<p>Tomin VT - you are the one that needs educating. First of all, your link is for MBA programs, lol. Second, nowhere does the OP say he is ONLY interested in business schools, just that Stern is one choice. Third, I would not say UMd is a “short drive” from NYC. Fourth, any undergraduate education is about a lot more than learning a trade, at least for most people. Maybe it is just trade school to you.</p>
<p>Lots of schools send lots of e-mail and snail mail. Wash U in St. Louis is USNWR ranked 12th and is famous for tons of solicitations, and they are not the only ones. Tulane made a business decision (you should understand the concept unless your business school is failing you) to make the application free back in 2002 or 2003. Apparently it was a smart move because in the intervening 7 years the average currently entering Tulane student has an approximately 120 point higher average SAT score than their counterpart from before the marketing campaign. That is especially remarkable given the occurance of Katrina in the middle of that time frame. Maybe your business school teaches something different, but when I got my MBA they kind of encouraged successful business plans.</p>
<p>Finally, here are some links for the Tulane program that might interest you:</p>
<p>Tulane’s Finance Dept. ranked in Top 10 in World
[Tulane</a> University - Financial Times Names Tulane University Among World’s Top 10 Schools for Finance](<a href=“http://tulane.edu/news/releases/012808.cfm]Tulane”>http://tulane.edu/news/releases/012808.cfm)</p>
<p>Tulane’s Equity Research Program
[Equity</a> Research @ Tulane](<a href=“http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/burkenroad/whatis.php]Equity”>About Burkenroad Reports - Freeman School | Tulane)</p>
<p>Tulane’s Darwin Fenner Program
[Darwin</a> Fenner Program@ Tulane](<a href=“http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/fenner/]Darwin”>http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/fenner/)</p>
<p>I am not saying Tulane is the right place for the OP compared to other places he might be considering. I am also not saying that these other schools don’t provide fine educations. But I am saying there is a lot more to picking a school than how it is “ranked” in one department. Over 70% of students change their major at least once. I am also saying you should do some research and know what you are talking about before you spout off and use terms like “desperate”. Given the high ranking Tulane has overall (and if you go strictly by academic quality based on test scores Tulane would rank #30, misperceptions about New Orleans and post-Katrina Tulane drag down the USNWR ranking, which is still pretty high), the remarkable rise in student quality over the last few years, the recognition from Carnegie Foundation, Time Magazine, Barrons, Forbes and many other sources, not to mention the fact that now 75% of those that apply get turned away, it is clear you have no idea what you are talking about.</p>