Top Scholars Weekend -- April 2014

jocjarmom
Wed, 09 Apr 2014 21:55:53 +0000

@ireneb‌ - I actually went to AU for grad school, and I’ve got to say that while DC is certainly colder than NOLA, it is a great place for school. The campuses are about the same size. When I toured Tulane last year with my daughter, neither of us thought the facilities looked bad, so when she walked into the buildings this past weekend, she was really shocked by what she saw there. (Ironically, we were just in Denver this weekend!)

@almostdonehere - It’s possible that is what President Cowen said “If you aren’t into community service, this isn’t the place for you.” Remember, I was getting this as 2nd hand info. My husband also noticed that about the race diversity. I think it was the “oversell” of NOLA that convinced my daughter this wasn’t the right school for her. When we toured Emory, they all talked about “the Emory bubble” and how the school was really its own little island in Atlanta. But she didn’t feel like there was a “Tulane bubble” and she realized that she couldn’t get away from NOLA even if she wanted to just be at the school. Does that make sense?