<p>i agree, no need to go overboard with this</p>
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UVa, William and Mary, Wake Forest, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Texas, Washington and Lee, University of Richmond, Sewanee, Furman and Georgia Tech among others might want to dispute that especially since Tulane won't publish its post katrina numbers. In any event it is definitely a cut below Duke, Rice, Emory, and Vandy all of whom have way more money, more academic offerings, higher rankings and higher yield.
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<p>Come on man, you can't be serious. University of Richmond??? Sewanee??? Furman and Davidson??? You come across as a bitter student that didn't fit in at Tulane for whatever reason or had your major cut so now you're lashing out on these boards. So the school wasn't for you, but coming here to rain on other people's college choice and try to bring it down a level in their eyes isn't cool. Take that crap elsewhere.</p>
<p>So are you guys transferring as sophomores or juniors and do you plan to live on campus if you're a junior?</p>
<p>I will be transferring as a junior and yes I am planning to live on campus because I feel it will give me the best opportunity to meet new people.</p>
<p>I agree with you monstar overall, but there there's nothing wrong with Davidson being on his list.</p>
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"one of the best 5 southern schools alongside duke vanderbilt emory and rice"</p>
<p>UVa, William and Mary, Wake Forest, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Texas, Washington and Lee, University of Richmond, Sewanee, Furman and Georgia Tech among others might want to dispute that especially since Tulane won't publish its post katrina numbers. In any event it is definitely a cut below Duke, Rice, Emory, and Vandy all of whom have way more money, more academic offerings, higher rankings and higher yield.
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<p>Top Ten University in the South, but definitely not top 5. P.s. are they publishing their post Katrina numbers this year?</p>
<p>yeah bud, they've been up on collegeboard.com for months. 27-31 ACT range, 38% acceptance rate for 2010- post-katrina. 28-32 ACT range, 45 or 44% acceptance rate for class of 2009- pre-katrina. they won't publish the new stats on usnew's rankings until the rankings themselves are published around September. i don't think their profile on princetonreview.com has been updated since the storm though.</p>
<p>altmom and ctymomteacher - perhaps you would be interested in reading what the students have to day about the direction the school has taken post Katrina.</p>
<p>The Tulane community is divided on its opinion of the current university leadership and most of those opinions are either strongly supportive or strongly opposed. But whatever the opinion the fact remains that the school has been radically changed.</p>
<p>An undoubtedly unscientific poll but it reflects the general temperment of folks I have observed. The last of the engineers will be off campus come May and a new group of freshmen that never new the old Tulane will arrive in the Fall so maybe Cowen's numbers will improve. But many of the things that made Tulane a special place have been Renewed away along with a good chunk of its academics and history. In their place we have poorly planned community service requirements and mass advising.</p>
<p>Certainly Tulane has been radically changed, as has New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast, including the area's educational system. I have no idea who you are, but I am willing to tell you that I am the parent of Tulane sophomore who has willingly volunteered--NOT as part of anyone's requirement, poorly plannned or well planned, but on his own and because he saw the need-- to gut houses and then tutor and finally teach in the charter school system that Tulane has played a part in putting together to help restore the local community as a viable place for everyone. He's proud of his adopted community and chooses to work to make it better rather than sit around whining about whatever it isn't yet. There are plenty there like him.</p>
<p>I also think it's just plain silly of you to assume that, as such a parent, I wouldn't already be reading the Hullaballoo as well as the Times-Picayune and the New Wave, so I know what the general sentiments are as well as some of the facts on which they are based.</p>
<p>Look, the truth is that people come to this forum for answers to their questions, not to hear about whatever bones you have to pick with the Tulane administration, whoever you are. Scott Cowen is the President of Tulane. If you don't like it, write to the Board, don't come here and toss red herrings
into discussions that don't concern whatever drama you want to stir up about the administration of the university. </p>
<p>And if you ARE "Perturbed," congratulations on the relative maturity of your posts this time round, but the general topic probably needs to be isolated in its own thread so students can move forward with their own interests, eh?</p>
<p>People who come here for information should get different points of view. I did not see anything in the terms of service indicating I had to clear my posts with you.</p>
<p>Here is a link to the Renewal Plan for those interested: <a href="http://provost.tulane.edu/renewal.html%5B/url%5D">http://provost.tulane.edu/renewal.html</a> - the links on this particular site take you to the plan - which was approved by the Board, as well as a list the committee members who crafted individual recommendations. Always a good idea to have a fact base from which to develop an opinion. </p>
<p>A couple of facts that everyone agrees on is that Katrina inflicted severe damage on all the Universities in NOLA, and each had to make some hard decisions. As is true in all such cases, those who benefitted are generally positive, those who did not are generally negative - as any of us would be. </p>
<p>Jayhawk303, moonmaid - higherlead is a parent and thus neither a rejected student nor likely the author of the Hullabaloo article. </p>
<p>Readers should take all posts on this site - including mine - with a healthy dose of salt. None of us use our real names (which is generally a good thing on social sites such as these, including Facebook) - so there are few penalties for being wrong - and few include any details about ourselves in our profiles. But we all have a perspective through which we intrepret any information. My daughter is thriving at Tulane, so it is likely I will see things positively - plus I know something about crisis management, and know what it means to make hard decisions. That said I have no qualms about contacting President Cowen or any of the deans when I see something I disagree with (and BTW they are all very responsive). If Higherlead did have a son there whose major was cancelled, that would influence his thinking, which is certainly understandable. </p>
<p>Despite the fact that we don't really know anything about individuals on the site, one of the good things about this whole site is you see what else anyone has posted if you click on their screen name - if you scan these you'll get a pretty good idea of how a poster thinks and what particular axe they have to grind. Of course, if folks filled in a few details in their profile, that would help as well. For you prospective students, learning how evaluate the source of an opinion or information is an important skill to develop.</p>
<p>To ask questions directly of President Cowen, he is holding an online chat on April 5 at 6 p.m. central:</p>
<p>The transcript of his March 15 chat (which includes some facts and some opinions) is here: <a href="http://www.tulane.edu/%7Eadmiss/livechat031507.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.tulane.edu/~admiss/livechat031507.html</a></p>
<p>For the record I am the parent of a Tulane student. Neither of his majors were cut as a part of the alleged "Renewal" plan - which btw was presented to the borad at a critical momemnt on a take it or leave it no amendments or I will quit basis by the university president. My son is doing very well at the school, loves it, and has been accepted at Tulane's Law School. Despite loving the school neither he nor most of his friends think very highly of the current admiistration. </p>
<p>I don't believe those are indications that I bear animus towards the university. Quit the contrary I think it is a wnderful place and I want it to continue to be a wonderful place. Critcizing the current leadeship of the school and some of the directions it is leading us doesn't make one anymore UnTulanian than criticizing the president of the United States makes you UnAmerican.</p>
<p>So what do we need to do to know if our credits transfer or not. Do we make copies of the course descriptions and just send them in?</p>
<p>Ask TulaneJeff - there is a procedure for that somewhere on the Tulane website - but he'd be able to guide you quickly.</p>
<p>Just an odd sidenote--my son's credits from Cornell during the Katrina semester are still somehow under review. It's not because of the grades he earned, so I have no idea what's up with that. Just odd. Presumably, they'll straighten it out in time for graduation.</p>
<p>Get everything in writing at some point. That's not about Tulane. It's based on experience teaching and advising at a university.</p>
<p>"So what do we need to do to know if our credits transfer or not. Do we make copies of the course descriptions and just send them in?"</p>
<p>Yes absolutely get copies of the course descriptions and if possible the syllabus. The issues with transfering hinge on the academic rigor of the course and how closely it approximates something Tulane already offers. You cannot necessarily tell much from the name of course but if the material covered is substantially the same then it will make it much easier to transfer the credits. If the school you are trying to transfer credits from is on a quarter system it makes things a lot harder.</p>
<p>Howdy! This is Jeff from the Admission Office. The steps to get transfer credit are:
1) Apply to Tulane. Gain Admission.
2) Get copies of the course descriptions of all the current classes you have taken. Use your course catalogue, or on line descriptions. Send syllabi if possible. We should already have the copy of your transcript from your application.
3) Send those descriptions into us. Either e-mail them to Pat Wynn, our transfer coordinator, at <a href="mailto:pwynn@tulane.edu">pwynn@tulane.edu</a>, or fax them to 504-865-5083.
4) If we have a corresponding course of similar rigor, you should get credit.</p>
<p>Hope this helps! You can also e-mail Pat at that e-mail with any other questions about transferring.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. Have any of you sent in your deposit money?</p>