<p>Is data showing where graduates have taken jobs available?</p>
<p>Are you asking about location, profession or what paths tulane graduates pursue after completing undergrad?</p>
<p>Yes, thanks. I did find a one pager from the Freeman school that was helpful. I am wondering how broadly Tulane’s and Freeman’s good reputation carries with recruiters.</p>
<p>There was some discussion on another thread here about how active recruiting is at Freeman. Tulane business school appears to be on a very strong upward trend, and recruiting along with it. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/tulane-university/1032809-ask-current-student-questions-3.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/tulane-university/1032809-ask-current-student-questions-3.html</a> post #33 Additionally, Tulane hosts an annual energy trading contest that got TONS of publicity and brought in quite a few companies, from what I understand. Bottom line, it seems being recruited at Freeman and getting assistance from the B school isn’t a problem.</p>
<p>As a current student I can tell you that Freeman does not place very well. Tulane is not a target recruiting school or semi-target by any means for the big banks.</p>
<p>Big banks are only one category of hiring.</p>
<p>bchopeful - I assume you were not able to transfer to Boston College or Georgetown?</p>
<p>I was accepted but decided to wait until this coming year due to financial reasons. Honestly though, Tulane does not have great recruiting. Very few reputable firms and banks come to the school to recruit students. This can be overcome, but it is something to take note of. When prospies ask about B-school recruiting, they are looking to hear about what big banks and firms actively seek the school’s students. Although you are right that big banks are only one category of hiring, Tulane’s absence from their recruiting schedule speaks volumes about job placement.</p>
<p>What % of B School grads landed jobs last year?</p>
<p>All I can say is that I have heard a somewhat different story about recruiting at Tulane lately, and someone else posted on another thread that there are recruiting trips to major centers such as NYC. I also heard that a lot of energy companies and related firms showed up at this energy trading contest held recently. I think the OP needs to either visit and ask in person for the information he is seeking or, if that is not possible, try to pin down the school for a list of firms that have recruited in the past year and what other steps they take (like the aforementioned trips to other cities) as well as the success of recent graduates in getting jobs, as RynoDad mentions.</p>
<p>Tulane is good for energy trading. If you want to do that then it is possible to get in with a good trading shop. The thing about Freeman Days is that it is purely a networking event. Although it is possible to meet alumni working in the bulge bracket banks and larger firms, these places are not coming on campus to conduct interviews. I can’t blame them either. What the OP needs to realize is that the major players in finance are generally in NYC area. Although Tulane is a good school, there is no reason for them to come recruit here when they can just hop in a car or on a train and get to UPenn, Princeton, Brown, Georgetown, BC, Villanova, etc.</p>
<p>I think Tulane does realize that, which is why they arrange for the students to go to NYC and other major centers, at least according to another poster. It would be a good, very specific thing for the OP to ask the business school. Besides energy, Tulane has an excellent reputation in finance, recruiting or lack thereof notwithstanding. Entrepreneurship as well. Seems to be the three strongest areas, from everything I read (and I read a lot). I don’t disagree that there is some advantage to being in the metro east corridor (Boston to DC), but there are advantages to being at Tulane as well, especially if your goal isn’t necessarily to settle in the metro east.</p>
<p>I just saw this in the latest Hullabaloo. [Bloomberg</a> Businessweek recognizes Tulane MBA program - The Hullabaloo.com](<a href=“Unavailable”>Unavailable) I realize this article is about the MBA program and the question is about undergrad, but I find it rather difficult to believe that recruiters come for the MBA students and ignore the undergrads. Quoting from the first paragraph</p>
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<p>Then to support what bchopeful is saying:
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“Career services at Tulane has some handicaps to overcome,” DeNisi said. “There are no Fortune 500 companies near us, we have a small program, and since companies have to send recruiters here and there aren’t a lot of other schools they visit when they come to Tulane, it’s sometimes hard for Career Services to get companies to come to campus.”<a href=“DeNisi%20is%20the%20Dean%20of%20the%20Business%20School”>/quote</a></p>
<p>So it does appear to be something of a mixed bag, but certainly also seems to be on the rise.</p>
<p>BChopeful is correct in saying that Tulane is not target school with regards to bulge bracket banks. However, I disagree that Tulane does not place well. For a school that is small, located in the south, and still recovering from one of the worst natural disasters in american history it has done a tremendous job.</p>
<p>I am currently a junior and very seriously contemplated transferring my freshmen year. I received admission to Ross at University of Michigan but chose to stay. Students at Tulane have very close relationships with faculty and that often opens up networking opportunities with successful alumni. I would say this is even more important than being a target school when it comes to job recruitment.</p>
<p>Another point, recruiting from Tulane is on the rise. I am currently a junior and my friends who are seniors keep telling me how lucky I am because Tulane is much more active in the recruiting cycle this year. Citi and JPM are conducting on campus interviews this year. A group of around 8-10 alumni at Goldman Sachs are working to set up something with Tulane with the hopes of bringing 1-3 students to the second round in NYC. If you have any interest in energy trading Tulane places extremely well. If you are willing to work in Houston, not my first choice by any means, you can work for an BB or oil company in that city. Also, if a student does the masters of accounting combined with the undergraduate degree and earns a 3.5 GPA, not terribly difficult, it will be easy to go work for any of the Big 4 accounting firms.</p>
<p>Also, if you are a top student it is much easier to stand out. Being involved in New Orleans rebuilding and community service provides great talking points in interviews.</p>
<p>ibc - Thanks so much for your first person input. This agrees with what I have heard from others. Tulane is indeed one of the most active business schools in the country right now and so very clearly on the rise. There is a lot to be said for positive energy.</p>
<p>The Career Management Center at the Freeman School posts employment profiles. The undergraduate profile can be found at <a href=“http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/cmc/docs/employmentprofileBSM.pdf[/url]”>http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/cmc/docs/employmentprofileBSM.pdf</a></p>
<p>The most effective job search strategy is networking and internships not on campus recruiting. Tulane has an outstanding alumni network that are well dispersed both geographically and by sector.</p>
<p>Regardless of where one goes to business school, to achieve an optimum placement the student needs to be both directed and connected. Tulane can do that with and for you.</p>
<p>Tulane has a decent B school. I’m pre-med, so I turned down lots of “higher-ranked” schools to come here on the DHS scholarship. Medical schools don’t really care where a student attends for undergrad as long as they rock the MCAT, have solid ECs, a good GPA, etc.</p>
<p>Pursuing a degree in business means that a student is likely to be subject to more discrimination in terms of the quality and prestige of their education. So, if Tulane is your best choice, I’d say go for it. If you can get in somewhere better, then I would pass up Tulane in a heart beat.</p>
<p>Bloomberg is a great example of a big-name company from the northeast that recruits heavily from tulane. They send recent hires to new orleans to take seniors in the B-school out to dinner and network and fly interview-candidates up to new york for in-house interviews. Just had 2 very close friends receive job offers from Bloomberg.</p>
<p>"The Career Management Center at the Freeman School posts employment profiles. The undergraduate profile can be found at <a href="http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/cmc/do...profileBSM.pdf">http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/cmc/do...profileBSM.pdf</a>"</p>
<p>Is the data based on all B School grads or those who have found jobs last year?</p>