Schools similar to Tulane??

blevine
Fri, 17 Jun 2016 11:14:18 +0000

There was a comment above about Boston University vs Tulane.
I graduated from BU long ago, and transferred there from Tulane.
So yes they are on radar of similar students, but I felt strongly enough that they differ,
to actually transfer from one to the other.

Having spent only a single year at Tulane, and long ago, I am not an expert,
but I concur with another comments above, New Orleans is absolutely unique.
Location wise, you simply cant find anything similar. Whether that is a good or bad
aspect is a matter of opinion. Personally I hated NOLA and that was my main
reason for leaving. I loved Tulane, hated NOLA. Very high crime rate when I was there,
and just did not love the city at all. Can’t say I’m not a city person, BU was an even
more urban campus, just a much nicer city. Tulane did have great academics,
loved my professors.

Back then I did consider Vanderbilt, peers maybe in being southern
private colleges, but I hear Nashville is a nicer town. Did not know that back then.
I am not sure rankings should mean much, what makes one person happy does not work
for another. It may have been ranked happy, but I was NOT happy at Tulane, was VERY happy
at BU. And people complained BU was tougher grade wise, yet I still liked it better.

You need to consider geography, would you only be happy in a warm climate ?
I thought that was important to me, but later decided differently.

Overall, after spending a year of my life at Tulane, I think it’s pretty unique and couldn’t
really say what else is close. Sorry but did not mean to turn you off to Tulane,
many others did like it there, just didn’t feel right for me. Most of the other schools
discussed are either in bigger cities, more urban, or more rural/suburban, Tulane
is in the middle, in a residential part of a mid sized city. You could argue best of both worlds,
though I didn’t find that desirable. Peers for you are one direction or the other, more urban or less.
Academically easy to find comparable schools, at least on paper.