<p>My d was admitted as a distinguished scholar to the honors college. We are visiting next week Thursday through Saturday from the Northeast. She is interested in premed. back stagecraft and is an EMT. Can people suggest an itinerary for Tulane and surrounds that would be meaningful for her. Thank you.</p>
<p>Congrats to your D. I would suggest that the best thing is to go on the tour, sit in on a class or two, find out about Tulane’s TEMS program ([Tulane</a> University - Student Health Center - Tulane EMS Applications](<a href=“http://tulane.edu/health/tems/applications.cfm]Tulane”>http://tulane.edu/health/tems/applications.cfm) I would assume she would be interested), and otherwise just have fun. Check out Audubon Park, Magazine Street, ride the streetcar up and down the line, and eat at any number of local places. Eat some beignets at the Caf</p>
<p>I agree with Fallenchemist, although I’d suggest Cafe Beignet over Cafe Du Monde.</p>
<p>I’d also say that the things you’d like to see and do depend greatly on your daughter’s interests. I rather enjoy the cemetery tours and art galleries and such.</p>
<p>I am not familiar with Cafe Beignet, I will check it out next time I am down there. Thanks.</p>
<p>Cemetery tours are great, there are bike tours of New Orleans, walking tours, Plantation tours…So many things to choose from.</p>
<p>The haunted history tour is also really neat. Even though most of it’s just folklore, the people that lead the tour are such great speakers.</p>
<p>Thank you all for the fun suggestions. As I said my D is premed and thinking of majoring in Chem or neuroscience. Is there a way for her to attend an honors class, I am not sure how to identify one or proceed. Is it also possible to meet with a pre med adviser.? In the spirit of disclosure, my daughter has also applied to a small New England LAC ED. we applied for FA, but I am sure the offer from Tulane is more generous. She has been drawn to the intimate unpretentious atmosphere at some of the smaller schools. Thus we are visiting Tulane ASAP because we are hoping it can be a fit for her, but are not sure. So , I would like her to experience a personalized experience at Tulane. Any further suggestions, for restaurants for dinner. We are staying at the Hampton Inn recommended on the schools website, and are going to cab it . Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>OK, I would have started with science courses but the other popped up first so I will just go down the list in order that I find them.</p>
<p>There is a freshman honors colloquium course that meets Thursday at 12:30. This is similar to a “great books” course but geared towards the specific area of being a civil society, or at least that is what it was when my D took it 2 years ago.</p>
<p>Intro to American Literature (200 level) meets Friday at 9:00</p>
<p>Intro Philosophy (100 level) Thursday 2:00</p>
<p>Ethics (Philosophy, 100 level) Thursday 12:30</p>
<p>Physics (Freshman) Friday 11:00</p>
<p>OK, I thought there would be Honors Freshman Chem and Honors Bio courses but I am not seeing them. There are other honors courses, but these are ones I think she might not be totally lost in. I can’t believe there isn’t an honors chem section this year. Could be a mistake in the search, but also many students make a regular course into an honors course by doing extra work and meetings with the prof, although that is more common in the non-science courses. Let me know if any of those sound good and I can give you the details. I think it is more polite to e-mail the prof ahead of time (as opposed to just showing up and asking before class if it is OK although apparently that is considered acceptable), and also that way you can be sure they are not having a test that day or doing something that would make it a waste of time for her to sit in.</p>
<p>As far as meeting with a pre-med advisor, that is definitely possible. Tulane has an advising center [Tulane</a> University - Academic Advising Center](<a href=“http://tulane.edu/advising/index.cfm]Tulane”>http://tulane.edu/advising/index.cfm) Just e-mail them for an appointment.</p>
<p>I think Tulane has one of the friendliest, most welcoming campuses you will find. There are numerous posts from parents visiting for the first time like yourself that talk about this. It will be interesting to see what you and your D think.</p>
<p>I have stayed at that Hampton Inn on St. Charles many times. The streetcar is literally right out your front door. If it isn’t raining or too cold, I think that would be more fun for you.</p>
<p>There are so many great restaurants. For dinner in the Tulane area there is Jacques-Imos, Bistro Daisy, Upperline, Gautreau’s, Dante’s Kitchen…For lunch (besides campus of course) there is Camellia Grill, a fun crepe place at the corner of Broadway and Zimple, and numerous options for Po’ Boys. Camellia Grill also a good choice for breakfast. Moving further into the Garden District and into the downtown/French Quarter areas there are too many great choices to even start. Search the older threads on here to see many good suggestions.</p>
<p>I just wanted to throw in my suggestions for that day when you are visiting and your daughter is sitting in on a class or two. You might want to take a walk deep into Audobon Park. I wore sneakers and I confess that I inspected every women’s rest-room just to make sure that everything seemed safe enough for my darling daughter. It was. If you are up to it, walk the entire neighborhood while she does her thing. Be ready for a lot of friendly greetings. I also wanted to suggest that if you like bar-b-que, the two of you might want to pull the streetcar cable when you see the sign for VooDoo BBQ on St. Charles. I don’t think greens and potato salad taste that good anywhere else in the country. If healthier fare is called for, Zea is practically next door to VooDoo and has terrific salads. Don’t forget the streetcar conductors like exact change; $1.25 each way.</p>