<p>My language is Spanish. When I visited, they said they had 80+ applicants. I don’t know how many they were wanting, but that’s quite a few applicants for a 15 person program.</p>
<p>Honestly, when I visited Tulane, I didn’t like it that much. There’s nothing wrong with it per se, but I just couldn’t imagine myself as a student there - there wasn’t the same kind of “spark” that I felt when I visited Chicago in November (and hope to replicate this Thursday and Friday at the admitted students overnight). </p>
<p>Tulane and Chicago are definitely different schools. At one, the party scene is so present that it’s easy to see the effects, even among honors students. At the other, academics are really the forefront of the collegiate experience. They’re different fits.</p>
<p>However, even after what I said above, I could feel that there was at least some degree of academic engagement among the upper tier students at Tulane. There were higher level classes and honors students that were definitely on par with their UChicago counterparts. But that segment of the population is much less profuse than the “typical party-going college student” that seems to make up Tulane’s student body.</p>
<p>That’s why I’m so interested in the Altman program - you’re with the most academic of academic students at Tulane, and the perks are incredible.</p>
<p>Is your daughter considering both Tulane with the Altman Program and UChicago as well?</p>