<p>hey,
does anyone know if Tulane has gotten less selective since Katrina or what impact its had on their admissions? I am debating transferring there</p>
<p>I don't think anyone really knows yet. Certainly no one here is in a position to answer such a question. The admissions people at Tulane have said the school will be accepting a smaller freshman class, and that application rates are up. At the same time, they have sent out many, many solicitations for applications. None of that tells us the answer to your question or even would directly apply to transfer students.</p>
<p>Questions like yours will probably just have to be answered by a wait-and-see approach for a year or two. I would bet that not even the most informed insider at Tulane knows the answers right now. So if it's something you know that you want, instead of guessing at the whether you'd be accepted, why not just do the application? Even if you knew the answer to your question, it wouldn't really determine whether your particular app would be accepted.</p>
<p>Good luck to you!</p>
<p>Well, I did apply to Tulane already, the application is really easy for anyone reading this, I suggest doing it. What I was wondering is pretty much how the school is bouncing back, and what the future holds. I guess you are right that only time will tell. It's just going to be a gamble leaving Tufts for Tulane</p>
<p>You're right, of course, and I hope some students respond. I can tell you that my son, who is there as a freshman, is very happy. The campus is beautiful again already, and my son has the opportunity now to do a double major that wasn't even possible before. On the other hand, there are some majors that are gone, as I'm sure you've heard. For the most part, the future seems bright, it seems to me. People seem to be working very hard to make sure that it is.</p>
<p>I hope you hear from others who can give you more information.</p>
<p>Looks like son's decision may be coming down to either accepting DHS @ Tulane or National Merit scholarship (almost free ride) at the University of Florida. I would be interested in peoples thoughts as to quality of education/instruction, campus enviornment, preparation for graduate school, etc... when comparing these two schools. Anyone else facing similar decision of Tulane vs. large state school?</p>
<p>Thanks for your feedback.</p>
<p>I do not know if this directly answers your question, but my son spent his "Katrina-semester" at LSU. He has found absolutely no compassions between the rigors of the same class at LSU and at Tulane (he is in a year long organic-chem sequence. I also think that if you look at the success so many Tulanians had at the elite schools they "visited" this Fall, there is a recurring theme that, in many instances, the courses and profs. at Tulane were more demanding.</p>
<p>I don't know what that really means, other than Tulane has set hig standards for its students, and the Tulane students are -- for the most part -- able to stand up to those high expectations. If is often said that those kids who leave Tulane early (i.e., flunk out) find it hard to reconile the party-hard, work-hard atmosphere.</p>
<p>I read these posts regarding Tulane with a great deal of interest. My significant other has a great deal of "hurricane" reservation about sending the junior down to NOLA. I think it presents an unparalleled opportunity.</p>
<p>My son attended the Univ of Georgia for his Katrina semester. </p>
<p>His comments parallel those of concerndeddad in regard to professors' expectations and overall rigor of the classes. He felt there was "no comparison" between the types of students he'd met...stating that in just a few days at Tulane, he'd had more interesting intellectual conversations than he'd had in a whole semester at UGA. </p>
<p>He also commented that the party scene at Tulane was "positively epic". So we'll see how he handles himself and his grades this term. And perhaps his impressions are colored by the "partying" he's enjoyed.</p>
<p>I've always had a great deal of respect for UGA--please keep in mind these are opinions of a kid who was REALLY happy to finally begin his freshman year in New Orleans. These sentiments should be recognized as just one student's opinions, nothing more.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the great feedback. I am curious if anyone spent their Katrina semester at University of Florida? If so, any feedback would be appreciated. Also, the other schools of similar size my son has applied to is William and Mary, Emory and WashU-St. Louis. Any comparision to these schools would also be appreciated.</p>
<p>curiouser -- It's interesting what you say about UGA, as I think my biggest decision will come down between a Founders Award at Tulane or HOPE at UGA (granted, I still have 5 colleges to hear from, but as of now). I'm not visiting Tulane until April, but on my UGA visit, I just didn't "feel" it. I didn't like the atmosphere, I felt like I would just be unhappy.</p>
<p>kklicker-</p>
<p>UF wasn't accepting tulane refugees because of an overcrowded freshman class already.</p>
<p>as an applicant (and acceptee!) of both universities, i'm going to have to say that tulane is best overall, hands down.</p>
<p>gainesville is more of a college town. i'm not too into that, but i also don't like colleges being crammed into big cities (hello fsu). while i was touring the campus of tulane, it definitely had the big town feel of new orleans, but still separate from the dirty, crowded streets. walk out of the campus of tulane and you'll find hundreds of things to do. walk out of UF and you'll find....chilis. alcohol. sex. target. and that's about it.</p>
<p>Uf, to me, also had more of an impersonal feel to the campus. this is a personal preference, as is this entire response, really, but this is just what i've observed. you know that feeling you get when you walk onto a campus and it feels like you're coming home? i definitely didn't get that from UF. but i did when i went to tulane's, and this was even after walking for miles that day and while it was raining and after getting lost!</p>
<p>fromdistantstar-</p>
<p>When did you last visit Tulane? How much time did you spend there, did you visit dorms, classes, etc...?</p>
<p>What is your intended area of study?</p>
<p>addressing the title of this post -judging by the scores posted by CC applicants from 2004 (which was a good year for Tulane apparently), i really don't think there will be a huge change in selectivity---the scores seem to be comparable ---as for non-CCers this could be a totally different ---20 applicants isn't really representative</p>
<p>The conversations here at Tulane are such a change from the ones I was having at Rutgers when I would just be hanging out with people on the floor. I mean a couple nights ago at dinner, we were talking about how the chemical properties of water help Aquaman control his powers or something like that. Btw, I'm in the honors dorm.</p>
<p>kklicker- As a Floridian whose friends are all going to UF, I can assure you that Tulane is more selective and most likely more rigorous. UF is regarded as a safety school, at least at my school, although many people turn down private universities to go to UF for free. </p>
<p>The administration seems to be making great strides in improving UF's prestige. They have a ton of National Merit finalists who choose to accept the scholarships at UF, and have recently started rejecting even IB students, who used to be practically automatically accepted. People from the top of my class are attending UF next year and are happy to go, but people at the bottom of my class are going there too. I think that's what UF is about- bringing together a ton of people from different academic backgrounds and making it work. Go for the honors college if you do go there. I'm going to visit Tulane in a few weeks so I won't be able to really comment on them until then.</p>
<p>Cochrynn-UF is also considered a safety at my son's high school, but with their National Merit scholarship it is almost too good of a bargain to pass up. If he goes to UF he will definitely be in the Honors College and take advantage of all they have to offer. The DHS scholarship my son received at Tulane is also extremely attractive and will definitely be looked at very closely. </p>
<p>In our case the bottom line is which school will provide the better overall undergraduate experience and prepare him for graduate school? What other schools did you apply to and did you receive any merit awards from Tulane? What is going to be the deciding factor for you? What part of Florida are you from?</p>
<p>kklicker, My S is attending UF as a freshman NMF in the Honor's College. He was accepted with DHS scholarship at Tulane and also at UTexas. He chose UF over the other two because the scholarship was too good to pass up. He plans to go to grad school and going undergrad for free leaves all of his college fund for post grad work. Anyway, his gf is a sophomore at Tulane and is attempting to transfer to UF (they are dropping her major at Tulane and she wants to be close to my S). I can only give my S's perspective, but he loves UF and this is after living in a big city his whole life. He loves the college town atmosphere and says that the music scene is great which is important to him. He often travels to St. Augustine for the surf and beach and pretty much feels like he is in heaven. The rigour of the work has been surprisingly harder than he anticipated. Just last night, he pulled an all nighter to finish a Bio lab and prepare for a quiz. (Yuck, I am so glad it is him and not me!!) He has found that the kids that are in his classes are quite bright and the kids in his dorm are ridiculously smart (he is in Hume). He thought he was going to be in hickville, but has found that UF has just about every kind of kid you can imagine, which is what you find at a large state U. </p>
<p>Anyway, that is just his perspective. I wish you luck with his decision. We were exactly where you are last year, and I can say now that we made the right decision, but until your child is actually living there, you really can't know for sure.</p>
<p>ag54, sounds like a lot of similarities between our two sons. My son visited UT-Austin last summer and liked it but didn't apply because it is basically the same school as UF. It's kind of interesting that your son left Texas to go to UF. If my son goes to UF he will definitely be living in Hume. I think he is leaning toward UF because he is a huge college sports fan and they don't get any bigger than UF or UT for that matter.<br>
We are going to take a look at Tulane over spring break and see what happens.</p>
<p>By the way, what is your son's major at UF? Thanks for the input.</p>
<p>Right now, my son is majoring in something called integrative biology with the idea of attending medical school in the future. During the semester last fall, when the weedout classes were eating his lunch (calc and chem) he considered changing to English. That was how desperate he was feeling at the time. By the end of the semester he learned all about how the "Bell Curve" works and he ended up doing great, so he is now feeling pretty good about his major. He also is keenly aware now of how his test grades stack up against the class average! He also loves the big college sports and said that attending some of the rival SEC games at the Swamp was amazing. Our junior S went for the Tennessee game and said it was the wildest football experience he's ever had! Apparently the fans get pretty insane and the noise level is deafening. Gotta Love It!</p>
<p>I know two seniors who went to UF during the Katrina semester away from Tulane. They had fun but are very happy to be back.</p>