<p>Hmmm...that's odd because my daughter's top interest is computer science and electrical engineering.....well this will make the choice not to attend rather easy.</p>
<p>AdvicePlease: Congratulations to your daughter. Yes, it has just been announced that they are eliminating most engineering majors, however, they still have chemical engineering, biomedical engineering and other sciences, so if her interest is with these, she's all set. Tulane has always been strong in the environmental sciences, and I would venture to say that there will be great opportunities for field research post Katrina.</p>
<p>AdvicePlease - I see that our posts just crossed. Yes, now her decision is easy. My son is currently a CS major and so is caught in the crossfire of this announcement.</p>
<p>Blizzard -- Do you know if there is an Information Science or similar major. That's a shame for your son. </p>
<p>We've visited some schools that he may want to consider. We visited RIT in Rochester NY and Rensselaer Polytechnic -- near Albany, NY.</p>
<p>We live in PA and after visiting NY my daughter ruled out North of PA because we had horrible weather during our visit and wouldn't even look at correspondence from any New England School (too cold)....and she's received a bunch of letters from great schools. She is a stubborn child!</p>
<p>RIT was OK and RPI is a great CS school but......we really didn't like the feel of the campus. It was heavily male (75%) and we could feel the bias in the air......the professor that interviewed actually asked her "do you like math?" and told her --- there is one discipline within the CS program that has more of an arts and humanities focus" --- he was a kind man but his bias was so thick! My daughter is definitely not your arts and humanities girl --- loves math (taking the second AP calc test this year) and computer science (took both APs -- one as a sophmore and one as a junior)....is currently taking and Engineering couse at a local college as a high school senior ....anyway I digress.....RPI is an excellent school and my stubborn child won't even apply after meeting this professorl She looks very feminine and sadly the interviewer apparently based his comments on her looks and not her credentials.....after she reviewed her credentials he was more shocked than impressed........well the point of this rant is to recommend RPI as a great CS school for your son --- who won't suffer the bias. It is a great school.....and of course he may want to consider an incredible Pennsylvania School -- Carnegie Mellon.</p>
<p>Well, good luck to you.....it's a shame that they are cutting back in the Engineering Schools.</p>
<p>There is an Information Systems major in the Business School.
<a href="http://renewal.tulane.edu/students_undergraduate_majors.html%5B/url%5D">http://renewal.tulane.edu/students_undergraduate_majors.html</a></p>
<p>We, too, are an Engineering family. S may consider Physics; it's all too soon. He doesn't know and I am not telling him until after he finishes exams next week.</p>
<p>AdvicePlease - Thanks for the info. Interestingly, my son had applied to RPI and received a good scholarship from them, but decided Tulane was a better fit. Didn't mean to hijack this thread and take away from the good news of others. My son loved his time at Tulane and hopefully it will work out. Re the New England cold - doesn't bother me, hence the screenname!</p>
<p>Jmmom - Thanks for the info, but son has absolutely no interest in information systems. Oh, well.</p>
<p>Blizzard -- I love New England....especially Newport, Rhode Island......good luck to your son...sounds like he'd make it anywhere. </p>
<p>I'll be interested to see if Tulane sends my daughter a follow-up letter...odd coincidence that they exact day she was accepted into the College of Engineering they decide to discontinue the programs she was specifically interested.</p>
<p>Best Regards!</p>
<p>AdvicePlease, run like the wind. Son just got the engineering ax. He's a sophomore DSA in computer engineering and his life is upside down. No telling what else they'll lie about. They certainly had no trouble taking our money and promising my son a degree.</p>
<p>Adviseplease, very interesting information about RPI. I have a D who is a math and science girl. She is also very feminine. She's only a Soph. in HS, I have a feeling finding the right school for her might be a challenge. She wants nothing of the male heavy tech schools that her brother has looked at. I don't know about CS but I know that Smith has a great engineering program. I wonder if she would even think about applying to a women's college.</p>
<p>Deb922 -- </p>
<p>My D wouldn't consider an all girls school although Wellesley sent her an enormous amount of correspondence. She attends a public high school and while she was the only girl in her AP Computer Science courses ---- lots of girls take the AP Calc, Calc, Stat and Physics.... these courses are not considered as "Boys" courses in our local High School. </p>
<p>RPI is an overwhelmingly boy "tech" school and I have no doubt that she would have been enormously succesful....with a 720 in her Math SAT and already an AP scholar there is no excuse for her to have been asked the question -- "Do you like math?" My guess is that most applicants to RPI like Math. He was a nice, polite man and probably has no idea of his overwhelming bias......thankfully our high school teachers do not show bias in this manner.</p>
<p>As for an "all girls" school --- it would probably be great for her but my D has no interest in this. It's 2005 and it's so tiring that the "Girls aren't good at Math" stereotype still exists.</p>
<p>This is odd but virtually everyone in my class is getting whole "you are a top priority candidate and we want you to apply" email. I mean I have a friend who has a 17 ACT a 1.9 GPA and hardly has any EC and she got the email with no fee (she is not a minority either). Is Tulane just trying to get more people to apply so they can reject more and seem just as competitive?? I applied and thought that I wanted to go but now I am just looking at that whole email as a joke. They have some second agenda with these emails and I am rather disgusted that I even fell for it and wasted my time applying.</p>
<p>Funny thing. I had dinner last night with a friend who said her husband a 50+ year old man got a letter in the mail from Tulane inviting him to apply with no fee and no essay.</p>
<p>Got in today...</p>
<p>GPA: 92 uw
SAT I: 2020/2400, 1400/1600
SAT II: 750 (Chem.), 740 (IIC)
Rank: 12/75</p>
<p>Congrats Jkh411!!! Dogs Rock! So Do You! So Do Cows!</p>
<p>I got accepted today but I made sure to apply via Regular Decision which I clearly marked on the Personal App (no fee, no essay). My letter however still said I was accepted through Early Action. </p>
<p>I'm applying to another school Single Choice early Action... should i be worried? thanx.</p>
<p>Anybody accepted by Tulane should think it through carefully.Tulane after Katrina may not be a the first rate educational institution that it was in the past. If you are also accepted at another top tier school, prudence would dictate you choose the other school. Less risk.</p>
<p>Sister got accepted EA. Legacy. AP Scholar with Distinction. Top 10%. 3.5 UW 1280 Old SAT? Great verbal, not so good math. English Major. No word on scholarships yet.</p>
<p>I was recently accepted EA with decent stats (740 V, 670 M, 620 W) and was wondering what other kids were accepted with/ who is actually considering going... I think a lot of Tulane's repuation/recovery is going to ride on the class of 2010, so I'm very curious about what kind of students are getting accepted/who is seriously considering the offer. Also, does anyone know when the Founders Scholarships are awarded?</p>
<p>dipset - LY, the Founders and DSA announcements for EA kids (at least for my S) came about 2 weeks or so after acceptances, almost at the end of December.</p>
<p>was your S awarded either Founders or DS? If so, what were his stats/did he chose to attend?</p>