<p>If you are on the fence, go to a presentation by Tulane President Cowen. He is very persuasive. It is between U Mich, NYU, and Wesleyan for me. Tulane has made the best case for why this is a great school and most important, the best fit for me. I am leaning towards Tulane over the others. Good luck</p>
<p>If it helps put the final touch on it, davidfromnyc, you cannot get all the free crawfish you can eat while listening to something like 15 live bands at any of those other schools. But you can at Crawfest at Tulane, coming up in 10 days.</p>
<p>Davidfromnyc-I told my d when she was applying to colleges that she could go anywhere she got in, within financial reason, EXCEPT NYU. We live in NY suburbs and really love NYC but I hoped she would experience life in another area of the country for her 4 years of college. She can always return to NY to work or grad school, etc. At first, she resented the limitation. Now that she is almost done her freshman year at Tulane, she has said to me more than once, “Thank God I didn’t go to NYU.” College is such a special time in a person’s life and I am thrilled she is experiencing NOLA and loving it. This summer she will return to her first love, NYC, for an internship.</p>
<p>As for Michigan–damn it’s cold!</p>
<p>Second FallenChemist’s assessment of GW v. Tulane. GW just does not really have a cohesive campus and school spirit. It’s a great school, but in terms of having any significant presence as a spirited undergraduate university in D.C., it’s totally overshadowed by Georgetown.</p>
<p>But for some programs, it is tops. I think it’s really important to weigh the “do I want a traditional campus feel” and “do I plan to work in D.C. after I graduate,” because Tulane has the former and GW has the lead on the latter.</p>