<p>For those who've been accepted to Tulane, do you plan on attending? Do you have concerns about Tulane and/or New Orleans? What are your concerns and how are they influencing your decision?</p>
<p>Tulane gave me a great merit package, so I'll most likely be heading down there... best friend visited campus during march-said you could hardly tell there was a hurricane in the Uptown Garden District or w/e (Tulane area)... admissions at the 1st tier schools seem to be insane this year-I have numerous friends w/ pretty sick stats (1450+ top 5%) who will most likely attend due to being WL/rejected at other schools-dosent seem like the reputation will take much of a hit</p>
<p>Since I got REJECTED by Cornell, I'll probably be going, and I got a great merit aid package also (don't know yet about the rest).</p>
<p>just to keep things in perspective, tulane gives great merit aid packages every year. they're known for that. i think the alums just go nuts...esp. if you can imagine this year i bet giving is way ^^^^^^^^ from alums =more merit aid than usual- which for some reason tulane doesn't hold on to, unlike other schools cough cough American, GWU, and Northeastern</p>
<p>got into tulane with the founders scholarship but still waiting on NYU and USC after getting rejected from UCLA, UCSB and Cornell.....if i don't get into those schools its gonna be a tossup between tulane and umiami (FL) upon further reasearch.....both gave great merit packages</p>
<p>I still haven't decided yet. I have an NROTC scholarship to Tulane and the school awards a room and board grant to scholarship students, so an absolutely free college education is a very compelling reason to attend, but i'm concerned about the administration of the school and the current dissatisfaction of the faculty and alumni. So, i'm still undecided whether I will be heading to NOLA next year or will decide to take the room and board hit and go to UT - Austin or see if I get into USC or George Washington.</p>
<p>I'm going for sure! Beautiful campus, accessible profs, friendly students/locals, great food, and a "once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity to help others...in a very warm and sunny climate!!</p>
<p>undecided. i'm visiting in late april, but i did get some nice scholarship money. it's between tulane, nyu, and berkeley for me, unless i get into stanford off the waiting list (doubtful).</p>
<p>It's between Tulane, CMU, Ogelthorpe, UGA (w/honors), and the wait list at Washington. UGA is cheap--thus its appeal. I would like to go to Tulane, it's pretty and resilient, but they are taking forever w/financial aid. I got the founders but I'm poor so it isn't enough.</p>
<p>Tulane or Wash U? (full tuition at Tulane but loved Wash U ... architecture at both)</p>
<p>Advice?</p>
<p>I have met like 5 people who chose tulane over washu, i applied ed to wash u, both my parents went there and i didnt get in so i am going to tulane, it seems great...one person i met at tulane had the same decision to make as u and he chose tulane, he ended up going to wash u for the katrina semester and said he couldnt wait to get back and if he had to do it again he would still pick tulane</p>
<p>have any of you recently visited? im thinking of going but like others im a little concerned what do you think?</p>
<p>just go- trust us it looks the same as it always has---nola is a slightly different story</p>
<p>I just visited Tulane, and it was GREAT! the last time I went was right before the hurricane (july '05), so I have a pretty good grasp of before/after. </p>
<p>The garden district (where Tulane is located) looks just as spectacular as it always did, so does the CBD and the French quarter. The faubourg wasn't too bad, either (a few blue tarps). Miss your exit on I-10, though (like we did) and you are in a dead zone full of overturned/abandoned vehicles, looting aftermath, and thousands of condemned buildings, it's truly depressing. But I have to say that most of the areas that people would have wanted to visit in New Orleans (before) are in pretty good shape. </p>
<p>From what I can tell, though, there has been a DRASTIC change in the city's demographics. There are far fewer african americans, so the city is missing a CRUCIAL piece of culture and heritage. They are gradually returning, though. </p>
<p>However, crime has gone down and I wasn't panhandled once when I was in the quarter! (I can't say that about any other US city...esp. San francisco, damn they have it the worst).</p>
<p>Also, there are immense job opportunities in New Orleans now, especially for college students. Nearly every nice restaurant I noticed had a hiring sign, and some seem quite desperate. For example (of desperateness, not nice restaurants), Wendy's was hiring at $9/hr and offering a $125/week bonus (at Wendy's!) </p>
<p>Oh, and for Architecture Students, the opportunities are endless. Before Katrina, their designs would have merely been 'designs', now they are actually being built in the upper-level classes! This is very rare among architecture schools, and a huge plus for me!</p>
<p>Also, the student body seemed extremely happy. I did notice at Bruff that there seemed to be quite a social split between the geeks and the preps. Oh, and about those preps, there don't seem to be that many there, at least no more than Rice (which is considered quite nerdy). As far as culture, though, there didn't seem to be a whole lot of diversity there. Not very many asians, or african americans, or even hispanics, so I didn't really feel that I'd be experiencing multiple cultures or really expanding my mindset in that area, which should be a huge part of any college experience. But everyone seemed very nice and approachable.</p>
<p>...that's a lot of exclamation marks
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<p>I got into Tulane University as a transfer student, but UT-Austin didn't take me. That just doesn't make sense!! I'm not sure if I'm going to go because it's in New Orleans. I might just have to go to Texas State University. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>actually that doesn't suprise me 2bfree. even on a normal year tulane needs/accepts a lot of transfers (50%), and i would imagine that that is especially the case this year. UT which has a high retention needs less transfers, and therefore accpets less (36%). your results are indicative of something that would be normal every year at tulane----their retention rate is around 88% you know</p>
<p>I didn't know that, thanks, now it makes more sense.</p>
<p>By God's grace, I'm going.</p>
<p>Wow. Being rejected from Cornell seems pretty popular. eh? I, too, suffered the disappointment in December. But I'll live.</p>
<p>I'm going to Tulane because of the AWESOME merit/aid package, which gave me (in total) $34, out of which only Gustavus did better (full ride). But this Minnesota boy needed to get the hell out of the Midwest, didn't like Emory, and was, unfortunately, rejected at his other first-choice, UNC.</p>
<p>So I'll be going to Tulane, and, after visiting and hearing so much, I don't think I could be happier.</p>
<p>Even at Cornell.</p>