<p>I've been accepted to both schools, and through Gates Millennium Scholarship, money is no issue.</p>
<p>I love both schools... But I'm unsure of which school to attend in the fall.</p>
<p>I plan on going into pre-med.
If I go to Tulane, I am going to try for Creative Program with a major in Asian Studies.
If I go to USC, I probably am going to go straight into a science major (biology).</p>
<p>Any opinions? Suggestions?</p>
<p>HELP!</p>
<p>Which USC? South Carolina, or Southern California.</p>
<p>University of Southern California.
Sorry. I should have been clearer.</p>
<p>My D is attending Tulane in the fall and one of her two majors will be Asian Studies, emphasis on China. Therefore we happen to know some breaking news about this of which you may not be aware.</p>
<p>Tulane has always had a pretty strong tie to Japan and good relations with universities there, so that was not an issue. However they did not have an actual Asian Studies major, it was a coordinate major. That means you actually majored in history or sociology or something else similar that would fit, and did your emphasis within that area on Asia. However, that has changed. Through a Department of Education Grant last year, they are hiring new faculty and bringing all those courses together under a new major in China Area Studies. It technically still has to be approved by the proper channels at Tulane, but that should be a formality. Once this is formalized (almost surely this year, so it will be well in place for this entering class to take advantage of), Tulane is committed to maintaining it like any other department. And of course this is a crucial area to address for Tulane to stay competitive with other universities at their level and above. I had several correspondances with the Director of the Asian Studies area at Tulane, Carl Bankston, and I feel quite confident in the expanded program and new major.</p>
<p>So if you want to focus on Japan, or some other area of Asia than China, you should contact Tulane and get details of what is available to you. I did not look into any of that.</p>
<p>so, i’m going to tulane because I didn’t get into USC, which was my first choice, so I may be a little biased.</p>
<p>That being said, USC is a better school, is harder to get accepted into, and I feel like the location is better, though the both are great. USC will have greater diversity, especially a high hispanic population, and has a more liberal inclination.</p>
<p>Tulane is an amazing school too though. They’re fairly similar, so you should be happy at either.</p>
<p>My vote goes for USC. :)</p>
<p>I think they are very hard to compare. The type of student that chooses USC or Tulane (assuming they have a choice) are likely very different, the whole SoCal culture is very different, and for sure the areas around where the schools are located is different. And while academically they are fairly comparable (except for math, average SAT/ACT scores are almost dead even, and math will likely get to the same level or much closer this year), the areas where they excel are sometimes very different. The other big difference is that the freshman class at USC is twice the size of Tulane’s and USC has a lot more large lecture courses the first couple years. So it all depends on what you are looking for, and hopefully you got to visit both. I would think that would have given you a clear picture, between those two schools a visit should have revealed the differences pretty dramatically. If you were not able to visit it makes it a lot harder.</p>
<p>I’m making the exact same decision. I got in for Spring at USC which was my no. 1 but I got in Tulane with scholarship. I;ve decided on USC because its business program is incredible but seriously if it weren’t for that I might choose Tulane. I don’t know if you’ve been but Tulane is the prettiest and nicest campus I’ve been on.</p>
<p>If you are premed, your chances of a higher gpa will be better at Tulane. 'SC has plenty of premeds from extremely competitive SoCal high schools… </p>
<p>The Marshall biz school is great, however.</p>
<p>You know, someone posted on here all the honors Tulane business school has received. I am no expert on this so I can’t go into detail without research, but apparently there are some programs that are not just nationally recognized, but internationally also. It was especially in Finance as I recall, but I think there are others as well. And you know, for undergrad it really makes little difference otherwise. Undergrad rankings for departments are about the most useless things in existence. But if a school has unique programs, that is a different matter. You really need to dig into the details, not depend on superficial ratings of mags that cannot possibly do it justice. Ok, I am done ranting. The OP wasn’t interested in biz school anyway.</p>
<p>Tulane Finance…</p>
<p>Energy Trading Video from CNBC:
[Video</a> - CNBC.com](<a href=“http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=615836031&play=1]Video”>http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=615836031&play=1)</p>
<p>Tulane’s Finance Dept. ranked in Top 10 in World
[Tulane</a> University - Financial Times Names Tulane University Among World’s Top 10 Schools for Finance](<a href=“http://tulane.edu/news/releases/012808.cfm]Tulane”>http://tulane.edu/news/releases/012808.cfm)</p>
<p>Tulane’s Equity Research Program
[Freeman</a> School @ Tulane](<a href=“http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/burkenroad/whatis.php]Freeman”>About Burkenroad Reports - Freeman School | Tulane)</p>
<p>Tulane’s Darwin Fenner Program
[Freeman</a> School @ Tulane](<a href=“http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/fenner/]Freeman”>http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/fenner/)</p>
<p>You really can’t go wrong for what you’re looking to study at either school. Be sure to visit both and their surrounding cities. Best of Luck!!</p>
<p>Thanks Benetode, I knew I had seen you post that elsewhere. Super stuff.</p>
<p>Is this a serious question?</p>
<p>The Entering Class Fall 2008</p>
<p>*Tulane:</p>
<p>SAT, Middle 50%
Critical Reading 620-720
Math 630-710
Writing 630-720
Composite 1880-2150</p>
<p>ACT, Middle 50%
Composite 28-32</p>
<p>*USC:</p>
<p>SAT, Middle 50%
Critical Reading 620-720
Math 650-750
Writing 640-730
Composite 1910-2200</p>
<p>ACT, Middle 50%
Composite 28-33</p>
<p>I would highly recommend visiting both schools. Academically they’re essentially even. The biggest difference by far is going to be atmosphere both with the student personalities as well as the surrounding cities.</p>
<p>Harry, while I appreciate the humor you put into your name (lol), you don’t exactly have the highest opinion of TU do you? You have multiple negative posts about Tulane.</p>
<p>USC has Tulane beat on successful athletics, namely football, which is important in networking. (Although Tulane did go undefeated in 1998.) Tulane is going to be a much more unique college experience and is a great opportunity to live in the Big Easy. Most people just get to visit New Orleans. It’s easier to live in LA if you want to later. It’s harder to find work to live in New Orleans down the road. If you like both cities and want to try living there for a while, Tulane is going to be the better opportunity to try something new. USC is going to be more ethnically diverse while Tulane may be more geographically diverse. Both schools hate LSU fans. 
Best of Luck!</p>
<p>@Benetode - I have learned that it is useless to engage people like Harry, even more so when they choose sophomoric screen names that show they haven’t much progressed past the 3rd grade. I glanced through a few of his posts and when I see him recommending Wake because it has a “cooler name”, well even if it was supposed to be a joke (and given his other posts I think that actually might be the depth of his analytical abilities) it just is lame. So unless he wants to come on here and lay out a case for why he thinks what he thinks about Tulane (did he actually go there? did a family member? Some facts and details would be nice), it is better just to ignore him. At least he doesn’t really waste people’s time too much the way a couple other posters like Humboldt did.</p>
<p>You are right, Tulane’s stats are very similar to USC’s, and this year they will probably match them. So I guess that makes USC even more overrated that Tulane, by his reasoning. Oh wait, he probably thinks USC is not overrated because it has a professional football team named the Trojans.</p>
<p>Benetode, USC has a good athletic program (at least in football) but let’s look at the more relevant indicator of recent head-to-head competition. Tulane’s baseball team defeated USC twice this year, taking the series 2 - 1!</p>
<p>Lichenlover - I bow to a man that knows what is truly important! I love baseball, so I can say that. Go Green Wave! Tulane does have an awesome new stadium btw. I have seen Triple A ballparks that aren’t as nice!</p>
<p>Tulane is fine, although overrated imo. But New Orleans versus Southern California? This is a no brainer.</p>
<p>I agree with Harry’s latter statement. Southern California versus New Orleans. Superficial, plastic people that worship their cars and put up with postage stamp portions of food for big $$ versus being in a city that loves food and fun and yes, needs a lot of help after the worst semi-natural disaster is the country’s history. He and I finally agree on something, it is a no brainer.</p>
<p>2 words… Jazz Fest</p>