<p>Anyone else deciding between the two? What are your deciding factors?</p>
<p>My son was admitted to both and got a lot of feedback from friends and teachers. Most felt that Maryland was actually a better school than Tulane. (I think they are ranked very similarly actually.) Tulane is much more money (we are OOS for Maryland) which is sometimes, of course, worth it if one feels the quality is higher. If you are in state for Maryland, I think it would be a no brainer. Many who go to Tulane seem to do so because they have gotten a nice scholarship there.</p>
<p>Now let’s see how long it takes fallenchemist to post.</p>
<p>oops double</p>
<p>rick: as RTR states, many students receive merit $$ at Tulane which makes comparing schools “apples to apples” in terms of finances…
completely diff story if not; you do not state that, or what you intend to major in…or what you are looking for in a school…did you visit both?</p>
<p>A friend of my son’s chose Maryland over Tulane for financial reasons. She would have preferred Tulane for its location.</p>
<p>Hi RTR - 2 hours, lol. My only comment is that they are pretty different experiences. A state school that has a lot more students of which the significant majority will be from Maryland vs. a smaller private school with a great geographic diversity of students. The issue isn’t so much the education the OP would receive or the quality of the student body, they are similar at both schools. Maryland has a competitive sports program, Tulane not so much. Tulane is in New Orleans, UMCP is suburban DC. Both great locations, just different.</p>
<p>Really good choices, you just have to focus on these features and decide which school do you think fits you best, assuming money is not a factor in your decision. If you would take on significant debt to attend Tulane, then I agree with the above. MD would be the more logical choice.</p>
<p>Tulane is ranked a few spots above MD but I would say that is not significant.</p>
<p>People may consider MD the better school because as a flagship state uni, it carries a certain amount of clout - the best students from the state attend. Many go to MD over Ivies…I doubt as many would go to Tulane over Ivies (simply because state in a state versus private comparison usually yields the better financial results!). </p>
<p>MD is especially reknown for it’s comp sci and egineering programs. It also has an excellent daily paper and really well-known faculty in the journalism school. </p>
<p>I’m not sure how other programs stack up…</p>
<p>umpc - I agree with you that the difference in rankings is not significant, but then I think rankings are not significant. In any case they are both fine schools.</p>
<p>I think people that choose Tulane over an Ivy do it for the same reason they might pick MD over an Ivy: finances. There are occasionally other reasons, but that would probably be the most common. Someone that is truly Ivy caliber would almost undoubtedly get at least a $25,000 scholarship from Tulane, and some would win the DHS, which is full tuition. It wouldn’t be hard to see why a student to whom that money is significant might take that deal.</p>
<p>MD definitely has it over Tulane for engineering except for maybe biomedical, and for Comp Sci since Tulane doesn’t have it any longer, lol. Tulane is not known for journalism. I am sure each school has its strengths in certain areas, but I would still say the choice would most likely usually come down to money and the different vibe at the two schools.</p>
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<p>After reviewing fallenchemists posts all over CC, I think that most colleges would kill to have an alumnus and student parent go to bat and support their school in the manner and passion that fallenchemist does for Tulane. Tulane should be very proud of fallenchemist.</p>
<p>kudos Mr. Fallen</p>
<p>FallenChemist is like Elvis…he’s everywhere.</p>
<p>Thank you. Thank you very much.</p>
<p>whenever this topic comes up, remind me to remain neutral because…
my d is a senior at Tulane and my s a senior in high school has just decided to attend University of Maryland</p>
<p>lewmin - Would you say NOLA or College Park has the better food? Better music scene? (Better football team???)</p>
<p>Magazine Street or Knox Road? St. Charles Streetcar or MTA Maryland bus? Better weather in February?</p>
<p>“sounds” like lewmin is taking the fifth…Lewmin, where are you?</p>
<p>Dunno where lewmin is , but here comes another Tulane supporter! Does the size of the school matter, OP? UMD is a great school, no doubt about it. Will you get the small class size and personal attention that you might want? Do you want to do community service? What else might you be looking for in a college experience?</p>
<p>My Daughter just chose Maryland over Tulane. She will be studying Architecture. She was concerned that the Tulane 5 year MArch might not leave enough schedule time for other interests. Maryland’s architecture program only enrolls 56 students a year and she was accepted into the Maryland scholars program which will have about 70 students in her section. Hopefully it will bring some of the advantages of a smaller school with the advantages of the large school.</p>
<p>Brinker59 - I certainly wish your D the best of luck at Maryland. Great school. But did she actually look at the schedule of classes for the two schools? Tulane requires that architecture students also satisfy the core curriculum, and they publish a typical 5 year schedule, where you can see there are 13 electives minimum. I don’t know how that compares to Maryland at all, but thought you might want to look one more time just in case.</p>
<p>Sure, I would love to see her go to Tulane, but mostly I just wanted to make sure you and she had all the facts.</p>
<p>Go to <a href=“http://www.tulane.edu/~ntuc/catalog_pages/catalog.pdf[/url]”>http://www.tulane.edu/~ntuc/catalog_pages/catalog.pdf</a> and the typical schedules start on page 142.</p>
<p>I forgot to mention that we were blown away by the business school at Maryland…son is direct admit which apparently brings a few unique advantages including participation in a “Freshman Fellows” program with very small class sizes. </p>
<p>Disclaimer: We didn’t see the business school at Tulane. I know most business schools are beautiful because those alumni tend to donate a lot.</p>
<p>I’m here, but I’ll just enjoy this discussion from the sidelines</p>