<p>Well, I think we can sum up tulane by where their students went after Hurricane K. Examples include, Princeton, Yale, Harvar, U Penn, Columbia, need I go on. And the overwhelming majority of the students decided to come back to Tulane after everything was put back together, usually the reason for many of the others not coming back was their major was removed from the curriculum. That was the case with many of the engineering majors, I think they only kept biomed eng. after Katrina. I have 3 really good friends that go to Tulane,all pre med majors. Took advantage of the fact that if you maintain a relatively decent gpa you are automatically accepted into their med school, which is very strong indeed. All were at the top of the class at my HS. All had 30 plus on the ACT and recieved nice scholarship packages. One even recieved the Dean’s Scholarship package which covers full tuition as long as he maintains a 3.0 gpa all 4 years, which I say they only offer that package to 100 incoming freshman every year. Scored a 34 on his ACT, and may I say, never struggled in any course in his life. He got to Tulane it was finding it hard to stay above that 3.0, although he did manage. I don’t know if this is because he had a lack of study skills because he never had to study a bit in his life. Although I think he found it extremely hard because of the difficulty of the school and the fact he didn’t have study skills. He said the classes were small, very one on one, and they expected a hell of a lot out of you. I don’t think you can dis Tulane in any way, shape, or form. It is a very strong school, especially for anything medical related. Whether it is worth paying more than some ivies, I don’t know. But if you get a full paid ticket like my friend did, I would have to say you would be down right crazy to pass that up.</p>
<p>Just for accuracy, they kept biomedical and chemical engineering, the others were eliminated. Also, it used to be 100 applicants were offered the DHS (being changed to the David Filo Scholarship after the co-founder of Yahoo and Tulane alum who has donated mucho bucks) but this year it was 150. Not sure how many of those offered the scholarship accepted, but my D did.</p>
<p>LSU over Tulane??..seriously…</p>
<p>Fortune 500 companies do not even sniff in LSU’s direction in comparison to a Tulane degree. Throw all the stats you can, objective and subjectively biased, a Tulane degree will command more respect than LSU and will go MUCH further. Job placement is what matters.</p>
<p>If the only rational argument you can give is bashing Tulane’s rankings instead of something good about LSU itself…that says something about the LSU’s “outstanding” academics.</p>
<p>BTW Tulane has the about same endowment as LSU with a mere fraction of the students…that equates into a much more productive and nurturing learning environment.</p>
<p>BTW i chose Tulane over Cornell because of their merit based aid…how many LSU students chose LSU over Cornell??..or even know where Cornell is located? And yes tuition is expensive, but is it worth it YES, definitely. </p>
<p>I am from New Orleans and I get tired of hearing these lame justifications of why LSU people feel obligated to bash in Tulane’s direction.</p>
<p>algirau - I like your enthusiasm, but this thread is over a year old.</p>