- These are 2 of the 3 most popular majors at Tulane, the other being Cell and Molecular Biology. But even besides the "votes" you get from people via their choices, I can tell you that both departments are strong. I know more about the business school, which is really excellent and has many innovative and highly recognized courses and programs. The areas that I hear and see as standing out the most are finance, accounting, entrepreneurship, and energy, although I am sure there are other strengths as well.
- Medium. Participation is healthy at about 30% of guys and 40% of women, but the word is that it is not divisive or excluding. In other words, it not only doesn't matter if you belong to a different Greek org, is doesn't matter if you are Greek at all. Numerous posts last year and before from students mentioned that they had both Greek and non-Greek friends, and that Greek life did not dominate their social calendar even if they had decided to join. I think part of why Tulane is different in this respect is that none of the sororities have live-in facilities, and the frats have limited space. So most of the Greeks live either on campus (all for the first 2 years) or if they do move off campus after sophomore year they often have non-Greek housemates along with Greek ones.
- Tulane has a traditional and gorgeous campus in the very nicest part of town. There are mansions all up and down St. Charles Ave., the main street that borders the campus on the south, and where the streetcar runs all the way to downtown and the French Quarter, about 4 miles and a world away. Just to give you the general feel, Drew Brees, the QB for the New Orleans Saints football team, lives next to Tulane. Another famous football family you may have heard of, Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning lived not far from there (Archie, the father, still does I think). The whole area is known as Uptown, and it is basically divided into the Garden District and Audubon, both famous for their elegant homes, etc. Tulane is in Audubon, and other famous home owners in the Garden District area have included, over the years, Anne Rice the mystery writer, Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie, Sandra Bullock, etc.
In fact, Tulane’s campus is so classic in appearance that it is often used in movies. Most recently it is in the current release Bad Moms, and has been used as a backdrop in The Butler, 22 Jump Street, a couple of Mylie Cyrus movies, and numerous others. Also a few TV shows.
- Come on woman, get real. This is New Orleans!! But seriously, from your other posts I will make the assumption that you are asking about the LBGTQ (forgive me if I haven't kept up with the acronym, which keeps growing). It is EXTREMELY accepting, the head of admissions has long been openly gay. In fact, here is a blog post or two he has written. You have NOTHING to worry about in this regard, and in fact should be excited by Tulane. Also, New Orleans is very accepting, again having a long tradition of being a safe haven for drag queens, homosexuals (probably second only to San Francisco on a per capita basis), and others that for years were not considered "acceptable in polite society".
http://tuadmissionjeff.blogspot.com/2016/08/sexual-identities.html (This is the current post, in fact)
http://tuadmissionjeff.blogspot.com/2016/06/love.html (posted after the Orlando shootings)
I think there were other posts, but you get the idea.
- I repeat woman, this is New Orleans!! And truly this time, probably enough said. There is tons to do besides drink to the point of stupidity. My D graduated a couple of years ago and had a fabulous time without drinking at all until her senior year, and then only very mildly. There are far more like-minded people when it comes to drinking and wild partying than you might think. The trick is connecting, and admittedly that isn't always easy at first, because while they are in fact numerous, there isn't a single issue to bring them together like there is drinking and partying for those types. But within a short time, everyone finds their "tribe" or even tribes. No worries. If you are the extra-academic type and are in the Honors Program, you can choose the honors dorm, which is one of the nicer freshman dorms. This makes finding such peers somewhat easier, I think.
Let us know if you have more questions!