<p>oh wow....this is going to be interesting, although everyone knew it was going to happen sooner or later..</p>
<p>Should I stay or Should I go?... D-nananana</p>
<p>The link comes up "error."</p>
<p>Who wouldn't want to stay at Harvard? That is like living at Trump's house for 4 months then having to go back to your crappy apartment.</p>
<p>How can we get them back on the farm after they've seen Par-ee?</p>
<p>My opinion: The Tulane students at Harvard (and at other schools) should be allowed to apply as transfer students, and admitted (or not) based on their grades, etc. Some of these students are probably doing well and the schools they are in would be glad to have them. Others may be students that are not thriving academically.</p>
<p>I will disagree on several fronts:</p>
<p>1) Tulane students were admitted at Harvard, and elsewhere, as visiting students. This was done as an accommodation for them, and for Tulane. I believe in the spirit of their "admission", all displaced students that can return to their home schools should do so, and then apply to transfer on equal footing with all other students seeking transfer;</p>
<p>2) Contrary to the view of some, not every student loves Harvard, or would want to go to Harvard. When we visited, my Ds were very turned off by the "imperial" attitude evident there, and sometimes expressed on boards such as this. Harvard=great school? Yes. Harvard= the be all and end all for every student? No.</p>
<p>I agree with concerneddad--they are Tulane students and can apply for transfer in the spring, same as everyone else who desires to transfer to Harvard.</p>
<p>The Duke student government is also trying to push for the Tulane students to stay, but Duke officials have said no. </p>
<p>Agreed^^^</p>
<p>If you want to go to Harvard then apply as a transfer student like everyone else...</p>
<p>concerneddad,
I agree with both your points (1) and (2). When my D visited H, she was totally turned off by what she encountered as a smugly superior attitude, which was significantly different from her visits to other Ivies, btw. She felt that H was not any more entitled to have such an attitude than many other fine schools on a similar level, with a similar quality of students, faculty, resources, etc.</p>
<p>Sigh. Another thread turning into a Harvard-bashing feast.
Anybody wants to say something nasty about Duke? Tulane students also want to stay at Duke and Duke students are campaigning on their behalf, too. Or is this another sign of Harvard uniqueness?</p>
<p>It makes complete sense to me that any special students who want to stay at the campus where they were being "special" ought to apply as transfer students like anyone else. What am I missing?</p>
<p>Unless I misread, what they're requesting is to be allowed to apply to transfer. I think that should be okay, provided they don't get some kind of "push" for being there already. It shouldn't be automatic.</p>
<p>I prefer to say nothing nasty about Harvard or Duke.</p>
<p>marite, I was not bashing Harvard, just the views of some that there is H and everything else. Kind of like that map of NYC and the rest of the country. That is probably how the H lovers see it, but not everyone has to share that vision. And not every criticism is bashing -- sometimes it is just a difference of opinion.</p>
<p>Tulane students should be grateful for the TEMPORARY hospitality and abide by the original terms of the agreement. This means they should return to Tulane or find a comparable school for their second freshman year or sophomore year. </p>
<p>FWIW, I find the quoted comments of Tulane students to be opportunistic and none too endearing. I am quite certain that the students who were accommodated at schools of lesser reputation and standing ALSO made friends. I do not think that too many students would play the emotion card to remain at Waxahachie College or Podunk U.</p>
<p>Harvard has shown its heart when the school opened its campus to the displaced students. I hope that Harvard will also show its spine by having the integrity of refusing to extend the invitation beyond the agreed upon terms.</p>
<p>The way I read the article, it is a total of five freshman students who want to remain at Harvard. They have never been students at Tulane, except for the fact that they were admitted and were ready to attend their first college class when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Their entire college career has been at Harvard. They are also only asking to be allowed to apply to Harvard, not to be automatically admitted. I think it is unfair for Tulane to enforce any agreement that would force these students to return to a school they have never actually attended, especially if they are doing well academically at Harvard and have the credentials to be admitted in the first place. If Harvard waives the agreement and allows the student to apply as transfers, as is their right, then why shouldn't Tulane allow them to go to the only college these students have ever known.</p>
<p>Garland--what I read is that they want to transfer early, after only one semester. I don't think that opportunity is available to the population at large, including other Tulane students at other U's. Of course they can apply to transfer at the appropriate time, I don't think anyone is going to not allow them to do that.</p>
<p>By the way, how would Princeton handle similar requests, considering the school does NOT accept transfers?</p>