<p>I'm from Kentucky and down here I really think a lot of it has to do with 1) Katrina and 2)aggressive campaign for applicants. At my school everyone thinks that it's a school desperate for anything. When I mention that I got the DHS they all just laugh and say stuff like "well yea... they're desperate"</p>
<p>Janey - just tell em that the DHS was only given out to 50 students out of thousands of applicants. Nice job!</p>
<p>janey, i highly doubt that's everyone at your school. by "everyone" you probably mean your few friends who have stats like yours. being from kentucky, the "everyone" at your school probably hasn't heard of tulane, let alone be pretentious enough to say that we're desperate.</p>
<p>amen!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Tulane gives a lot of merit aid but the DHS full ride, not very many. That is the one the use to try to steal kids from the Ivy's. If your friends think it is a snap tell them to apply for it and see what they get.</p>
<p>Generally (on this board)...
If a school gives too much attention, they are deemed unworthy or "desperate".
If they don't send enough, they are "unresponsive" or "aloof" and jerks.</p>
<p>It is about finding the right fit, not impressing a bunch of high school friends you will likely rarely keep in touch with.</p>
<p>Amen, flatxca! Why are people so concerned about what others think about where they will spend their own college years? What unnecessary misery! It's really of no concern to anyone but themselves. And finally, no one will really care much where your degree came from. If you want to pay attention to the source of a degree, make it your terminal degree.</p>
<p>I really think the other CC posters are right...that Tulane is very well known in certain parts of the country. However, I have an uncle who graduated from U of Chicago business school and works with graduates from Tulane who make just as much money as he does or more. Another relative lives in Chicago (also graduated from U of Chicago business school and makes a ton of money) and was at Tulane recently recruiting people for where he works. Tulane is a great school and I would hate to consider them desperate. I think many people are not giving Tulane the credit it deserves.</p>
<p>a senior who is about to graduate sent me a huge article or essay that someone wrote about tulane and i will post it, but tulanes a PRESTIGIOUS private southern school and is definitely known better in certain parts of the country, usually the people who have not heard of it have not heard of a lot of other really good colleges in other regions and its almost automatic for people to assume that the school their area is superior to other ones because its what they are used to hearing about, not ones from other regions..but right not tulane had a huge disaster with the hurricane, and it caused many people to fear to go there because they did not know what to expect, so they are handing out large scholarships to the top students..however by the time many of the entering freshman graduate it will probably be back where it was before katrina if not better, so basically even though hurricane katrina was terrible, the kids who are going to be entering college then and attending tulane actually lucked out that the disaster had happened when it did because they are getting a huge scholarship out of it, which won't happen again...ill post a new thread with the story but it is a really good read and will make people understand tulane a lot better</p>
<p>It's always been my impression that Tulane had a pretty big rep up north, esplly east coast and Chicago. I graduated in the '70's, and am from NOLA, and when I was there it seemed like everyone I met was either from NY or Ill. In fact, most of the Ill. kids were from Evanston or thereabouts and they all seemed to have gone to a public hs called New Trier, which me living in the swamp thought they were saying "nutria", lol.</p>
<p>What I didn't realize at the time was that then as now about 85% of Tulane students come from more than 500 miles away. It is one of the most geographically diverse schools in the country. For me, a NOLA kid, it was like going away to school w/o leaving town. When I took my S down to see it in Feb. the other kids on our tour were all from places like NY, Ohio, Mich, Ill, Wisc, etc.</p>
<p>The geographical diversity was precisely one of the reasons my son chose it.
He loved the idea of meeting people from all over and not being in a state university environment where most of the kids are from in-state.</p>
<p>In that regard, it's been interesting. His suitemates this year were comprised of 1 Muslim, 3 Jews, 2 Catholics, a Methodist, and atheist. And with one exception, they're all from different states. What a great mix! He says it's been great.</p>
<p>When I visited Tulane I found that most of the students I met, including current freshman, chose Tulane over many of CC's top schools. Ranking is stupid you just need to find a school that you feel at home--I am probably going to Tulane over UC Berkeley, GWU, and Emory if that gives you an idea of how AMAZING Tulane is!!!</p>
<p>Tulane is a very kind school in my opinion and they look at the WHOLEapplicant instead of selecting based on test scores, gpa, etc. My situation is evidence. Here's what happened. I thought tulane was a reach, b/c all these "big" schools scare you into thinking that SAT's matter SOO Much (which they really don't in the grand scheme of things) and that my gpa wasn't "at par" and such. The statswere like this: somewhere near a 3.8uw gpa/4.1 W (at least before senioritis hit..ehehe,) and an 1170/1860 SAT. I still got into Tulane maybe because my essay was good or something to that extent. And, this is definitely something that will lead me to most likely choose tulane if i get into their music dept. if i do, i'm sold! I am convinced it is an amazing school. all i have to do then is visit. (though it would have been nice to get aid but oh well lol...)</p>
<p>i know some people who got a lot of 'desparate' emails from tulane and ended up getting rejected. it is just a way of getting the name out there. a didnt really think about tulane as a school i would apply to until after i got several emails, researched the school and was impressed enough to apply. the same thing happened with brandeis. they sent me a little over 35 emails in a period of three months and i knew nothing about it. i finally looked into it and applied. </p>
<p>both of those schools were def. not schools i intended on applying to in the beginning but i am now down to my final 3 schools and guess what two of those are? thats right, brandeis and tulane. (the other is u of miami btw) i was waitlisted at emory which i would go to if i get in.</p>
<p>hockeydude, my S did not even have Tulane in his radar until I convince him to go to a regional reception (I had researched that it might be a good merit aid school for him, with his stats). He was intrigued enough to go for a visit, and he was really impressed once he went there. </p>
<p>Funny, he also applied to Brandeis (who never sent him anything) but he got waitlisted, probably because he never visited or showed them much interest. </p>
<p>It's really funny some of the schools that have hounded him - obscure schools in the midwest, and for some reason, Seton Hall in NJ, who sent him multiple emails and postcards weekly (he did not apply there).</p>
<p>yea, i am constantly hoarded by Northern Arizona University. I have no clue how they found out about me but they have sent me too many emails to count and have pushed back their 'absolute last date to apply' around six times 'just for me' lol. but unlike brandeis and tulane, NAU is not a good school</p>
<p>Like you, our D got an email - wasn't on her radar to begin with. Like you, she got intrigued and started researching. Then got accepted. Wasn't her first choice (but made the final consideration list) until the visit round, when it jumped to the top of the list. </p>
<p>I think we got hounded because when our Ds signed up for the PSAT/SATs they noted they would be interested in receiving information. Our younger D gets at least 3 pieces of mail a day now - some that I've never heard of, but nothing from NAU yet, to my knowledge...our hounder was Cabrini College.</p>
<p>Don't confuse 'desparate' with cost effective marketing. Once the web site is up and the message is crafted, and you buy the lists, emails have zero incremental cost. Direct mail is more expensive - those glossies cost...</p>
<p>And cost effective can sometimes mean just plain effective--for the student, ultimately, too. Take our son as a great example. He was probably targeted primarily because of a very high ACT score. He doesn't have a DHS but rather a DSA, perhaps only because he didn't even decide to apply until after the DHS deadline had passed. It was then that he discovered the Cognitive Science major at Tulane ( a relatively hard-to-find major which is what he was then looking for) after having received several mailings from Tulane which he hadn't read. Once he started paying atttention, he started getting excited about Tulane. They responded in kind, offering a strong financial aid package with the DSA at the center.</p>
<p>Finally, he turned down a scholarship at UNC-Chapel Hill to go to Tulane, and he's been v. happy he did ever since, through all the changes in his subsequent decisions and Tulane's changes as well. This all happened because Tulane's marketing people know what they're doing and are persistent. So it's somewhat of a puzzle to me to see these tactics denigrated occasionally. After all, no one's forced to apply or accept admission anywhere, right? I'm happy that they pursued my son and, if he ever had time to think about it, so would he be, I'm sure.</p>
<p>ctymomteacher, you sure you're a writing teacher??? Sounds like you have a good feel for marketing.</p>
<p>Something that seems to happen in adolescence is that 'pursuit' seems to be frowned upon, as if you're trying too hard. But later in life, appropriate pursuit (not harrassment) is a virtue. One of the biggest reasons companies lose competitive bids to other companies is because the buyer didn't think they were interested enough - they submitted a proposal and then just waited...while their competition was in buying lunches and dinners.</p>
<p>And when you decide to pick a lifelong mate, pursuit is very attractive...</p>
<p>Funny you should mention lifelong mates--HE'S the marketing guy, and I guess some appreciation for the finer points has rubbed off, so to speak.</p>
<p>As with any subject, the language people use to describe the facts varies according to the attitude they have toward the event. For us, the results were wonderful. If someone isn't interested, that someone doesn't have to ever matriculate at the uni in question, Tulane or elsewhere. I just like to see words used with some precision; that's all ;-)</p>