Tulane

Transfer Students
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<p>Anyone transfer here? I finally visited and I LOVED it! Just looking for the usual info because their transfer site is a bit sparse.
Also, they don't even require an essay (gonna write one anyway) and the application is free! Woot!</p>

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<p>im going to a school really close by there...but ive never visited. how was new orleans?</p>

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<p>I imagine that they are dying for students since Katrina, so many kids left and never went back.</p>

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<p>I can't find the link at the moment, but I believe they accepted 150 transfers this year. Their freshman acceptance rate was 37%, but I don't know the acceptance rate for transfers. They will have a smaller Freshman class than in past years - could have had a larger one, but they stuck to their commitment not to lower their standards for incoming students. Average Freshman SAT is 1310 (1320 last year). </p>

<p>My S transferred out of Tulane - only because he had to; his major was one of the three Engineering fields they phased out after Katrina. He loved it there (was there for Spring and Lagniappe semesters). I don't know what jimstandard means by "so many kids left and never went back" as I have not seen statistics on that. Around 90% of their students returned after their fall visiting semesters at other schools. I have only heard anecdotes about students transferring out whose majors <em>weren't</em> phased out; I don't know that it is a large number at all. S was only aware of a few.</p>

<p>The kids who came/returned seemed to love it there. The campus is vibrant; the city has many vibrant areas. And many sad areas which have not yet been able to recover. Community service - focused obviously on helping bring back New Orleans - is now a requirement for the Tulane degree.</p>

<p>If you want more info, gatoca, I will try to get it for you. IMO, it is a great place.</p>

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<p>Thanks jmmom! That would be great!</p>

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<p>My mother went to Tulane for grad school. She really loved it. It's a really good school.</p>

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<p>i transfered to tulane last year. i had a 3.8 and some decent ec's, i got the college achievement award scholarship. i was also accepted at emory but chose tulane for the financial aid.</p>

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<p>were u instate or wut?</p>