<p>@informative, rankings aren’t the only thing that matter. post-katrina, Tulane students have opportunities that not many other college students have - they get to help rebuild the city they go to school in. Most top 25 schools don’t have this. While Tulane isn’t an ivy league caliber school, it is a good one with great opportunities, especially in pre-medicine and medicine, because it was one of the first medical schools founded in the South. Plus, it’s standards in recent years have really gone up because they’re trying to get back to what they used to be - they’re 51 in UsNews right now, and that is still pretty damn good.</p>
<p>also, high SAT scores shown on common data sets don’t necessarily depict how smart kids are. not all kids at an ivy league are super intelligent (despite what you might think by looking at their SAT score) and not all kids not at an ivy league school are stupid. SAT scores don’t show how smart students at a particular school are, just what their aptitude for test taking is. Tulane looks at more than just grades - they look at potential.</p>