<p>I was accepted as a transfer to Nova and Tulane. I am a philosophy major and I would consider myself on the liberal end of the spectrum. Prestige is pretty important to me, as well. I would appreciate any input to help me make this decision.</p>
<p>If prestige is important to you, I would say that Tulane is better known. Their aid is also a lot better. They're doing huge scholarships now as they try to rebuild.</p>
<p>I agree. Tulane is considerably more prestigious than Villanova to me.</p>
<p>If prestige is important to you, the relative prestige of those two schools might depend on where you imagine spending your career/life post-college and in what circles you plan to travel.</p>
<p>I see them as relatively equal in prestige. But in some locations and some circles, one would win out over the other.</p>
<p>That's true. Tulane is popular here in Texas only because it is located in New Orleans. Most people that I know haven't heard of Villanova...that may not be the case if you plan on working in the northeast or midatlantic.</p>
<p>I'm from New England, and it's only known for its basketball here. Tulane, on the other hand, is known for academics.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input, guys. I am still laboring over this decision, but this has certainly given me some insight.</p>
<p>Well, I've lived in greater Washington, DC; New York area; New England and California. Villanova has always had a great reputation in the first three. Probably not quite as well known in California. Tulane is kind of a funny one. It's highly regarded among those who keep up to date on college/university reputation, but isn't the kind of household name of an Ivy League, MIT or Stanford, of course.</p>
<p>All of that said, I think you should make your decision on other bases than prestige, because they are truly about equal.</p>
<p>Do you have a preference as to location? Both schools emphasize community service - Tulane now requires it as part of the curriculum; Villanova just has a lot of students who participate in that. Do you have a preference for a school with a Catholic tradition? They are relatively similar in size. How about cost? Is there a significant difference? Is one further from home than the other (either way could be a plus or minus - some people want to experience a new area; some want to be able to visit home more often and less expensively). How do you compare the philosophy depts and academic offerings of the two?</p>
<p>I'd rather see you base your decision on those types of things.</p>
<p>villanova without a question.</p>
<p>And you're from where? ;)</p>
<p>Villanova will mean more in the Philadelphia area, absolutely. It's everywhere else that's an issue.</p>
<p>Don't worry. I took these things into account. Community service is pretty important to me (it is a big reason I chose to apply to both of these schools). I earned some scholarship to Tulane, but I don't want to limit myself to making a decision on money. I am familiar with both areas, and love Philadelphia and NOLA. I am not as familiar as I would like to be with the specifics on the PHL programs at each school, and I would really like to hear from someone who knows more than me on this. </p>
<p>The only thing that concerns me about Tulane is I have heard some people say they are losing faculty. I haven't been able to find anything about this, so I'd appreciate it if someone could help me out with that info.</p>
<p>I follow Tulane pretty closely and I think the "losing faculty" is often rumor. In fact, they have attracted some great faculty post-Katrina. But I don't know how it is going dept-by-dept. The best way for you to check out that aspect would be to call or email the philosophy dept. You can just speak to the department secretary. Tell her you are trying to plan your coursework for the coming year and would like to know which, if any, faculty members will not be returning.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Tulane, OP. Tulane</p>
<p>no one in the ny/nj/pa region knows about tulane and doesn't even care about it.</p>
<p>"TULANE - Pronounced <too-lane>. Never, ever pronounce this <tu-lane>, or you'll immediately be mistaken for a college student from New Jersey. ..."</tu-lane></too-lane></p>
<p>haha</p>
<p>"no one in the ny/nj/pa region knows about tulane and doesn't even care about it."</p>
<p>Well, I don't really care about NJ. That has to be the worst state in the country, so I would never work there or live there.</p>
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no one in the ny/nj/pa region knows about tulane
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There is a substantial representation from these areas in the Tulane student body, so the aspirant's "no one" is based on whatever self-selected sample s/he happens to hang with.</p>
<p>Just a clearcut indication that you can't choose effectively based on prestige. Choose based on other factors that are important to you.</p>
<p>tulane winds hands down, its quite the hot shot school</p>
<p>lmao @ the_apirant over 1/3 of the students are from ny/nj/pa</p>
<p>tulane is #44 on us news.
penn state is #47.</p>
<p>for students in pa.. if you don't get into upenn, you go to nova.
if you don't get into nova, you go to penn state.</p>
<p>and besides, tulane is located where? new orleans.
as much as they say they are going to build a bigger and better new orleans, it hasn't happened and it'll never happen. new orleans used to be an amazing city back 60-70 years ago. there's no point in re-building. everybody left for better cities anyway.</p>
<p>lmfao @ the_aspirant</p>