<p>Is it worth going to Destination Tulane if I've already visited?</p>
<p>Would I learn a lot of useful information that I might not have known otherwise?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>We attended Destination Tulane last week with our DD. She was unsure about attending Tulane, but after the program, she felt really good about Tulane and it is her top choice right now.</p>
<p>Nice. Was there anything exclusive to Destination Tulane that I wouldn’t have experienced on a regular visit?</p>
<p>They organize the Q&A panels and maybe there is a lunch where profs and students interact? Not sure about that last one, I get confused between that and other events.</p>
<p>ok, it seems like it could be at least somewhat useful to me, the only problem would be that I’m coming from NY, and it’s kind of a lot of time and money, would I be missing out big time if I didn’t go? I mean, if I choose Tulane, would orientation catch me up or would I even be behind at all?</p>
<p>Absolutely don’t spend the money if you have already decided. DT is really meant for those that are still making up their minds. In your case, if you are still trying to decide, the chances you would learn something profoundly new are probably small. The best thing you would get out of it most likely is that you could talk to professors and random students and see if that makes you have that "aha!’ feeling. But certainly if you do decide on Tulane, orientation will provide you with everything you need. You wouldn’t have missed out on a thing at that point, and you might meet a roommate.</p>
<p>Thanks fallenchemist, they need to give you a medal or something, or start paying you for your services on here haha.</p>
<p>lol, I really like doing it. I know what my kids went through recently, with all the information and competing claims and confusing forms and…well a lot of stuff. And they have parents with a lot of experience to help them, many students don’t. So if I can be of some support and help my alma mater at the same time, then that is a good thing for me too. Besides, I have met a lot of really nice people on here, both parents and students. That makes it even more fun.</p>
<p>Kherb43… How was the student panel? On other posts I heard it was awful. I don’t want my D to be turned off by it. Wondering if admissions read all the posts on cc and made changes. Would be nice for those of us still deciding…</p>
<p>I was at DT last week and enjoyed the student panel. The answers given by the students helped make Tulane my sons #1 choice.</p>
<p>Was the panel any more diverse?</p>
<p>hmmm i don’t know . I was fine with the students they had on the panel. I guess I am not as concerned about the diversity issue because my son is one of those kids who is friends with everyone.</p>
<p>The student panel consisted of 2 students from Maryland, 2 from New Orleans, and 1 from Lafayette, Louisiana. They were very pleasant kids and mostly what we got from them is that they LOVE Tulane.</p>
<p>Thank you, Riroka and Kherb, this obsession with “diversity” is becoming tedious. The kids were geographically diverse and loved Tulane, enough said. Good Grief.</p>
<p>I have to respectfully disagree. Racial, ethnic, religious (and non), economic, and political diversity is very important to us and our son. How a university approaches that and how it is presented makes a huge difference, especially to minority prospective students. We have some reservations concerning Tulane on this matter, but decided to give the school the benefit o the doubt and told S2 his job was to actively see what he could do to help matters in this regard.</p>
<p>Was there much of a discussion of academics at Tulane? I am hoping there was. That was another area for which I saw the need for improvement.</p>
<p>In terms of the panel, I just wanted to know if they were interesting and enthusiastic - at all. I read and heard from plenty that the panelists (as compared to other schools) were out right boring and to skip it cause it was a waste of time… which is why I asked the question. Diversity is fine but is not where I was headed as I think many of us know that most students come from over 500 miles away and that alone would make Tulane diverse. However since people keep bringing it up, their panelists should be a little different in terms their majors and the organizations they belong to so they are not all sharing the same view on everything - ie all being a member of the Greek system, might be a turnoff to a prospective student who wants the perspective of what it would be like to not be Greek at Tulane. That being said, my question really had to do with if the panelists were still putting people to sleep. lol Sounds like it may have recently improved.</p>
<p>Maybe they just had to get warmed up, lol.</p>
<p>I hope so. 
Without giving her my opinion (cause I want this to be her decision, not mine, not her friends…), I really want my daughter to love it! Would be great for all the stars to align so that’s the case. lol</p>