<p>I am an '87 alumnus of Tulane and it appears that since the sports teams have had some tough times since K*****, those on here may not have experienced how much fun Tulane sporting events are when the Wave are winning. The baseball teams 2001 and 2005 seasons were some of the best times ever. So I think afternoons at Turchin should be on the list. Also, during the Perry Clark years, Fogelman ROCKED! Some teams felt it was more difficult to play there than at Cameron Indoor. I believe Coach Conroy will have the men’s team back playing good ball very soon so I think evenings at Fogelman should be on the list with Turchin. </p>
<p>How in the world Fat Harry’s and cheese fries hasn’t already been listed is beyond my comprehension. </p>
<p>I feel compassion that none of you all were able to experience AT II’s (Audobon Tavern II) where I bartended. It is now The Monkey Hill bar and completely different. Ask some old timers about AT II’s.</p>
<p>I LOVED ATII’s! Burgers and cheese fries - yum! It really makes me sad to think my incoming freshman will not get to experience it. My niece (a local) swears that Fat’s has THE best chicken tenders in town.</p>
<p>I am admittedly looking at this thread through parental eyes, but most of the reasons listed here are reasons to live in NOLA not necessarily reasons to go to the university. I see this as a disturbing trend. Last year I was a parent volunteer at the Tulane admissions presentation at our high school. The rep did nothing but talk about the benefits of living in NOLA even when I tried to redirect her to talk about academic programs, special degrees, admission requirements etc.</p>
<p>My youngest son has expressed an interest in going to Tulane. As a parent, if I’m going to shell out the big bucks, I want to see that the school has programs that are going to work for him. Otherwise I’ll send him somewhere else and he can move to NOLA when he graduates.</p>
<p>So, could some of the last 30 or so slots be used to highlight particularly good professors or programs or classes at Tulane? Many thanks…</p>
<p>^cbrand - I think my niece best summarized the appeal of a Good-School/Good-Town combination. She was accepted into a 5-year engineering program (with scholarship!) at UMissouri-Rolla. She then visited. “I can’t spend five years of my life there … I just can’t.”</p>
<p>Life is short, and your S may never have the chance to live in NOLA … or Boston, or DC, or Atlanta, or Paris, or Montreal, or many other interesting cities. For many students, college provides the first opportunity to choose a living environment that appeals to them.</p>
<p>Absolutely we can talk about the top flight programs and academics at Tulane, and I will try and add some points like that to the list in the next few days. But there are postings on there talking about the academic atmosphere and quality of your fellow students. The fact of the matter is that at the undergrad level for the schools within the USNWR top 100, most of the profs can teach their subjects, and the academics are quite good. There are always a few clunkers, but that is even true at Harvard. Besides which at Harvard and other very top schools you get far more grad students teaching lower level courses. But I digress except that does point to a significant academic plus for Tulane.</p>
<p>So in fact the place where you go to school can play a huge role in one’s education, and that may be as true at Tulane/NOLA as anywhere in the country. It really is quite unique that way. These days especially a university education extends (or should extend) beyond the classroom. And while you are right he could live in NOLA after he graduates from somewhere else, it is not at all the same.</p>
<p>Tulane is most unique (besides being in New Orleans) in the extent of community service the students get involved in and the way it is weaved into the academics in many cases. As is also stated in the points above, Tulane has one of the best blends of research level academics yet LAC feel for the involvement of the professors with the students. Certainly many of the programs are nationally recognized as first-rate, from French to Latin American Anthropology to Biomedical Engineering, along with dozens of others. If these kinds of factors, along with the whole “vibe” of New Orleans, are what appeals to your son, then Tulane is for him.</p>
<p>I’m not trying to spread negativity. However, I strongly disagree with #20.<br>
For me personally, the only “bad” thing about Tulane is the lack of diversity.
Tulane claims it has a diverse student body, but that’s false. I don’t mean this just in terms of race/religion.
Somedays I feel that everyone around me is the same exact person. Same name. Same Looks. Same personality. </p>
<p>If diversity is high on your list, then you might want to reconsider coming to Tulane.</p>
<p>My daughter is a sophomore and I can’t say enough wonderful things about the academics at Tulane. As a pre-med student, she has access to free tutoring from students at the medical school for her science courses (as well as tutoring in any of her other subjects). At the end of her freshman year, she said that she didn’t have one single professor that wasn’t excellent. Can’t ask for much more than that.</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 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 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>New Orleans fishing in Lafitte, La (about 30 minute drive) Here’s just one option of many:
New Orleans Fishing Charters #84. Parks! Lafraniere Park and City Park. #85. TIDES courses #86. Creative Scholars Program/TAP-TP</li>
</ol>
<p>Approximately 9/1 student faculty ratio and only approximately 5% of class taught by graduate assistants
20% of student are in fraternities or sororities which means 80% are not. Great balance meaning can join one you’d like but Greek system not dominant.
Large 110 acre campus in heart of Uptown New Orleans
Loyola University literally next door which adds options for concerts, speaker, dining
Phi Beta Kappa chapter school
Students from 48 states and 21 countries; 75% of students from more than 500 miles
90% of Tulane undergrads applying to law scools got into at least one
Approximately 40% of student body composed of graduate students</p>
<p>I had several typos in my post of yesterday. Because that might reflect on this great school, I wanted to correct them. </p>
<p>Approximately 9/1 student faculty ratio and only approximately 5% of classes are taught by graduate assistants
20% of students are in fraternities or sororities which means that 80% are not. Great balance meaning students can join one it they would like but the Greek system is not dominant
Large 110 acre campus in the heart of Uptown New Orleans
Loyola University is literally next door which adds options for concerts, speakers, dining…
Phi Beta Kappa chapter school
Students are from 48 states and 21 countries; 75% of students are from more than 500 miles
90% of Tulane undergrads applying to law schools got into at least one
Approximately 40% of the student body is composed of graduate students </p>
<p>I also want to add the comment -and to reinforce the mea culpa’s for my typos- that I attended an Ivy League school after graduating from Tulane. For many, a question is whether a school impacts, one way or the other, that potential option. In my own personal experience, Tulane was a positive in affording that option for me.</p>
<p>I suppose to be on the safe side we should at least wait until they have completed the fundraising. I think they have 40 million of the 60 million they project as the cost, then they are trying for an additional 10 million for the football program in general.</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 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>Brushoffs 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 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>Brushoffs 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 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>Brushoffs 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>I have been meaning to catch this page up to reflect Tulane as it is today, but everything is so dynamic! I cannot believe, or be prouder, of how much the university has going on to benefit students. This political forum that Carville, et. al. is going to host soon (and has in the past) is just another example. My D is completely bummed that she is totally booked when it is scheduled. Anyway, soon I will edit the list (and add a couple of things) to eliminate things that are no longer correct and redundancies. I have to admit, even I didn’t know about Barkus (#72). LOL, that is hilarious. For those of you that don’t completely get it, one of the most famous Mardi Gras parades is Bacchus.</p>
<p>Question. For # 78, I think that should be “sunbathing on the quads in January”. Isn’t that really the point? Doesn’t make Tulane unique in that respect, of course, but it is a reason to attend, for most people, anyway. It is redundant with #44, but I like the phrasing of #78 better.</p>
<p>Cheap rent. We’re spoiled. Other uni towns can rob their students because of lack of access. Tulanians are blessed with a plethora of rental opportunities. Central city anyone?</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 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>Brushoffs 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>