Has anybody here go to Tulane University in NOLA?..Is it hard to get accepted?

[madmom]

My daughter wants to transfer from the crappy school she is in and she really likes the looks of Tulane. She is studying anthropology. Any inside info?

[SoxFan]

1. I am not allowed to speak well of Tulane

I am a UNO grad, after all.

That said, the anthropology department is very good.

Be forewarned, though, that Tulane is extremely expensive, particularly for a southern school.

[owlsayswoot]

2. Howdy. Daughter in question, here.

Can you speak well of UNO, then? It and LSU are the other schools I'm looking at. :D

[SoxFan]

3. UNO is perfect for some people, not for others

The thing about UNO is that while it provides a good education, it does not give you the traditional college experience. It's an urban commuter school, and, like most other such schools (CCNY, UMass-Boston, Illinois-Chicago, etc), you aren't going to have the keggers-and-football social scene.

The typical UNO student is a bit older, and has worked in the "real world" for a few years. I was in my late 20s and ready to finish my degree when I landed there, so it was a great fit. I also liked the way the school utilizes adjunct faculty with experience in their field. I took a class in urban legislative politics taught by the intergovernmental affairs director for the city of New Orleans, which meant there was a refreshingly honest discussion.

I took my ROTC classes at Tulane and at Dillard (a small HBC in the Gentilly neighborhood). Tulane struck me as similar to American University, where I spent a year, ie, big, somewhat overpriced, tied into the community but not to the same extent as UNO.

UNO has a different set of academic strengths. The engineering, accounting, music, hospitaility management, and urban studies programs are top-shelf.

[pitohui]

4. one must look at programs not universities in my humble opinion

for uno -- as the other poster said -- engineering, accounting, music, hospitaility management, and urban studies programs are the programs you would take

political science used to be good in the 70s but haven't heard anything recent

never heard any reason to think uno's anthropology program was of any great value, not to say it ain't but it seems like i would have heard the usual bragging if it was any good

i have no idea at all abt tulane's best programs but it's a wonderfully well-located school and agree that it will give a much better "college" experience -- also, the connections you make at tulane or loyola, based on the folks i know, will serve you thru life, the connections you make at uno will be forgotten 10 minutes later, that's the trouble w. a commuter school full of busy working adults


but if her major is set in stone then what she should really do is find out which is the top school in that major and go there, there is almost always one clear leader -- for example, ornithology, for louisiana then lsu would be the only choice, for restaurant and tourism, it would be uno, and so forth

in other words, don't look at the university first, look at the PROGRAM first

[madmom]

5. I'm pretty sure that's what she meant by "liking the way it looks" . She was

impressed by exactly the fact that they weren't the normal "college" experience type. She also likes the idea that they use faculty that has actually worked in the field. No she was not looking at just the school per se but the programs they offered.

[pitohui]

9. good sounds like she's doing her research

in some areas if you don't have field experience it's a waste of time and money to get the degree, i know it's the case for geology, ornithology etc. seems like it would be the same for anthropology altho i know v. little abt that area of science -- the only anthropologists i have met were doing lemur studies ha ha needless to say i didn't meet them in new orleans

[MountainLaurel]

6. Be aware of the serious budget cuts in LA

Which have affected state universities quite critically. All of them are pretty much under a hiring freeze for the foreseeable future (only a few positions of critical need are being allowed to be filled), and a lot of schools are cutting programs left and right, including UNO. For instance, at UNO's library more than half of the pre-Katrina positions are open, mainly professional librarian positions. Services are held together with a shoestring, student workers, paraprofessionals, and a lot of overtime by exempt staff. Here's an article about recent protests: http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/03/uno_students_and_employees_pro.html

The situation at Tulane isn't as dire, although staffing has still not rebounded to pre-K levels. But they're about to build a $60 million football stadium, so things can't be that bad. Not sure about LSU, but being the flagship school in Baton Rouge, I'd guess that the cuts have not been as serious there.

I live in town (just down the street from Tulane), so if you want to PM me with questions, feel free.

[madmom]

7. Thank you will show this to the daughter...BTW she also

likes reading, biking and kitty snuggling. LOL

[owlsayswoot]

10. Hey, don't rule out dog cuddling!

.

[pitohui]

8. tulane is private, the budget cuts don't affect them

same for loyola

the area is safe for walking/biking/birding.clubbing, their pet policy (kitty snuggling) i honestly don't know but i know someone who ran an entire illegal bar out of his dorm room at tulane so surely a small kitty would be overlooked...