Which one should I choose..?

fallenchemist
Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:28:20 +0000

Actually I am an alum and now a parent of a Tulane student. There are PLENTY of research opportunities, and in fact Tulane thrives on undergrads doing real research. Someone was just telling me yesterday that their honors thesis of 120+ pages was actually more “meaty” (my word, not hers but it captures the point well I think) than her masters work at a USNWR top 10 school. Anyway, that is something you shouldn’t have to worry about at Tulane.

Tulane is more diverse than Indiana when it comes to geography, which is no surprise since Indiana will have kids overwhelmingly from Indiana. Tulane has more students from 500+ miles away than any school in the country. Ethnic diversity I don’t know about Indiana, you can look it up on their common data set. Tulane is about 70% white, and the remaining 30% is fairly evenly split between Asians, African-Americans, and Hispanics I think, with the last being the lowest % of the 3 IIRC.

There are over 200 official student organizations, probably a few unofficial ones, and anyone can start one and get it recognized and get money if you can get a total of 10 students at the beginning. Between that and New Orleans, I have never heard a student say there wasn’t anything to do at Tulane. I am sure the same is true of Indiana, but of course you don’t have anything like New Orleans as an option.

I don’t know what else to tell you since you cannot visit. Watch as many videos as you can I guess, although I imagine you already know that doesn’t cut it really. But between that and reading these threads and whatever else you can get your hands on, I think that is the best you can do.