<p>Since they give full rides to national merit finalists, it's could be a pretty good deal for me. Anybody knows anything about it?</p>
<p>Between average and good. You could do better as a NMF. I wouldn't go to Tulsa for free if it meant turning down the full price of a top school.</p>
<p>I strongly disagree with the view that U of Tulsa is not a superior university. UT is not well known nationally; nevertheless the quality of its academic departments is quite good. The hard sciences and life sciences are good, and the high caliber reputation of its performing arts programs are well known in the field. U of Tulsa is no cakewalk. Regarding student life, it maintains a Division I sports program, so you can get your full of rah-rah too.</p>
<p>Tulsa is a good school. Like most schools, stronger in some areas than others. For instance, strong in English, not so much in History. Is on the list of happiest students and good town-gown relationships. Not intense, cutthroat competition but no cakewalk. People have that friendly, midwestern attitude. Is ranked 3rd nationally in Petroleum Engineering. You'd be surprised how many of their NMF (usually have 70-80 accept a year) and IB students end up on probation for NMF scholarships or smaller IB scholarship because they came in thinking it would be easier than it turned out. </p>
<p>They have an undergraduate focus and an undergraduate research program called Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge (URC). Tulsa is not Ivy, Rice, Emory caliber but it is a good school in many disciplines populated by a lot of genuinely nice people. Competes for students with Hendrix, University of Oklahoma (NMF), St. Louis Univ, and picks up a few Wash U and Univ of Texas Honors accepted NMF because of the scholarship. What major are you considering? At the very least, I think you should keep an open mind and take a closer look at this school.</p>
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<p>Tulsa is a very underrated school IMO</p>
<p>DS took a really hard look at Tulsa & found a lot to like about it. DH was suitably impressed also. Turned out not to be the best fit for DS so he opted for another university. In our opinion, Tulsa is a great, underrated school with lots to offer their students. The key is fit though. It's definitely worth taking a hard look.</p>
<p>I'm thinking about doing computer science or economics. How goodis Tulsa in those fields?</p>
<p>The NRC doesn't have Tulsa ranked in the top 107 for either category.</p>
<p>DS was interested in Computer Science. They have a really good program with a big focus on security. I don't know how they are in Economics. Ranked or not, I still contend that Tulsa is well worth a look.</p>
<p>D is a NMSF and we took a trip to look at Un of Tulsa this summer. The campus is small and very nice. The admissions/scholarship staff were very friendly and helpful. What keeps coming back to us is that the free ride at Tulsa is a free ride at a PRIVATE university vs the free rides being offered by all the big state U's. My sister (has a son who is also a NMSF - live in a different state) has talked to two NMF who chose Tulsa. Both students had visited "higher level" schools and felt like the professors were more 'down to earth' and actually interested in the undergraduate student at Tulsa. One freshman has already spent significant time doing research. This young man said Tulsa cost him all of $200 last year, everything else was covered. The other young man lost his scholarship and left the school (one of those brilliant, genius types who didn't keep up on his work).
DD has applied and we plan to make another trip to visit in more depth than the first visit.</p>
<p>I concur with all the positive remarks made by everyone answering this thread thus far regarding the University of Tulsa (TU). (Aside - why some central U.S. schools flip the initials for their schools is a mystery to me such as University of Kansas (KU), University of Colorado (CU), etc.) TU is a private university strong not only in petroleum engineering, but English, the Arts, etc. Also, the city of Tulsa (with approximately 400,000 residents) is a very appealing and dynamic city for students and TU is right in the center just a couple miles from downtown. And TU prepares its students well. Take a look at how successful TU is in the number of nationally competitive scholarships its students win such as the Goldwater Scholarships (math, engineering, and science); Truman Scholars (urban and public affairs); and others. If TU were on either coast it would undoubtedly be much more difficult to gain admission into. A comprehensive university yet with only 2700 undergraduates and 1400 Law and graduate students.</p>
<p>Visit TU and I bet you will be impressed. My son did not go to TU, but it was a toss-up versus the school he ended up attending.</p>
<p>If you are interested in computer science at The University of Tulsa, then the following article may be of interest:</p>
<p>They keep sending me PR stuff in the mail and offered me a free app (if I got it all in by August 31 LOL) and it seems like a pretty nice place overall but I'm not applying....the big downside for me is the location - Tulsa seems nice for Oklahoma but that's not enough to get me to want to spend 4 years in Oklahoma :-D</p>