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Colleges and Universities A-Z Tulane University
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<p>Are you really going through all my posts?!</p>

<p>I guess you are a parent. I am sorry for being rude but seriously, I have heard enough rumors about the school whether they are true or not and people have different opinions about things. This is an online forum and I can tell the prospective student about the rumors I’ve heard and my opinion on the school if I want to and its not like i am just making up stuff because i have nothing against the school. I am not a bitter reject or anything. Admission to tulane is GUARANTEED For me. I just hate it for its reputations and the impression I got from college visit etc… I am free to say whatever I want so why don’t you leave me alone and keep up with your advices for tulane applicants?</p>

<p>No, I have never lived in Europe before and I think your sarcasm is great.</p>

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<p>Not all your posts, just wanted to get a flavor for why you are so negative. Of course you have a right to say what you want, within CC rules and guidelines. Did I say otherwise? But you tell everything anyone needs to know in that you trade in rumors, which you then state is “the TRUTH”. On the other hand, I actually went there and now I have a child that is a freshman there, and I keep up with the school beyond that. So I will certainly put my credibility regarding Tulane up against yours any day. Besides, I am not sure that

counts as an opinion.</p>

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<p>Ok</p>

<p>I offer you peace.</p>

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<p>Just a legitimate question from a serious prospective student…</p>

<p>What exactly is an “ew ugh fwarrrg dslfjsdkf” person like?</p>

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<p>I will chime in here with what I think lifegr is talking about. I’m from Louisiana and came out of the most competitive HS in the state into Tulane for undergrad and then on to grad school. </p>

<p>The reputation that TU has, among some locals, is that it’s overrated and full of arrogant snobs. This is the reason:</p>

<p>With regards to Tulane, 3/4 of the student population is from more than 500 miles away. The major areas among those include New England, Chicago, New York, and LA. People from those areas, most notably New York, tend to look down on Southerners and the South in general, and thus the local population. Why they would attend a school in the South is beyond me but that’s another matter.</p>

<p>In addition, with the ~$50k annual cost, few Southerners can afford the school without major merit and other financial aid. This leads to a lot of wealthy, though still academically qualified, students making up a fairly large portion of the local students who go to Tulane. Thus the rich kid in the class that didn’t get into Harvard or Princeton goes there.</p>

<p>I personally was able to get a full ride to Tulane and thus attended. I don’t remember any other Louisiana resident-student that didn’t have close to a full ride to the school due to their high academic qualifications except for those from a very well-to-do family. This continues to this day.</p>

<p>It perpetuates the disconnect between Tulane and some of the local Louisiana folk.</p>

<p>The majority of the population can be broken down into 3 main groups:

  1. kids from wealthy families that can afford the tuition (though still good students)
    2)extremely academically qualified locals or southerners
  2. kids that come from areas where $50k a year is not that much money (LA, NYC, ect. and again they are still very good students)</p>

<p>Are there snobs at TU? Absolutely. Are there more snobs there than at schools with similar stats such as USC and NYU? Absolutely not.</p>

<p>So what’s the big difference between NYU and USC, both of which are geographically diverse and very good schools? Neither has a ‘visiting’ student body that looks down on the local region. USC and NYU are also in very expensive parts of the country and thus the visiting students can’t throw around money like it’s play money as you can in New Orleans (a very inexpensive city.) </p>

<p>As more and more emphasis is placed on community service, fewer ‘true snobs’ will end up at Tulane. As so many HS kids came from all over to help after hurricane katrina and decided they wanted to go to school in New Orleans, Tulane has become a hot spot for some of the most altruistic minded kids in the country. The ‘old’ reputation among some (think Talented Mr. Ripley) will hopefully be forgotten.</p>

<p>As an FYI, I loved my time at Tulane. Best of luck.</p>

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<p>leparisr, I think you have a great shot at admission but not for any substantial merit aid.</p>

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<p>Ben - great analysis of the situation regarding Tulane’s rep among some of the locals. I think you are spot on regarding how things are changing too. My last couple visits I have engaged various residents in conversation, and many of them seem to have a much more positive attitude about Tulane and the students. Of course, Tulane is the largest private employer in New Orleans, and the University has been a huge leader in the rebuilding of the city. This has been nationally recognized by both the Carnegie Foundation (President Cowen received one of only 4 $500,000 awards for the work that was done over the last few years) and he was recognized recently by Time Magazine as one of the top 10 university presidents (#4 I think).</p>

<p>Interestingly, there were strong elements of the things you mention even way back when I was there. My favorite story is the friend I had from NYC (Bronx or Queens, I forget which) and he would go on and on about how great NYC was, all the things there were to do there, how backwards New Orleans was, etc. After a couple of months of this and after this group of friends felt comfomfortable with each other, we finally said “Shut up, Larry (name changed to protect the guilty). If you really think it is so much better there, transfer back, otherwise give it a rest. We like it here.” We were from all different places, St. Louis (me) and various southern, midwestern, and eastern locales. No one in the group from out west, though. Anyway, 4 years later he went to Tulane med and settled in New Orleans and has lived there ever since, and now he has children attending, you guessed it, Tulane.</p>

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<p>My daughter is now a senior and rooming with two recent Tulane graduates who live over 500 miles away. The two graduates are working in New Orleans and my daughter will be actively looking for work in the area also. I know many others who stick around. So…I don’t know about the uppity attitude…my daughter loves the city, the culture, the climate etc…and the biggest thing she mentioned is that to afford to live and do things in NY (where we are from) is difficult. </p>

<p>By the way, we got a decent scholarship and if we did not, then Tulane would have been out of our price range. My daughter also mentioned to me about alot of students who are not from rich famillies and are working to help pay for college.</p>