<p>I was accepted for next year's freshman class (with a considerable scholarship) and I am just trying to figure out if Tulane is the place for me. I visited last year and loved both the school and the city (I mean, how could you not love NOLA?), but it was the first school I saw, so I'm concerned that it may have skewed my impression of the school. So far, Tulane is the only school I've heard from, and though it wasn't my top choice when I applied, with a scholarship to consider it's moved up considerably. I'm pretty serious about going there considering the scholarship -- it's pretty much between Tulane and NYU (bizarre opposites, I know) -- but I'm concerned about some things I've heard about social life at Tulane.</p>
<p>I have a friend who is currently a sophomore there and she loves it, but she told me that socially, Tulane wasn't for me -- lots of sorority girls and stuff -- so I was just wondering if any current students could give me some information on the social scene. I imagine that, being in New Orleans, Tulane would draw some artsy / musician-y types, like myself, but am I wrong in that assumption?</p>
<p>I’m an artsy-musicy type person (a writer, opera enthusiast, and violist-pianist for twelve years) and still find my energy zapped by what I’ll call “artistic New Orleans.”</p>
<p>If anything, there’s too much art here. I wouldn’t let that deter you. There will be frats and sororities at any school you go to, and they certainly doesn’t dictate the scene at Tulane.</p>
No, you are right. It was part of what drew my D there. Tulane, like most schools, has a mix of all types of students and personalities. There is a strong theater and arts department, so you will certainly get artsy types from there. As you say, music is a staple of New Orleans and there are a lot of good musicians at Tulane as well. People tend to find their niche and others within it, and what you seek is plentiful at Tulane. So is the party/sorority type, but Greek overall is about 25% at Tulane, or put another way non-Greek is about 75%. A current student recently posted that the is definitely no segregation between the groups, that sorority members have lots of friends that are Greek and non-Greek. Tulane does not have live-in sorority houses, so that probably helps. My D is not Greek, she is the more studious, community service sort. She has found plenty of people like her that she enjoys immensely. I feel very confident you would find the same.</p>
<p>As far as the campus and how you felt, you are right that not having much to compare it to makes it tough. I can tell you that a huge number of people have come on here and said they felt the same way and it was far from the first campus they visited. I have been on literally hundreds of college campuses in my life, and while there are quite a few that are great, Tulane’s is right up there with the best. I especially like that it has that classic campus feel but is also not so huge that it takes forever to get from A to B.</p>