<p>I never got involved in my son’s decision process. These were my internal concerns as I said several times. </p>
<p>Re Destination Tulane, yes, we heard from Cowen. I was surprised that Villanova gave such a backhanded effort to selling the school. The students who spoke were ok but a carreer counseling person and study abroad person are not the people who should be selling the school. I think.</p>
<p>And, I agree that Villanova is a lot more welcoming than BC. I thought BC had a bit of self importance to it. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>yeah, it was a ton of fun, i was pretty certain that i was going to be attending VSB in august, but i just wanted yesterday to confirm it. & omgosh yeah! everyone at villanova couldnt have been any nicer (idk about the people at BC cause i didnt apply/visit there). i was pretty shocked though with the the friendliness of nova b/c when i went for an open house the fall of my junior year, it seemed like everyone at nova had an attitude or didnt want you there… maybe they were just trying to scare prospective students? haha idk but i cant wait & im soooo glad yesterday went so well maybe ill see ya around dbear</p>
<p>Villanova is getting such a bad rap on this website! It might “lack” diversity because it is a pretty competitive school now a days and it is also extremely expensive and scholarships are hard to come by. UPenn is not any better, except there is a higher Asian population there. My best friend goes to Tulane and I always visit her for Mardi Gras and honestly, it is scary. Tulane is in a horrible neighborhood and it is actually dangerous most of the time. My friend has been mugged 3 times at gun point in the four years she has been there and robbed repeatedly at bars as well as Tulane sponsored events. Villanova might not be right in a city but could that possibly be a good thing? As someone else said, Nova is 20 minutes maximum from Philly which is an awesome historical and cultural city.
As for admitted students day, I remember being on campus that day and having to go to a lecture given by a foreign ambassador–the administrators were probably there welcoming their guest. Someone else said you could simply request to meet with an admisitrator; they will make time for you. In regards to tutoring, its completely false. First, the math resource center is extremely helpful, so please do not judge its legitimacy. We also have the Writing Center where grad students will review your papers. It is incredibly helpful. If you want a tutor all to yourself you can contact them and they will set you up with someone within a day or two. Also, since Nova is pretty tight knit, you can often ask a friend to help you. I needed a DiffEQ tutor my freshman year and a boy I met happened to be a math major and agreed to help me free of charge. He usually is a paid tutor but was being nice and helped me out. Its ok if villanvoa is not for you, but give it a chance and try not to be so judgey! Is it really a bad thing that Villanova is focusing on getting their students jobs, especially in this economy? (FYI 100% of the graduating engineers last year were placed in jobs or chose to continue on to grad school. That seems like a redeeming quality to me.)</p>
cmass - I am sorry to be so blunt, but you are a complete liar. Tulane is in a wealthy and gorgeous part of New Orleans, the crime rate on and around the campus is lower than or the same as most urban schools, and to claim she was robbed repeatedly in bars and Tulane sponsored events? That is beyond absurd. You have obviously never actually been to New Orleans if you could say Tulane is in a “horrible neighborhood”. Hundreds of the homes are worth millions of $$ that are around the campus. Sounds pretty horrible alright. There are a handful of people like you every year it seems. No idea what you think you are accomplishing. You do know that all schools are required to publish the crime stats for their campus and for the surrounding area, right? Everyone can see for themselves what a liar you are.</p>
<p>It’s unfair to say that cmass is lying. What would his/her motive be? </p>
<p>Did a very quick search and found an interesting link from this web site on crime at Tulane and surrounding areas. Other posters relay similar stories to cmass.</p>
<p>Kelly - It is not unfair because it is blatently untrue. Motive is hard to discern, but it happens every year to most schools, and Tulane is no exception, that people just like to run down that school. Who knows why. Maybe cmass is a Villanova booster and instead of just playing up the good parts of 'Nova, did the immature things and slung mud at Tulane. I cannot read their mind, I just know what they said is as false as false can be.</p>
<p>1390hopeful - What you say is absolutely correct for a mature individual, but on CC, while 98% good constructive posters, there are always a few flamers. Mysterious I agree. But this is not even a close call. Anyone that has been up and down St. Charles, been to Tulane, spent time in the area, and can check the published statistics can tell you what cmass says is just not true. I am not saying there is no crime of course. But it is very normal levels for an urban school, no different than Wash U, Univeristy of Chicago, many many others. Or better in many cases.</p>
<p>Is this poster lying too? He’s saying <em>most</em> people he knows have been crime victims. Sorry to be a stickler on this, but it’s not fair to accuse someone of lying without being able to prove that they really are. </p>
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<p>“However, I would not recommend living off campus. First off, you’ll miss the social life. Second, parking is a pain. And third, you do stand a good chance of being robbed, whether at your car or in your apartment. I have many friends/family that live in the Tulane area, and most have either been burglarized, car stolen, victim of an armed robbery.”</p>
<p>Montegut is mistaken in extrapolating her personal situation, yes. A couple of anecdotal statements do not remotely compare to hard data, and it is readily available. Check it out for yourself.</p>
<p>I could find you hundreds of people, probably thousands, that went to Tulane 4 years and never had an ounce of trouble. I am one of them. None of my friends were ever robbed or had an issue. I am absolutely sure that I can find far more people that have lived on and off campus who the worst thing they have had happen is petty theft. Anecdotes and exaggeration do not make for good analysis.</p>
<p>Look at pictures of the homes in the Tulane area and you tell me if it is a “horrible area”. I also have to say cmass’ “best friend” at Tulane, if they even exist, is not too bright for staying there if they get robbed at gunpoint that often.</p>
<p>Okay, I take you at your word too. I will say, a study was recently published pertaining to colleges in high crime areas, and I don’t recall Tulane being on that list. Number 1, if my memory serves me correctly, was UC Santa Barbara’s surrounding Isla Vista area.</p>
<p>Really! That shocks me, because my memories of Santa Barbara (the city, not the school) are so nice! That is really a shame if so.</p>
<p>Back to Tulane for a sec. There are extremely recent threads and posts about people’s visits there over the last month or so. Read those and see how it compares to cmass’ description. I think my point will be even more completely made then.</p>
<p>The article Kelly37 mentioned dealt specifically with property crime, not all crime in general (including violent crime, etc). Isla Vista is also very different from Santa Barbara; it’s a high dense community (over 18,000 in a 2 square mile area) adjacent to campus 12 miles from downtown Santa Barbara. 13,000 residents are students (who aren’t always mindful of locking doors and such), while most of the rest are poor families who can’t afford to live in Goleta or Santa Barbara proper.</p>
<p>I remember the article saying something about a lot of bicycle theft in Isla Vista, definitely not violent crime! </p>
<p>I have actually visited both Tulane and UCSB and both universities seemed fairly terrific. Tulane had an amazing energy about it that would be hard to duplicate anywhere other than New Orleans, and the UCSB campus and Isla Vista were charming. We also loved Santa Barbara, a breathtakingly beautiful oceanfront resort city with great restaurants, etc.</p>
<p>We are fortunate to have so many fantastic schools in this country.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but Cmass’s post seriously has to be a joke. There is literally no way that someone would try that bold of a lie. </p>
<p>I mean I’ve lived in the Tulane area for 20 years and haven’t been mugged/robbed once. I also seldom rob people myself. When I do though, I try to make sure it’s in a crowded bar, at an Applebee’s, or at a Tulane sponsored event because clearly there’s not going to be more than 100 to 3000 witnesses at any of those and I can get a beer and some cheese fries after the stickup.</p>
<p>Actually, hold on…someone’s walking down the street and I need to make my rent.</p>
<p>last week’s california villanova rep was a 65 alum. no actual admission rep showed up. sad to say the most memorable comment was “it costs $50,000, because it’s worth it.” Seems like the catholic mission of Nova has been misplaced</p>
<p>It wasn’t about arguing that aspect, Ulysses. It was about calling out someone that just liked to sling mud, and in a transparently slanderous way. Because actually, I said in another post pretty much what you just did. The schools are academically very similar, apparently. Go with feel and fit.</p>
maybe ill see ya around dbear</p>