAA basketball Final Four in 2012 (Tulane as host). Maybe some tickets for students at reasonable prices???</li>
<li>The French Quarter (it is more than just Bourbon Street). For example, the French Market.</li>
<li>The Annual French Quarter Festival</li>
<li>Above ground cemeteries</li>
<li>Things within a one hour drive: The bayous</li>
<li>Things within a one hour drive: Magnificent plantation homes on River Road</li>
<li>Things within a one hour drive: Real Zydeco at Cajun bars</li>
<li>K-Paul’s Louisiana Kitchen</li>
<li>Real Vampires</li>
<li>Oak Street Po’ Boy Festival</li>
<li>The H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College Institute (Newcomb Scholars)</li>
<li>Weekend Brunch at Dante’s Kitchen</li>
<li>Jazz at the Rat</li>
<li>Sno-Balls with condensed milk (A special kind of Sno-Cone for those of you in the rest of the country, but with shaved ice instead of crushed ice and sometimes unique ingredients)</li>
<li>King Cake Parties (especially if you get the baby!)</li>
<li>Great concert tickets at a fraction of the price of what they are elsewhere</li>
<li>The opportunity to apply your education to real-world situations. For example, there have been dozens of articles describing how architecture students have seen their plans actually built while they are still students. Here is one that is likely to happen: <a href=“http://www.sunherald.com/2011/01/18/…-director.html%5B/url%5D”>http://www.sunherald.com/2011/01/18/…-director.html</a> Business students have helped local businesses recover, and the involvement of social work, public health and many other areas has been crucial.</li>
<li>Rock and Bowl.</li>
<li>Spring and fall weekends (and a lot of winter ones!) playing Frisbee (or just “chilling”) at “the Fly”</li>
<li>Attending Saints and/or Hornets games</li>
<li>St. Patrick’s parades</li>
<li>Barkus (Dog costume parade)
73.Best Beaches in Florida’s panhandle within 3 hour drive.</li>
<li>Sailing in Pontchartrain Lake</li>
<li>They are very generous with AP credits</li>
<li>You can call admissions and always get someone who is willing to answer all your questions. Lots of Personal Attention</li>
<li>Girls and guys are all neatly dressed, very clean cut looking</li>
<li>Sunbathing in the quads</li>
<li>The Mardi Gras Tree</li>
<li>Gorgeous building architecture</li>
<li>Central Grocery for the BEST Muffalettas</li>
<li>Haydel’s Bakery (awesome King Cake, great variety of flavors) </li>
<li>“Golden Meadow Marsh” fishing
[Leeville</a> LA Offshore Inshore Group Salt Water Fishing](<a href=“http://www.marshmasters.com/index.asp?pg=directions]Leeville”>http://www.marshmasters.com/index.asp?pg=directions)</li>
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<li>Beautiful campus</li>
<li>Big research university resources, smaller LAC-style attention to students</li>
<li>Academic Flexibility – Easy to switch majors and to double major</li>
<li>The pre-professional programs and resources</li>
<li>The most extensive university related community service program in the country, and the opportunity to continue to rebuild a historic, unique American city</li>
<li>The quality of your peers</li>
<li>New Orleans (this should be worth like 10 spots, LOL!)</li>
<li>Some of the best food</li>
<li>Very happy students who love being here</li>
<li>Very collaborative atmosphere</li>
<li>Easy access to streetcar (how unique is that?)</li>
<li>Reilly Center is awesome</li>
<li>Professors are more undergrad-focused than other top research universities</li>
<li>Undergrads have nearly limitless research opportunities.</li>
<li>Camellia Grill</li>
<li>Audubon Park across the street (HUGE park with golf course, zoo. etc).</li>
<li>Excellent Honors program</li>
<li>The music</li>
<li>Fantastic amount of merit aid, more than I have seen at any top 50 school</li>
<li>Diversity of the student body</li>
<li>The new plaza they built on McAlister Drive. Plans are to expand it to Newcomb Place, making the campus nearly 100% pedestrian.</li>
<li>Halloween</li>
<li>School closes for Mardi Gras</li>
<li>Jazzfest</li>
<li>Granny Cart Lady (RIP, but I leave her on here in spirit)</li>
<li>Dean Jean on the Mezzanine (and free donuts)</li>
<li>The Boot</li>
<li>The Crepe Place</li>
<li>Incredible need-based financial aid (thank you Tulane)</li>
<li>Small school attributes with Division I sports</li>
<li>Voodoo Fest</li>
<li>Bruffs Commons Dining (meal plan) open continuously until 10PM</li>
<li>Great Political Science (for one, James Carville teaches there)</li>
<li>Hands-on architecture, building houses from planning to completion</li>
<li>One of, if not the best student run stock trading programs in the South. Students actually invest part of Tulane’s endowment.</li>
<li>Beignets and cafe’ au lait at Caf</li>
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