<p>Hi, all! I just got an e-mail with Tulane's Personal Application; the offer is definitely very appealing. However, I know little to nothing about the school, and am not sure I'd even want to bother. I was hoping some current students (or, for that matter, anyone who knows anything about the school) would be able to help.</p>
<p>My main interests are English (creative writing) and Theatre. What kinds of writing/drama opportunities are there at Tulane? Also, do frats and sororities really dominate campus life? Is the capmus more intellectual, or do the students typically have party-all-the-time mentalities?</p>
<p>To give you an idea of what I'm generally looking for, the other school's I'm applying to, currently, are:
Swarthmore, ED
Columbia
Barnard
Vassar
Wesleyan
Tufts
JHU
Skidmore</p>
<p>Thanks!! :)</p>
<p>Another,</p>
<p>As a current student, I can tell you that Theatre exists. I am an Economics and Pre-Med major, but I do have experience with the Theatre Department. I am currently taking a fundamentals of acting class (which is for non-majors) but also one of my fraternity brothers (I'll talk about fraternities in a second) is a theatre major. He usually is quite busy with rehearsals, I think he does something like 4 shows a year (not sure about that, I'll have to ask him). I believe he told me that the Theatre department does about 10 shows per year. You could easily also double major in English (Creative Writing) along with your Theatre major. I think, don't hold me to this though, that you may be able to write something and have it produced by the Theatre department. One of my other friends is a English (Creative writing) major (along with History) and loves the program. I've heard really good recommendations about it from him. Now back to fraternities.</p>
<p>I believe about 30% of students are Greek at Tulane, which I think is a good amount. Rush isn't till second semester, so everyone makes their friends before joining a greek organization. Since it is that way, a lot of non-Greeks hang out with Greeks. I have three fraternity brothers that live with 4 non-Greeks in a 7 bedroom house. Everyone is quite friendly to most other people, and not being Greek doesn't really hurt your social experience. While Tulane students do party well, most students realize that it is a giant waste of money to neglect classes. Most students end up finding a really good balance between intellectual activities and social activities.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>