Tulane vs. Iowa State Architecture?

cyclonehome
Sun, 25 Oct 2015 15:04:14 +0000

Well I happen to be an ISU alum and know a bit about both Tulane and Iowa State. My D was actually considering architecture when she was picking a college and she came to the conclusion, when deciding between those same two schools, that if she did choose arch, she would go to ISU. They do have a great program at ISU.

That said, she chose to study math instead, and picked Tulane because she liked the idea of NOLA. We live in LA and when she visited ISU, it was February and snowing. Haha The city of Ames has far more to offer than most people probably realize, it is consistently on lists of top college towns. Sure it’s not NOLA, but it is a great place to go to college.

She found she was not happy at Tulane for a variety of reasons and really did want a larger university with more options so she transferred to ISU this fall as a junior and absolutely loves it there. She has not encountered problems often associated with larger universities such as TA’s teaching and her math professors don’t seem to have foreign accents that are hard to understand. I am sure it helps that she already had the calc classes that are generally huge while she was at Tulane where they were much smaller. She also feels much more comfortable about finding a job when she graduates at ISU as they have incredible job fairs/job placement services - something that seemed lacking at Tulane in comparison.

All that said, since you are already at Tulane and net costs would be about the same, I would suggest not transferring unless you are unhappy at Tulane. While you might be just as happy or happier at ISU, you might not, and it wouldn’t be worth taking a chance on if you are happy where you are unless there are significant other factors such as money.

Good luck on your decision!