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We just attended a Tulane in your Area presentation and I don’t recall Greenbaum mentioned for next year’s Get Engaged (but I could be wrong).

@princessbex13 The locations of RLC’s shift each year and even sometimes during the summer before the first years move in, so I would encourage your student to apply to the RLCs based on their content, not where they are located. That being said, there are currently no plans to house first years in Greenbaum next year, but again there is so much fluctuation in the locations of the RLC’s that I wouldn’t count on anything!

Hey y’all just wanted to bump this thread and remind everyone that myself and @HazelnutorFootball are here to answer any questions you may have!

How big is the study abroad program at Tulane? Do many students go abroad or is it fairly uncommon?

@startingsoon around 35% of undergrads will study abroad at Tulane. We have relationships with over 100 different Universities all across the world so there is no shortage of study abroad opportunities. They do a great job of making sure it is the same price as a semester at Tulane and if there is a specific program you like that tulane doesn’t specifically have a relationship with, they will try to offer as much transfer credit as they possibly can!

Hi there, and thank you for this thread. My daughter (accepted class of 2022, scholarship, Honors) is just getting back from a trip abroad, and missed both Honors weekends. We will visit next week. Can either of you comment on the Altman Program? She has applied, but will likely not hear before our visit next week. Also, from all we’ve read, student happiness at Tulane seems to be very high. As a parent, I’d love to know my daughter will be in a happy place. Thank you, once more.

@sonnyday The Altman program is a four year dual degree program where you will graduate with a full degree from the Liberal Arts school and a full degree from the Business school combined with an international focus. The summer after freshman year the Altman cohort spends a month taking classes in a foreign country together, and then they all spend both semesters of Junior Year abroad. The cohort is twenty students and they definitely form a tight bond. They take at least one class together per semester, work really closely with the professors in charge of their program, and have things like big/little with the cohort above them to help them connect with each other! It is definitely a heavier work load, and is very business heavy freshman and sophomore year, but they are supported extremely well by their program. The program is highly respected on campus! I hope this was helpful, let me know if you have any other specific questions about Altman!

To comment on the question of happy students, Tulane consistently ranks as one of the schools with the happiest students each year. However, even without that statistic, I think you would notice that almost immediately when you visit! Just look around at the students on campus while you’re walking around!

How easy is it for students to get involved in the fine arts (theater, music, etc) if they are not majoring in it? I know students can take fine arts classes if they want, but my DD is more interested in getting involved in an extra-curricular way … auditioning for a theater production, playing a musical instrument, singing in an acapella group, etc. She plans to major in something completely different, though.

@startingsoon all of the auditions for groups, productions, and things like that are open to students of all majors and backgrounds! She may have to do a little more searching in order to find the opportunities, but I would say d there is a great mix of theater/arts majors and non-theater students in each of the groups and productions.

How is the party scene at Tulane? Is it only people going to the boot and the festivals or are there frat parties? and more?

Also, how easy is it for Tulane student to get jobs after graduating and internships throughout the summer? What does Tulane offer/do to help the students get these work oppertunities?

@sss111222 Parties mean a very different thing at Tulane than at most schools. Sure there are bars and frat parties like at most schools, but the social life at Tulane also revolves around things like festivals, concerts, and especially food! We have lots of concerts on campus, around NOLA, etc. and there are more festivals than days of the year!

Tulane definitely sets you up well for employment after Tulane. There is a campus wide career services department that puts on large networking events around the country and has career development event days on campus. Because I’m in the business school, I can talk a bit about the career development program in the B school too! So we have a separate office set up to help you with your resume, elevator pitches, networking, etc. They can connect you to employers, help you make connections, etc. They also have programs where you can do mock interviews with them and get feedback on everything from dress, greetings, content, resumes, etc. They have large networking days where lots of employers come in just to interact with Tulane students and they set up networking events in cities like NYC, Chicago, and Houston. Also in the business school we all take a class where they help you with resumes, elevator pitches, linkedin profiles, networking,

What do the Residential Learning Communities offer/require in terms of a time commitment? Trying to understand if it’s a great way to get engaged with a community, and what the obligations are vs. opportunities. With so many fun and interesting things to do at Tulane, is living in an RLC going to take up a lot of time? Conversely, if you’re not in an RLC will you feel left out of the fun events that are going on?

@DCMama RLC’s do offer some on campus involvement but they are not inhibiting in any way! Being in an RLC will never be so much of a time commitment that your student would consider not joining another extracurricular because of it! There are some activities that are just specific to RLC’s but there are also tons of other ways to get involved on campus and participate in things on your own too! The short answer is that RLC’s are not make it or break it, just an extra form of involvement if your student is interested!

Can any current students comment on meal plan options? I would like to hear recs based on actual experience, thanks!

I apologize if this has been covered. But can you explain the current system for housing and roommate placement. Especially for Wall residence hall. Is it first come first served or some other system.

Thanks in advance for your response.

@DBB6599 The website for dining services has a really helpful chart to explain the different options that students have! You can find the link at https://diningservices.tulane.edu/dining-plans/index.html. The most popular two freshman plans are unlimited and the TU15. The 15 refers to 15 bruff swipes per week and unlimited means you have unlimited bruff swipes per week. It really is up to your student and their dining preferences but most students opt for unlimited for first semester so that they can figure out their preferences. It’s def better to have too many bruff swipes than too few at first! Also first semester a lot of times Bruff can be a social thing too, because its an easy and casual place to meet up with people. However, 15 bruff swipes is also a really good option, it’s hard to use more than 15 swipes per week!

@jsnowut The Housing Portal is available at https://idp.tulane.edu/idp/Authn/UserPassword and students can use their Tulane email address and password they created to login. It must be completed by May 8th. You won’t put in Housing prefs, but you can apply for RLCs (https://housing.tulane.edu/housing-options/residential-learning-communities) if you’d like. Then the roommate process will begin in June! Roommates can either be randomly paired or placed together if they mutually request each other. Wall is reserved for Honors students.

Thank you!

Thanks, very helpful:)