<p>I'm a freshman at Tulane. I'm open to answering any questions you have so go ahead!</p>
<p>Well, I suppose a few introductory questions are in order so I know what I can and cannot ask you. What’s your intended major (if you haven’t declared yet), are you male or female?</p>
<p>I’m a girl, I’m a math major. (I know it’s shocking) I’m also contemplating minoring in Italian and/or music. I don’t really know where to start… but go ahead and I’ll see what I can give you.</p>
<p>Hey oboeninja, I’m considering taking Italian next year, do you have any prof recommendations for 101?!</p>
<p>My D is considering Tulane. It is by far the smallest school on her list. Did you consider larger schools? Is Tulane large enough to meet all of your academic and social needs?</p>
<p>tulane14 - I have Roberto Pesce and he is awesome! He’s a native speaker, which I think is really important and he just does really well explaining the material. Also, if you’ve already taken a romance language you can register for 103, which is basically the same as 101, you take the same final but apparently you do more practice. That’s what I took this semester and it was a great class.
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MidwestPop - I think the size of Tulane is great. I did consider bigger schools. I applied to UMass. I also looked at UVA, UMD and UNH. I wasn’t really a fan of the feel that it was a sea of students though. Tulane’s a great size because it’s big enough that there are lots of classes offered. I haven’t had any issues yet with not being able to find something to take. But because it’s not a huge school, they also manage to keep the classes pretty small. English 101 is always capped at 15, as are honors classes and TIDES classes. My calculus and Italian classes were about 30 kids. And Tulane has an agreement with Loyola and University of New Orleans where you can take classes there if Tulane doesn’t offer them. I don’t know anyone who took a class UNO, but I have one friend who joined the Loyola orchestra because it’s really good and he’s a music major, although we do have a good orchestra too. Another friend took some sort of religious class.</p>
<p>Socially, I also really like the size of the campus because it’s big enough that I can always meet new people. If I go to a party I can pretty much guarantee I’ll meet a couple of new people. But I also will always run into people I already know too. I’ll always run into about 5 people I know just walking to class which is really nice. Also, there are tons of clubs to choose from. I have gone to sailing club, MMA club, karate club, pep band and a bunch of others so there’s definitely no issue there. In my opinion, Tulane basically has the benefits of a large school, without having tons of people.</p>
<p>I would add that the Reilly Center (athletic complex with weights, cardio, lots of classes related to fitness, basketball courts, racquetball courts, etc.) is really nice and better than many I have seen at larger schools.</p>
<p>I didn’t know Tulane had the same agreement with UNO they have with Loyola, but UNO is hard to get to without a car anyway.</p>
<p>is it true that most people that go to tulane are usually preppy? or is there a lot of diversity?</p>
<p>I asked my D (sophomore) and she said she didn’t think it was very preppy. Some pockets of it, but definitely not even close to dominant.</p>
<p>Reilly is great, I definitely agree with that. Also, they have a shuttle to get to UNO, but I agree that it’s a lot of time unless you really want to take the class.</p>
<p>sypde24 - I definitely wouldn’t say that most of Tulane is preppy. You’ll see plenty of girls walking around campus is Uggs and black leggings, but it’s not the majority. There’s all types of people on campus from artists to athletes to sorority/fraternity members and you can hang out with all of them, you don’t just have to be a part of one group. Tulane is pretty inclusive.</p>
<p>Let’s not stereotype, S2 has a pair of Uggs and does not consider himself preppy. 
Or, is this a gender thing?</p>
<p>is s2 me?
if so…
no i do not own uggs
and i would just prefer more social diversity, which it sounds like there is, so that’s good</p>
<p>Don’t quite understand (is s2me?). Perhaps I’m missing something…, but S2 = son #2. And yes diversity is a good thing. I would say Tulane is perhaps unparalleled in geographic diversity.</p>
<p>oh i thought you were shortening sypde24 to s2
haha</p>
<p>Haha no, I was referring to girls and only to wearing leggings as pants with uggs which is definitely a northeastern thing. I had seen that before, but my friends from the south or the midwest were confused as to where the girls’ pants were. Which reminds me, I should mention that Tulane has an incredibly national student body. I have friends from every corner of the country and I think it’s really cool.</p>