<p>OK. I applied Tulane univeristy and just found out i got accepted today.</p>
<p>I know that Tulane university used to be prestigious school before katrina hit the New </p>
<p>Orleans. </p>
<p>What is the strong point about Tulane? for example, pre-med,bio or biochemistry?</p>
<p>Probably business and pre-med. And Latin American Studies is supposed to be one of the top programs in the country. I'd assume Jewish Studies and African Diaspora Studies are fairly good, too.</p>
<p>The liberal arts majors are okay, but in all honesty, they do not seem as comparable to higher tier schools' programs. You should note that Tulane is very small.</p>
<p>Yeah the Latin American studies program is THE best in the country. As a result the anthropology program is the best in the country for central american anthropology and archeology, the Spanish/Portuguese department is top 2 in the country, the political science and economics departments are top notch for Latin American political science and economics, you get the idea. Not to say that the departments aren't really good all around, but if you want to do something, anything, relating to Latin America, then Tulane is probably the best school for whatever specialty you're looking for. </p>
<p>If you want to do pre-med, you probably wouldn't want to go to a higher ranked school. It's important to graduate with as little debt as possible and Tulane has excellent merit aid. </p>
<p>Trojan is right. The Business school ranks in the top ten in the country.</p>
<p>And don't forget that Tulane is set to shoot back up the in the rankings. There current admissions stats are more competitive that the pre-katrina ones. The stats that the rankings are using are a 44% acceptance rate and a 29 average ACT. This years freshman class had a 27% acceptance rate and a 31 average ACT. The class of '13 looks to be even more competitive. 34000 apps last year, 32000 apps before thanksgiving this year. Do the math. That's gonna be a lot of apps and a really low acceptance rate.</p>
<p>So, to answer your original question, strong points:</p>
<p>NEW ORLEANS(the most badass city in the country)
New Orleans food
Jazz
Latin American Studies or anything related to Latin America
largest collection of Mayan artifects in the WORLD, out side of central america
Business
Pre-med
it's in the South
it's not in the North
no snow(normally)
voodoo
classes about voodoo(check the course catalog under history)
New Orleans
gumbo
red beans and rice
geographic diversity
St Charles street car
audubon park
THE SAINTS
merit aid
honors program
New Orleans</p>
<p>come on y'all, let's make a bigass list.</p>
<p>community service opportunities
beignets/cafe du monde
french market
mardi gras
gorgeous campus
it's still pretty well-known/prestigous</p>
<p>I'll think of more...</p>
<p>wow. this thread has the best reply that i ever got.</p>
<p>i hope this helps to future tulane students.</p>
<p>do you think tulane will get into at least top 50?</p>
<p>right now, tulane is ranked as top 51.</p>
<p>tulane's ranking will most likely go up with recent data. however, while the appeal of a "top 50" label is understandable, these factors that people have listed on this thread are what make tulane such an attractive and unique school, whether it's 51 or 41</p>
<ul>
<li>size of student body (not too big, but not too small)</li>
<li>has undergrads and grads (so there's the opportunity to learn from grad school teachers)</li>
<li>creative pre-med thing</li>
<li>on campus or off campus housing pretty readily avaliable (after sophomore year for off campus)</li>
<li>in a city, but still has a suburban campus feel</li>
<li>Loyola right next door</li>
<li>Voodoo fest</li>
<li>choose your own roommates</li>
<li>plenty of housing choices for freshman based on what you want</li>
<li>amazing student center</li>
<li>great gym/athletic facility</li>
<li>lots of intermural sports/clubs</li>
<li>not a suitcase school - kid's aren't going home on the weekends</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>smart kids (a lot seem to choose Tulane over top schools, or they got rejected for whatever reason)</li>
<li>the superdome (can potentially be a bad thing too, from what I hear)</li>
<li>Lots of green grass and trees</li>
<li>Laid back sense of fashion style</li>
<li>Haunted City (I think it's cool)</li>
</ul>
<p>I'm really getting into random things.</p>
<p>D tells me that Tulane is comprised of "smart kids who like to have fun."</p>
<p>"do you think tulane will get into at least top 50?</p>
<p>right now, tulane is ranked as top 51."</p>
<p>Tulane will DEFINITELY move back into the top 50. Historically the worst the school has ever been ranked was 44th prior to Katrina, and the University is stronger now than it was then. This year is the first year since the rankings have existed that Tulane has not been a top 50 school, and it is largely due to a really bad admissions year that is currently being used by US News. Admissions have sky rocketed since then.</p>
<p>I can't believe I forgot to mention Jazz fest. Week long with over 400 music groups. I went one day each of the last two years(tickets can be pretty expensive). The first year I saw the Morning 40 Federation(great band, if you ever see their name on a roster, GO), Stephen and Damian Marley, the Allman Brothers Band and a bunch of others. Last year, Galactic(another awesome band) with members of Jurassic 5, the Raconteurs(front row), Santana(from a longass way away), and Jimmy Buffet, all in one day and the festival last a week! And, if I'm not mistaken, Tulane students can get discounts on the ticket prices!</p>
<p>My son said the food on the meal plan is actually better than what his counterparts get at other schools. On the meal plan you can visit Bruffs commons up to 99 times per day, and it's open continuously from early morning until 10PM during the week which works out great for kids with full schedules (my son is an architect major) and eliminates the need to spend extra money on snacks at night.</p>
<p>The Good &/or Bad parts of Tulane:</p>
<p>It's in New Orleans:
-Great Residential Architecture
-Audubon Park is across the street (& zoo)
-You can walk most places (during the day)
-Lots of opportunities at non-profits & opportunities for networking (partly because many students don't leave the 'bubble'--though this is changing slowly)
-High Crime--you learn how to protect yourself</p>
<p>Rankings:
Seriously, if you plan on getting a 'good' job then your employer will know about Tulane and its academic rigor. If you want to be a worker bee then your employer may not know much about Tulane, other than its ranking.
All of Tulane's programs are good, some are great. The business school is not in the top 10 as was earlier stated, it's ranked 44th (tied with American University I believe)--the finance program was ranked 10th. If you plan on majoring in business (anywhere) I suggest taking up a second major in either the humanities/social or hard sciences--there's a reason why many top schools don't offer undergraduate business programs.</p>
<p>Grad School:
Tulane suspended many of its grad programs, and fired many tenured professors following Katrina--this hurt their reputation and alienated some people in academia--so if you want to do a 4+1 make sure it's still offered. With that said, Tulane is still a great school and you can go anywhere if you work hard (and network). Here's a short list of grad programs that some of my friends are now at:
Columbia (Psychology)
Yale (Drama)(Law)
Brown (Drama)
Stanford (Politics)
Princeton (Sociology)
Georgetown (Law)
Actually, all but three people that I know who have graduated are at a top grad program. Of the three that aren't, one is a teacher, one is in the Peace Corps, and the other works in public service.</p>
<p>The graduate finance program is ranked in the top ten in the world</p>