Tulane Graduate School Admissions

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<p>I don't know if anyone who posts on this forum has any experience or knowledge of Tulane's graduate program, but thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. My son, a new freshman has an older sister who has fallen in love with both Tulane and New Orleans. She is applying to Tulane for graduate school next fall. Apart from the information on Tulane's website, I haven't been able to find much information about the Fine Art graduate program. I am assuming the number of students in the program is very small, although I'm only basing that on information I did find concerning the Art History graduate program. Does anyone know roughly how many people apply and/or are accepted? I feel she has a reasonably above average application, a decent GPA, is working in her field currently, an undergraduate research project that was a finalist in an undergrad research symposium, the recommendation letters are from professors that really enjoyed having her in class, but apart from trying to prepare her that graduate admissions is just tough all around, I don't really know how to advise her realistically on her chances. Any ideas.</p>

<p>And, does anyone have any idea whether having a sibling in the undergraduate program would hinder/hurt/or have no effect on her application? She hasn't mentioned him in her app essays, (should she?) but the last name is very uncommon, so it's pretty obvious. </p>

<p>And, anyone have anything to share about housing for graduates? I know there is some Tulane housing for grads, but daughter is thinking maybe she'd like her own place, but money-wise I'm not sure it's feasible. </p>

<p>She's also applying to University of New Orleans, because beyond Tulane, she's really liking the New Orleans vibe, which to be truthful is great for an artist. </p>

<p>I did run it by her brother, because while browsing this site, I've noticed some siblings are fine with having other siblings on their campus and some are not. Son says, different major, undergrad/grad, different, different gender etc.., so he doesn't have a problem (with the caveat, of not sure how he'd feel if any of his friends were to become interested in her, LOL). </p>

<p>So, very interested in any input that anyone may have about graduate school at Tulane. Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>As a graduate student at Tulane many years ago, I also had younger siblings in the undergraduate program. I never saw them unless we made it a point to see each other, so it didn’t change the experience for any of us, either way. Also graduate students typically hang out at different establishments than the undergrads with some minor overlap. Tulane is so keen on the “Why Tulane?” thing, that I can only believe that mentioning the connection could only help, and certainly would never hurt. That being said, it may not necessarily influence the decision to accept or reject in a big way. I think it would be a positive point of interest as well as signal to the committee that your daughter is familiar with New Orleans and knows, in a sense, what she is getting herself into. As far as housing, while I was there, no graduate students lived on campus. The surrounding neighborhood has a lot of rental property with duplexes that commonly are rented by Tulane and Loyola grad students. While I don’t know anything about the Fine Arts program personally, I do know that there are at least a handful of students from Vanderbilt who attend Tulane in the Masters in Fine Arts program since Vandy discontinued their Masters program for Fine Arts a while ago. I think it is a pretty well respected program and they have a fabulous art collection on campus, clearly a testament to their dedication to the arts.</p>