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<p>heyyyBB - I do know a bit about the anthropology department at Tulane. It is very active and very good, and has some really nice profs. I think you would be happy with that major at Tulane.</p>

<p>ihateapplying - This is only the second admissions cycle for Tulane having SCEA. A lot of people are still just finding out about it. As far as SAT scores, Tulane trends much higher than their USNWR ranking (which is totally screwed up because of Katrina mostly, even 5 years later). If you ordered schools simply by average SAT scores, Tulane would be 28th or 29th in National Universities. So to get to your question, Tulane’s 25-75% range is about 630-720 for each section (math is a bit lower, like 620-710 or something like that) for a total of 1880-2150. However, people will get in with totals like 1750-1800 if they have excellent grades and other qualities. Tulane, like a lot of schools, recognizes that not everyone does well on these standardized tests. Still, they are important and cannot be completely ignored.</p>

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<p>alright thanks because from the chance me’s on this forum it makes it seem like 4/5’s of the students at Tulane score 2100+ which seemed a bit high. Are there any statistics or trends from students who applied EASC last year? like did the students accepted using EASC have, on average lower sat scores or a higher acceptance rate?</p>

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<p>And I’m curious because my Sat scores fall in Tulane’s range but my GPA is slightly below the average mark for acceptance to Tulane from my school (about .2-.3 from being in the target acceptance range according to Naviance).</p>

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<p>To the best of my knowledge, Tulane has not published the results of SCEA applicants from last year as a separate group. Applying SCEA can only help though.</p>

<p>Tulane doesn’t go by GPA as much as they do class rank and how challenging your schedule was. Are you in the top 20% of your class? How many AP courses?</p>

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<p>unfortunately my school does not do class rank… Kind of annoying but oh well. I am taking 3 AP’s now and 1 junior year so 4 total.</p>

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<p>I also sent my application in on the 14th. My Sat scores should have been sent on the 28th of October and my guidance counselor told me that my transcript/recommendations were electronically sent and received by Tulane on sunday. I received an email from Tulane saying I should get my login information to check on my application statues within 24 hours on the 14th. It’s been 3 days now with still no login information. I called Tulane and was transferred to the admission information where an answering machine took my number and problem but Tulane still has not returned my call… Anyone else having this issue or know how to handle this?</p>

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<p>You have hit them at the busiest time. Try e-mailing your admissions counselor directly.</p>

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<p>@ihateapplying
My daughter initially missed the login information because it was buried in an email that had seemed at first to be a form email. I’d suggest you review all the emails you have received in the unlikely case you missed it. At the very least it will provide a distraction, if only for a few minutes; I know the waiting can be unbearable.</p>

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<p>re-read everything. Got one email saying they received my application and I should get the login information within 24 hours. Then another email two days later thanking me for my application but no login information… I haven’t received any form email’s or any other emails from tulane since those 2 emails.</p>

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<p>ihateapplying, I would take GreatFeats advice, Tulane sent me the same set of e-mails about my log-in info but did not send the actual email with my log in information. I went back and looked through some of the older e-mails I received from them and found my Gibson log-in information in an e-mail they sent to me a month ago.</p>

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<p>as a recent grad i will say that one of the worst things about tulane is their career center and helping with job placement after graduation…we shared one very crappy job fair with loyola, xavier, and dillard, while the career center was very little help to me and many of my friends. however, from my perspective, tulane does seem to have a very high percentage of students who go onto grad, medical, and law school, so maybe the career center sucks because most students tend to go on to more school, and not jobs.</p>

<p>like someone else in another thread said, the networking from tulane seems to bode better for job prospects, particularly if you live in the northeast/new york. i don’t live in new york and am not even from the east coast, but i cannot begin to count how many people/friends/contacts i know that live there now, as well as in dc.</p>

<p>as far as the work hard, play hard comment that someone else made, i am 100% certain that that is very much the culture at tulane, as it was when i was there and as i’m sure it still is. bars in new orleans are plentiful, and there are quite a few within walking distance of campus on maple street…and most of those you only have to be 18 to get in! (and with lax alcohol laws, if someone else buys your drink then you can drink too, with very little chance of being caught). it is tough for many students to balance school and partying, but once you get the hang of it it’s a blast. kids at tulane are definitely smart, but they’re the kind who you will have an intelligent debate with in class and then see out at the bars later on a tuesday night at 2 in the morning. i had such a great time because that’s my personality, but it’s not for everyone. let’s just say the partying + studying hard to try to ace your midterms = no sleep.</p>

<p>lastly, in order not to overemphasize the partying, i will say this: my classes at tulane were quite challenging, particularly my sophomore and junior course loads (i was a liberal arts major). i went from being one of the smartest kids at my large public high school to quite average at tulane, and it was definitely a small blow to my ego, especially when i realized how much work i’d actually have to put into school. i think at the same token that everyone else around me felt very much the same way, and in the end it all made us work harder.</p>

<p>oh, and to answer someone else’s question about international relations…i don’t know much about the program, but i do know that tulane has a very good study abroad office (as i studied abroad my junior year, as did the majority of my friends). in fact, i would say that that was one of the best things about tulane and a lot of people really do take advantage of it. as long as you jump through all the hoops tulane makes it very easy to study abroad. and even if you want to go to a place that tulane doesn’t have a program for, you can easily do it and transfer back credits.</p>

<p>hope my post was helpful, if anyone has any questions they can pm me!</p>

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<p>Great post, Exceptional. I have heard that recruiting at the B school has gotten much stronger, but I have no idea beyond that. I would hope it would spill over to other majors, but who knows.</p>

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<p>B-School recruiting / career advising is leaps and bounds beyond the normal career center IMO (coming form a liberal arts major). The B-School has a number of “Freeman Days” for seniors to travel throughout the country and meet & greet prospective employers in places like New York, Houston, etc. The B-School also brings in a lot of recent graduates that work in big cities to present to classes, the honor societies, etc. and go out to dinner with current students. </p>

<p>The Career Center for Tulane in general took a huge hit 2.5 years ago when the director switched over to head up a revamp of the academic advising center on campus - the academic advising has improved drastically in the last 2 years IMO. Career services is still great for resume/cover letter advice, but actually finding internships and jobs lays wholly on the students these days. </p>

<p>On the bright side, most majors (at least from my experience in the School of Liberal Arts) have been doing an increasingly good job of sending out internship opportunities (mainly local) to everyone within that specific degree tract.</p>

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<p>Good to know, TulaneGreg. What major are you? Have you already landed some internship opps?</p>

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<p>I know there are threads and statistics regarding diversity at Tulane, but is there anyone who feels as though (and I hope this doesn’t sound condescending and dont intend to offend anyone) the presence of wealthy long island/jersey students is overwhelming? Everything about the college seems so appealing,but someone I talked to about Tulane (not an alumni or in anyway affiliated with the university) described it as a very “******y” school. Again I don’t mean to be offending and I know his perspective on the school is not accurate because he’s never been there, but does anyone feel this way. And do seperate races tend to self segregate or intermix?</p>

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<p>^ d o u c h e y</p>

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<p>FC - </p>

<p>Double major in comm & history. finishing up next week in 3.5 years. Wrote for the Dallas Morning News in High school. Internships with a large, prominent advertising firm in Dallas post-sophomore year and spent 8 months interning part-time with a local PR firm who handles tourism, healthcare and restaurant accounts in New Orleans. </p>

<p>Also worked on campus as a manager at the Reily Center - great place for student employment with opportunities to take on lots of responsibilities.</p>

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<p>Tulane, on a whole, is not very racially (if you define race as african-american, caucasian, asian, etc.) diverse - in my experience, everyone tends to interact with everyone with the traditional college exceptions like athletes, international students, etc. who tend to stick to their smaller groups. </p>

<p>Tulane does have a large number of students who come from long island/jersey and this can come as a bit of a culture shock (my experience was from a public school in the south). But IMO that’s something that makes tulane a unique experience - you have to learn to interact with people from all different backgrounds, educations, cultures and overall attitudes.</p>

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<p>Comm and history? <em>stars in eyes</em> That’s exactly what I would like to study, TulaneGreg. What has your experience with those departments been?</p>

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<p>Do you know anything about the Engineering Physics program?</p>