<p>looking for schools to add to my list that are similar to Tulane...
Things I like about it especially
-size
-social life
-campus
-good location for college kids
-ranked as one of the happiest schools
-work hard play hard </p>
<p>thanks :)</p>
<p>Vanderbilt, Penn, Northeastern, Virginia Tech, Brown, Stanford, Rice, URichmond, Lehigh, Claremont Consortium, Howard, Boston College, Syracuse</p>
<p>I don’t know how the guy above me didn’t mention U of Miami. ALOT of people who apply to Miami apply to Tulane and vice versa. I personally love Tulane but didn’t really like Miami even though it did come up as a perfect match on supermatch. Miami has everything I want but I just cant see myself there. That doesn’t mean you wont. Miami is midsized, has a vibrant social life, is in a safe suburb of Miami, similar in ranking and is definitely work hard play hard. </p>
<p>Miami, Emory, Elon (except for location), U of Richmond, Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>is Emory fun, @Hanna? Howso? I’ve talked to Elon students who’ve loved it, but Emory students say they’re too busy to have fun, in my experience.</p>
<p>Thanks for the helpful replies! Any others that come to mind that aren’t in the south?</p>
<p>Stanford, Rice, Virginia Tech, Brown, Miami, Emory, Lehigh, URichmond, Howard and Claremont Consortium.</p>
<p>-Tim</p>
<p>^ Not sure how Stanford, Virginia Tech, or Howard are at all like Tulane. </p>
<p>Howard: fun school in a big city with lots to do, about the same size, work hard play hard, real campus
VA Tech: fun school, about the same size, work hard play hard, real campus</p>
<p>Tulane:
Students 13,462[
Undergraduates 8,352
Postgraduates 5,110</p>
<p>Va tech:
29,684
Undergraduates 22,824
Postgraduates 6,416</p>
<p>Just about any school with D1 sports has the fun school, work hard play hard, real campus thing down.
But similar size to Tulane???</p>
<p>Agreed. I must have mis-read one of those stats. I didn’t know VTech had so many ugs.</p>
<p>Not to mention that VT is dominated by engineering students, almost 60-40 male, 75% of which are from Virginia, on a rural campus over 20 times the size of Tulane’s. And Howard is a historically black college, with a demographic quite different from Tulane.</p>
<p>Geez, I didn’t mean to suggest there weren’t any differences! In fact, Howard meets all the stipulations the OP made. </p>
<p>Lighten up, boys and girls.</p>
<p>Since over a third of Emory students join Greek organizations, they are clearly finding time to have fun. (That’s not the only way to have fun, of course, but it’s a way that can be measured.)</p>
<p>I didn’t know this. Thanks, @Hanna.</p>
<p>@fallenchemist any ideas? </p>
<p>Yes, Virginia Tech is larger than Tulane . It did make Princeton Review’s list of 5 happiest schools and always ranks very high in dining. It is definitely not in a city, as Tulane is so doesn’t sound like a fit for this student. But it is not “dominated by engineering students.” In the most recent class , about 7000 out of 24,000 undergrads are in engineering. There are plenty of other well represented majors ( about 3700 business, 3700 science,3100 liberal arts, 2400 agriculture, etc.). About 14,000 men and 10,000 women. Low 70’s for instate but there are kids from many states there, the top 5 states represented are Md, NJ, Pa, NC, and NY but there are kids from all over. But of, course , nowhere near the type of out of state numbers you would see at the typical private like Tulane, but that is true of most state schools. </p>
<p>@Chardo The OP didn’t indicate any diversity preferences. @jkeil911 is right with his/ her assessment.</p>
<p>^ So? I just stated that VT and Howard are not similar to Tulane. I stand by that assessment.</p>
<p>Tulane is unique in at least two ways.
First, it is in New Orleans which is the most unique city in America. Love it or hate, no other city is like NOLA. Plus, New Orleans is very much a part of the educational experience of Tulane students.
Second, Tulane is dominated by students who come far away from home (with a huge proportion of students from the Northeast). 75% of Tulane students come more than 500 miles to attend the school. This bucks the pattern of regional dominance at most colleges, even most elites.</p>
<p>Personally, when I think of schools similar to Tulane, I think:</p>
<p>Washington University in St. Louis
Vanderbilt University
Rice University
University of Miami</p>
<p>But given its uniqueness, even those four are a bit of a stretch. </p>
<p>Virginia Tech is nothing like Tulane. Totally different, other than VT students are happy and the alumni love their school too.</p>
<p>Perhaps Northwestern University shares some of the similarities which OP is looking for.</p>