What do you mean by “priority buckets”?
Curious then if your student has better ranked schools at a more economical price point available to them, why switch to ED2?
I think you’ll find varying opinions on the forum of the usefulness of broad school rankings with most suggesting they’re not very useful. Look at the metrics/criteria used to do the rankings and see if those are the metrics important to you. That said, the schools often do chase the rankings.
This year there were 15k EA applicants- around 2000 accepted- 13% acceptance
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She does. But she loves Tulane.
From that standpoint then it’s ranked #1.
It’s been a while since I bothered to look at them but was curious of your “often ranked outside the top 100”. I’m not here to defend the school - but to keep the threads factual. If you have other rankings you were looking at I’d be curious to know what they were.
USNWR - #63 in National Universities
Niche - #46 in best academics in America
Forbes - #147 Top Colleges 2025 (#83 in Private Colleges)
CollegeRaptor - #64 in US
WSJ - (Behind Paywall)
Within specific programs the ranking will vary greatly for any of the schools and I’d suggest if someone is going to use rankings at all it should be done based on what area of study is being looked at - but again, need to understand what criteria is being used to rank and if that’s meaningful to you or not. USNWR changed their formula pretty substantially 2 years ago. Tulane went form the low 40’s to the low 70’s (and yet the school did nothing different). This year they moved up 10 spots to #63.
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Institutional priorities. One big push at Tulane right now is more in state and regional students. They host many special events for in-state students and have developed more pathways for admission for them.
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Ha! Selective rankings
WSJ 451
Money 3 out of 5*
Niche - 69 highest ranking
So multiple “prominent” ranking organizations would have a school at such different places in their data set and we’re supposed to take them seriously?
WSJ’s 2025 list was quite comical. It has Bentley University as the #11 university and San Jose State University as #16 in the country (universally loved Minnesota is # 203). Do what you think is best for your kid and don’t listen to random people on the internet.
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San Jose State is an excellent school right in the middle of Silicon Valley. It is also among the oldest schools in California and while the ranking surprises me a little, it really doesn’t whole me at all. Interships, technology, job opportunities and more are a huge deal to most people.
Unless all the ranking criteria is identical the random numbers mean nothing. Tulane gets bumped down due to lack of diversity, fewer first generation kids, and similar.
Do we know given the sharp ratio of females to males, if Tulane is actively trying to reduce this by taking fewer females and more males? They could definitely use ED2 to help balance the ratio.
I think the general sense is that there are a lot of schools struggling with the M/F ratio and likely have a “bump” in the calculation for males. Nothing unique to Tulane.
They are basically 2 to 1 now. Overall national number is 57-43, so yes significantly more. Another negative for them in my opinion.
I wouldn’t ever suggest 66%/33% is basically the same as 57%/43%. If you think it is, ive got an investment proposition for you.
You seem intent on convincing us what a bad choice Tulane is. Seems like you need to convince the one person that matters.
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Uh I said it wasn’t the same . YOU said nothing unique to Tulane.
Apologies, completely misread your reply on the %'s.
But yes, still believe its nothing unique to Tulane.
I don’t know on that. Recently met with a department head and the key take away was in-state and regional priority along with ALWAYS do the optional “why Tulane” essay.
I don’t understand the obsession with rankings. Every publication uses different criteria, and no college is a perfect fit for everyone. All the top 150 (or more) colleges offer strong academics, but they will each have a mix of great and not-so-great professors. Some programs will appeal to your child, while others might not. Ultimately, it depends on the individual and what they take away from both the education and the environment. For us, beyond being an R1 university with excellent academics, Tulane stood out because it has the highest student happiness index, which was a key factor in our decision.
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Good thing this is anonymous because I’ve never seen anyone with such animosity towards a school as this Twinopoly has for Tulane. Honestly I feel like her daughter needs to pull that application and fall in love with another school. College is kind of a family affair, and she will be paying bills and undoubtedly finding problems throughout the course of her daughter’s college experience. Don’t see how this can go well. Other than random rankings and stats i don’t think she really knows anything about the school. I went there, my husband went there, and I have one child there and another possibly heading there next year and I know it’s a happy place with happy students that is very well-respected by all I’ve encountered. It’s not the school for everyone. I honestly feel sorry for her kid and hope she’s not sharing all this negativity with her.
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