<p>Son surprisingly put in an absolutely last minute application to Tulane. Tulane did everything it promised and or hinted. 30 day decsion. No app fee.
No essays. Got close to half room and board with no FAFSA or additional paperwork. </p>
<p>If this keeps up look for Tulane to rise rapidly in the ratings. It has certainly caught our attention and the more I look at their website the more impressed I am.</p>
<p>? about Tulane. I read on an old CC post that Tulane was ranked as high as 11 not too long ago. What happened? </p>
<p>Tulane lists its student teacher ratio as 8/1 which is surprisingly high. At 5900 undergrads that is in the range of schools like Wash U which tout their size. </p>
<p>Is Tulane fairly liberal politically? ( a plus for us). It is known for being liberal socially; how about politically? It does have about 1/3 from NYC greater area for some reason unknown to me.</p>
<p>texdad - Don't have all the answers, but we have a probable Tulane matriculant in S. He loved it when we visited, received the DSA (half-ride +). It is strong in his field. jamimom has brought it up recently in several threads, along with Vanderbilt... as a school about to climb in its stats (for those who care and, hey,we all do at least part of the time) due to exactly what you outlined. She already sees it as a school with more than its fair share of "ivy match" kids who are, in fact, swayed by the $$ and, as she says "when they see the campus, it seals the deal." Politically, I don't want to say, except that it is a very broad-based student population geographically, much more so than any other "southern" school, I believe.</p>
<p>There are some plugged-in parents on the Tulane thread (concerneddad, alongfortheride). So, if you don't get answers here, go there; they seem to lurk and posts regularly.</p>
<p>We are headed, I think, to either Honors Weekend or Engineering Scholar Days. Are you?</p>
<p>Long story on Tulane. Spring Break 2004 ,I more or less forced DS to drive to New Orleans to do his first college tour when he preferred not to think about college. He was somewhat sulky, he said he didn't like Tulane or New Orleans too much. So we showed interest by visiting. I was careful to continue to show some interest when they came to his high school. He apparently decided he needed another school to apply to and he decided Tulane at the last second. We had sent his scores a few month earlier.</p>
<p>Is it too late for honors? Was there some sort of special app? We may very well be heading to Tulane to visit shortly. With son it is hard to say, as he might be fixated on UT Austin from which we haven't heard. WE are going to a local reception for admitted students on Wednesday. </p>
<p>However, just heard from an old college friend in Dallas. Last year daughter was rejected at UT Austin, got into Tulane and John Hopkins and decided to go to John Hopkins. Almost chose Tulane. Girl went to famous top private, but probably wasn't top 10%.</p>
<p>My own take on the drop is that Tulane has a very small endowment for a school of its reputation and a fairly high percentage (5-10%) of freshman do too much partying to continue, but it is a bargain for those who stay.</p>
<p>Honors was not a separate application. I don't know if it is too late. S applied EA and was accepted waaayy back in Dec. Honors invitation came just last week, so it may be in the works for you. You can certainly call and email to see when notifications will be complete. Honors Weekend is 4/3 and 4/4, so I would assume all would be out pretty soon.</p>
<p>It's true that if you go on the Ed Trust website, Tulane's % graduating is in the 75% range (vs. 95%ish for, say, Stanford). Probably for just the reason you mentioned. But all the good students I know from around here (competitive private and public HS grads) really like it.</p>
<p>A very good friend of ours turned down NYU for Tulane this year and is ecstatic about attending. Maybe I'll have to accidentally end up there on our trip. ;)</p>
<p>There is another factor besides the partying that affects the attrition rate (which is declining) at Tulane and that is plain old home-sickness. Tulan takes more kids from more than 500 miles away than any school in the country. Add the usual rigors of freshman year to a big climate and culture change and some kids just can't handle it or decide they don't want to handle it. That happens to a certain extent anywhere but it is one thing to be 200 miles away and another to be 1000 or 1500.</p>
<p>Note that Tulane could become a very dangerous place if The Big One (the dreaded, long-awaited coastal flood) hit New Orleans, which could happen with any big hurricane.</p>
<p>As could Stanford, UCB etc. etc. if The Big One (earthquake) hits with the wrong epicenter. As could UMich or a slew of midwesterns if the big one (tornado) hits at the wrong time and place. As a 20-year Californian, I don't let these things get to me. Reminds me of the joke I just read: "The SF gal and her visiting friend from the midWest were waiting at a red light when the car began to shake. After moment of stunned silence, the friend said "I think we just had an earthquake." "Oh, thank GOD,", the SF gal replied, "I was afraid there was something wrong with the car!"</p>
<p>Allena, my son just got his acceptance letter last Saturday, and he applied late in response to the no-essay, no rec, no-fee come-on. Now he's excited about it because he belatedly discovered Tulane has his relatively rare major!</p>
<p>We're still waiting to hear from some ohers, but he's very happy to have the Tulane acceptance in hand. Now, if only they'll send a good finaid package....</p>
<p>New Orleans-based Tulane University has announced gifts of $30 million each from Netscape co-founder Jim Clark and Yahoo! co-founder David Filo. Both gifts will be dedicated to Tulane's endowment, the income from which is used to support undergraduate students of extraordinary academic merit.</p>
<p>ctymomteacher, what is the prerequisite for a student to receive the "no essay, no rec, no fee" invitation at Tulane? How did they get your son's name and stats?</p>
<p>I applied to their no fee, 30 day response thing as well, and am still waiting to hear... Also noticed that it looks like their website is going to be a waste as far that's concerned.</p>
<p>patsmom, I'm sorry--I just saw your question. I honestly don't know that answer, but it has to be either SAT or ACT scores. My son took both and scored very high on the ACT--fairly high on the SAT. Could be PSAT, too, since they distribute info widely. He just missed our state's cutoff for semifinalist in that by a point. Anyway, it has to be standardized tests of some sort sinced that's about all he's done that would set them on his trail.</p>
<p>We were told that it could be test scores, and that they also send the personal app to kids who express early interest - like visiting or returning a postcard during junior year.</p>
<p>Tulane wasn't really on the radar screen for S (and he's only a sophomore right now) but I have been reading some great things about it, both here and in college guides. I think it might be a great fit for him and it's good to know that Tulane offers that free app. if his scores are high enough. He takes his first SAT I this May and we're both anxious to see how he scores. Practice tests and the PLAN administered at his HS indicate that he will do well - keeping fingers crossed!</p>
<p>patsmom - just a guess, but I'm not sure you can count on the free app in future years. My S did not get the Tulane one (maybe because he had already applied EA?) but did get a similar "snapshot app" from another school. I think they decide to do these "marketing" approaches year-by-year.</p>
<p>Tulane sent me a bunch of stuff over several months. Honestly the main reason I applied is because of the free app, and no essays, plus I'm a Phi Theta Kappa member and I know they have schlorships for people in PTK.</p>