<p>Congrats Ma and son!</p>
<p>Thanks to the answers to my potentially presumptive question! It sounds like Tulane conforms to what my expectation would be - a place where I’ll get a lot of exposure to new cultures without feeling super out-of-my-element in any but the best ways. Speaking of other cultures, how is Tulane with study abroad?</p>
<p>TMichael95… I spoke to at least 2 students who had done a semester abroad… One guy who did his community service teaching English to kids in India. He said it was the best experience of his life. Another young woman I spoke to had just gotten back from France, I think, but she said as much as she enjoyed it she couldn’t wait to get back to Tulane. :)</p>
<p>Great updates. Thanks.</p>
<p>mativale… Sounds very awesome. Thanks</p>
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They really push that on us from day one. They encourage everyone to study abroad their junior year and from what everyone says, it’s not that difficult to do. </p>
<p>I can’t do it because my schedule is too hectic. If I could, I would in a heartbeat.</p>
<p>I haven’t really looked into this much, but from what I gather just listening to so many students from so many different schools, all the more selective schools (which means virtually any that are featured on CC) have good-to-strong study abroad programs. Those that don’t have their own programs have a history of working with programs from other schools, such as Middlebury. Tulane, like many, does both I think. If I am not mistaken, if you want to study someplace Tulane doesn’t have their own program, then you just have to provide them with the information about the other program and they will approve it for credit transfers and the like. If it is one they know well like Middlebury, then it is easy. If they are not already familiar with it, then they probably have to do some research into it and make sure it meets their standards. That can take time, so it is good to plan well ahead, like beginning of 2nd year. Not a bad idea anyway, there is always a lot of planning involved.</p>
<p>Typically, a Tulane course (with no lab) is how many credits? I saw a 4 credit language requirement needed for business…not sure how many classes that requires. Also, I see an Accounting and Finance combo major listed for undergraduates, but when I click on it I get a blank page. Does such a major exist or does a student need to do 1 for an undergrad degree + the other one at the grad level? I know this will all be clarified at the orientation, but was hoping to get some answers now - thanks.</p>
<p>Language coursed are typically four hours. Accounting is no longer offered as a major since there is an additional 30 hour requirement beyond the undergraduate degree to sit for the CPA. That is accomplished through the Masters of Accounting program which requires an additional year. There is still plenty of opportunity to take accounting classes at the undergraduate level and major in another area of concentration such as finance, legal studies, marketing, etc.</p>
<p>Can a student go the straight 5 years to get the accounting degree?</p>
<p>It looks like they do have exactly that program, and the tuition in the 5th year may be reduced considerably, assuming this information is still current. It looks like the link doesn’t work, but if you go to the Tulane home page and type into the Tulane search area (without the quote marks) “4+1 business” then the first result should be ACCELERATED STUDY - Tulane University Admission and clicking on that should bring up the pdf document. You should then double check with the business school that this is still correct.</p>
<p>It is still correct. My son is interested in that program as well.</p>
<p>It looks like a student has to sit for the GMATS - not sure when they do that (junior year?)…and it said something about majoring in an undergraduate degree other than what the business school has to offer for the well-rounded student? It is not very clear…</p>