2012-2013 Tulane University Application Thread

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Interviewed in November, accepted about a month later, found out about SDN about a month after that hence the late post. Thought it would be a good tool to get in touch with other accepted students and current med students to make the whole transition easier. And of course, good luck to all the interviewees and post-secondary applicants out there! New Orleans is a cool place. Now if only they could keep the lights on . . .
 
relatively random question:

when is the new hospital supposed to open in NOLA? I heard 2015 but wasn't sure if that was spring or fall and if it would be available to the class of 2017 for the final two years of school.

anyone have any idea?
 
fourhumours said:
relatively random question:

when is the new hospital supposed to open in NOLA? I heard 2015 but wasn't sure if that was spring or fall and if it would be available to the class of 2017 for the final two years of school.

anyone have any idea?
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The sign in front of the construction said 2015, anything beyond that is probably too early to really know.
 
Accepted 1/25 interviewed 1/11 =) Can't wait for August. Good luck to everyone else still in the running! Also, anyone going to mardi gras this weekend?
 
Just withdrew my acceptance. Hopefully it goes to one of you all!
 
uva11 said:
me 😀
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awesome! I'm probably going to make a game-time decision, but I want to go so badly. Question for you - did you get a confirmation e-mail when you replied about your acceptance/intent?
 
madhatter01 said:
awesome! I'm probably going to make a game-time decision, but I want to go so badly. Question for you - did you get a confirmation e-mail when you replied about your acceptance/intent?
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i recommend that you go, especially if you've never been and/or are trying to decide on whether or not to attend. i did get a confirmation email about 4 days after i sent in an email accepting the offer.
 
uva11 said:
i recommend that you go, especially if you've never been and/or are trying to decide on whether or not to attend. i did get a confirmation email about 4 days after i sent in an email accepting the offer.
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Yeahh I'm definitely leaning toward going. I've been to NO ~4 times now, but never for mardi gras. I'm in love with the city and the school. And good to know about the confirmation e-mail, just want to be sure!
 
madhatter01 said:
Accepted 1/25 interviewed 1/11 =) Can't wait for August. Good luck to everyone else still in the running! Also, anyone going to mardi gras this weekend?
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Well, another piece of data suggesting 1/25 interviews hear back tomorrow. Very excited, loved this school.
 
Good luck to those hearing back today! My email came at 5 pm, wish I could have known that to ease a whole day of fruitlessly checking my inbox.
 
Has anyone heard back from Dr. Beckman after confirming your acceptance offer? I sent a confirmation on the 25 and haven't heard anything back about it. Also is there a Facebook page for the incoming class?
 
Ranger001 said:
Has anyone heard back from Dr. Beckman after confirming your acceptance offer? I sent a confirmation on the 25 and haven't heard anything back about it. Also is there a Facebook page for the incoming class?
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I never heard back after confirming my acceptance offer, but I think I saw on this thread where other people did.
 
Ranger001 said:
Has anyone heard back from Dr. Beckman after confirming your acceptance offer? I sent a confirmation on the 25 and haven't heard anything back about it. Also is there a Facebook page for the incoming class?
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I heard back the day after confirming.
 
Hey guys I am in the post0bacc program at Tulane and Dr. Beckman is actually out of the country (Vietnam). Not really sure when she will be back but it should be a week or two. Just a heads up.
 
Has anyone gotten an acceptance package or anything in the mail after confirming their acceptance? I received a response back saying that they are glad I am coming to Tulane after I told them to definitely hold my spot, but apart from an email saying to check the twitter feed for the med school, i havent had any other correspondence and I'm starting to get worried.

have you guys received anything? I call and no one ever answers...
 
Heathernct said:
Has anyone gotten an acceptance package or anything in the mail after confirming their acceptance? I received a response back saying that they are glad I am coming to Tulane after I told them to definitely hold my spot, but apart from an email saying to check the twitter feed for the med school, i havent had any other correspondence and I'm starting to get worried.

have you guys received anything? I call and no one ever answers...
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I got the official acceptance letter in the mail a week or so after the email, but nothing else. Does anyone know if there's a second look or anything?
 
rierphfft said:
I got the official acceptance letter in the mail a week or so after the email, but nothing else. Does anyone know if there's a second look or anything?
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There is no second look. New Orleans is visitor-friendly and many acceptees come on down on their own for a second look at the city. If you guys ever get around to creating a Facebook group for your class, current Tulane students could join it and give advice, put you up for the weekend, take you to class, etc.

To get the most out of your visit, it would probably be best to time your informal second look to coincide with a spring festival like JazzFest, French Quarter Fest, or Tulane's very own CrawFest.
 
I just received this email
"We would like to inform you that your application is complete and under review. You will receive another email once a decision is made on your application. We thank you for your continued patience with the application process and we wish you success."

Is this hopefull? It is so late in the interviewing season I am not sure if there are even anymore interview days left.
 
The last interview day that I know of is March 18th. We interview on Mondays and Fridays.
 
sazerac said:
There is no second look. New Orleans is visitor-friendly and many acceptees come on down on their own for a second look at the city. If you guys ever get around to creating a Facebook group for your class, current Tulane students could join it and give advice, put you up for the weekend, take you to class, etc.

To get the most out of your visit, it would probably be best to time your informal second look to coincide with a spring festival like JazzFest, French Quarter Fest, or Tulane's very own CrawFest.
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I definitely got an email a while back that said

Dear XXXXXXXXXX:

Congratulations on your acceptance to Tulane University School of Medicine and thank you for your reply. We look forward to having you as part of the Class of 2017.

You will receive information for the second-look day, for April 5, 2013.
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Anyone else?
 
dance13021 said:
I definitely got an email a while back that said



Anyone else?
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Hmmm... This is all I got after I accepted the invitation.

"Congratulations on your acceptance to Tulane University School of Medicine and thank you for your reply. We look forward to having you as part of the Class of 2017."

Mine didn't have that last sentence. When were you accepted? Maybe it's a recent thing?
 
Dr. Beckman emailed me back after I received my acceptance when I asked about second look. She said sometime in April.
 
This is the first year Tulane is having a second look. Not quite sure when it is though.
 
So you're telling me there's a possible excuse for me to bring the wife down to New Orleans as a 'second look'?

Sounds terrible. 🙂
 
So is anybody 100% sure they are heading to Tulane and wanting to start the facebook page? I'm at about 90%, but I'll try to figure out the internets and start one if no one else is up for it.:prof: <----- that has nothing to do with anything, I just never see it used.
 
Well it sounds like the first ever official second look is April 5th. That's interesting. When I talked to Beckman about second looks last year, she was negative on the subject - who the hell comes to New Orleans to sit in a conference room and / or talk about education? As the NOLA tourism board is well aware, the answer is basically nobody. The local bars do some of their best business during scheduled conference hours.

If you can't make (or don't want to make) the official second look, the following four weekends in NOLA are hosting French Quarter Fest, Tulane's Craw Fest, Jazz Fest 1, and Jazz Fest 2 respectively. It's going to be the absolute height of the spring festival season, with exotic music and unfamiliar food galore. It's likely the most high-yield method an acceptee can use to decide whether to matriculate at or avoid Tulane.

Hope y'all can make it.
 
sazerac said:
Well it sounds like the first ever official second look is April 5th. That's interesting. When I talked to Beckman about second looks last year, she was negative on the subject - who the hell comes to New Orleans to sit in a conference room and / or talk about education? As the NOLA tourism board is well aware, the answer is basically nobody. The local bars do some of their best business during scheduled conference hours.

If you can't make (or don't want to make) the official second look, the following four weekends in NOLA are hosting French Quarter Fest, Tulane's Craw Fest, Jazz Fest 1, and Jazz Fest 2 respectively. It's going to be the absolute height of the spring festival season, with exotic music and unfamiliar food galore. It's likely the most high-yield method an acceptee can use to decide whether to matriculate at or avoid Tulane.

Hope y'all can make it.
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question for you, sazerac. love the name btw. i got my acceptance back in early November but have yet to receive any more information on the SOM academic schedule for next year; i can't find it anywhere on the internet. basically, i want to know the fall semester start date/if there is orientation so i can plan my last day of work and when to move. do you know where i can find this info?
 
uva11 said:
question for you, sazerac. love the name btw. i got my acceptance back in early November but have yet to receive any more information on the SOM academic schedule for next year; i can't find it anywhere on the internet. basically, i want to know the fall semester start date/if there is orientation so i can plan my last day of work and when to move. do you know where i can find this info?
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+1, that would be super helpful...
 
uva11 said:
question for you, sazerac. love the name btw. i got my acceptance back in early November but have yet to receive any more information on the SOM academic schedule for next year; i can't find it anywhere on the internet. basically, i want to know the fall semester start date/if there is orientation so i can plan my last day of work and when to move. do you know where i can find this info?
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I had a similar question (planning a trip to Europe this summer), so I called the admissions office. They said that we need to be there by August 4th for the white coat ceremony, with orientations starting on the 5th. Hope that helps.
 
Can any current Tulane students weigh in on where the best neighborhoods to live are and when to start looking for a place? When I went for my interview we were told we absolutely have to visit in person since neighborhoods tend to differ from street to street, and I'm trying to plan when we should revisit to look for lodging. We have two kids, 5 and 1, but schools shouldn't be a problem and if all goes well with the charter schools we are applying to. I'm considering Lakeview or Uptown, but was wondering how safe they are, both in terms of crime and hurricanes. I assume they've reinforced levees so everything is safer, but don't know much else. Also can anyone recommend a good realtor?
 
rierphfft said:
Can any current Tulane students weigh in on where the best neighborhoods to live are and when to start looking for a place? When I went for my interview we were told we absolutely have to visit in person since neighborhoods tend to differ from street to street, and I'm trying to plan when we should revisit to look for lodging. We have two kids, 5 and 1, but schools shouldn't be a problem and if all goes well with the charter schools we are applying to. I'm considering Lakeview or Uptown, but was wondering how safe they are, both in terms of crime and hurricanes. I assume they've reinforced levees so everything is safer, but don't know much else. Also can anyone recommend a good realtor?
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These kinds of questions generally go in your facebook group to reach a wider audience, but I'll give you some ideas. Many med students live uptown, with easy access to cheap housing and the kinds of undergraduate-themed neighborhoods they are more familiar with. Students even rent entire houses here. The CBD (central business district) is probably the next most popular. It's more urban but a lot closer to school. Students here rent apartments or condos. I haven't heard of Lakeview.

If you are looking to rent, arrive a couple of weeks to a month before you are ready to move here. Students who visited in May intending to sign a lease starting in August were not very successful last year - it's just too hard for a landlord to predict the future like that.

Here are some websites you may find useful:

Nola neighborhoods to get you oriented:
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=...d=106625818460325756602.00046241beb93446aa0bc

Nola crime map:
http://www.trulia.com/real_estate/New_Orleans-Louisiana/crime/
(be sure to distinguish violent (e.g. rape) from petty (e.g. stolen iphone), otherwise you might get the mistaken impression that the tourist areas are like war zones)

Nola flood map:
http://blog.nola.com/news_impact/2009/02/FLOODZONE020609.pdf
(safest bets are bywater, marigny, french quarter, cbd, magazine district, and uptown near the river - the "rim" of the bowl)

2010 Census browser:
http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map
(this one is really nifty - under View More Maps you can view neighborhood data by more than a dozen filters such as crowdedness, empty houses, single people, etc.)

Buy vs. Rent calculator:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/business/buy-rent-calculator.html
(note that as a med student it is extremely likely you will be moving in four years)
 
sazerac said:
These kinds of questions generally go in your facebook group to reach a wider audience, but I'll give you some ideas. Many med students live uptown, with easy access to cheap housing and the kinds of undergraduate-themed neighborhoods they are more familiar with. Students even rent entire houses here. The CBD (central business district) is probably the next most popular. It's more urban but a lot closer to school. Students here rent apartments or condos. I haven't heard of Lakeview.

If you are looking to rent, arrive a couple of weeks to a month before you are ready to move here. Students who visited in May intending to sign a lease starting in August were not very successful last year - it's just too hard for a landlord to predict the future like that.

Here are some websites you may find useful:

Nola neighborhoods to get you oriented:
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=...d=106625818460325756602.00046241beb93446aa0bc

Nola crime map:
http://www.trulia.com/real_estate/New_Orleans-Louisiana/crime/
(be sure to distinguish violent (e.g. rape) from petty (e.g. stolen iphone), otherwise you might get the mistaken impression that the tourist areas are like war zones)

Nola flood map:
http://blog.nola.com/news_impact/2009/02/FLOODZONE020609.pdf
(safest bets are bywater, marigny, french quarter, cbd, magazine district, and uptown near the river - the "rim" of the bowl)

2010 Census browser:
http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/map
(this one is really nifty - under View More Maps you can view neighborhood data by more than a dozen filters such as crowdedness, empty houses, single people, etc.)

Buy vs. Rent calculator:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/business/buy-rent-calculator.html
(note that as a med student it is extremely likely you will be moving in four years)
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wow...thanks for this. the Nola neighborhood map is especially useful. i knew it was probably too early but was hoping that i could visit during crawfest and find a place at the same time, but i suppose it is much too early. i guess i'll have to skip crawfest and just come out some time in june. 🙁
so hopefully someone who is computer savvy will make a facebook page soon, and we can all start planning the next four years of our lives. (disclaimer: i am fairly computer ******ed so i'll pass on admin duties...)
 
BlackCat7 said:
When did you interview? I was hoping to have heard back by now as well.
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1/25. Thread has been completely dead, so I'm not too worried about being passed over, but at the same time I'd like to know already
 
Hey guys, I made a super basic Facebook page for TSOM's class of 2017, so join if you can! Maybe we can get some good housing discussion going on there or something... I've never made a page before so let me know if there are any problems 🙂

Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/TulaneUniversitySchoolOfMedicineClassOf2017?skip_nax_wizard=true

If that doesn't work, the page is called "Tulane University School of Medicine Class of 2017, so search for it on Facebook and it should pop up...
 
Lebanon2012 said:
Hey guys, I made a super basic Facebook page for TSOM's class of 2017, so join if you can! Maybe we can get some good housing discussion going on there or something... I've never made a page before so let me know if there are any problems 🙂

Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/TulaneUniversitySchoolOfMedicineClassOf2017?skip_nax_wizard=true

If that doesn't work, the page is called "Tulane University School of Medicine Class of 2017, so search for it on Facebook and it should pop up...
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Nice! It might be better to go with a group instead of a page, though:

https://www.facebook.com/help/155275634539412/
 
Lebanon2012 said:
Hey guys, I made a super basic Facebook page for TSOM's class of 2017, so join if you can! Maybe we can get some good housing discussion going on there or something... I've never made a page before so let me know if there are any problems 🙂

Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/TulaneUniversitySchoolOfMedicineClassOf2017?skip_nax_wizard=true

If that doesn't work, the page is called "Tulane University School of Medicine Class of 2017, so search for it on Facebook and it should pop up...
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Yay! Thanks!
 
Hi Guys! For those of you accepted, CONGRATS!!!!!!!!! This is an absolutely fantastic place to be.

I'm a current T1 and will be leaving NOLA for the summer and I am trying to sublet my apartment for June and July. I know lots of MD/MPHers come early in the summer, and I know for some of my classmates it was useful to sublet for the summer so they had lots of time to look for their own place to live and get to know their new classmates (and potential roommates).

I posted on craigslist so here is the info: http://neworleans.craigslist.org/sub/3596630844.html

I would love love love to sublet to a fellow Tulane grad student! My place is safe, clean, convenient for school, allows dogs, has an awesome gym, two pools, a hot tub, a PJs coffee (which you will LOVE if you don't already) and a subway. Here is the link to the apartment complex: http://www.saulet.com/ and the details on my apartment can be seen on that craigslist post above.

Please let me know if you're interested! Also, feel free to message me with any questions about Tulane, I'd be happy to help.

Good luck!
 
I'm sure it's been asked before, but is there a place to store luggage during interview day?

I'm in class right now and I can't call to ask at the moment- figured it might be easier just to ask! Or if I do need to call to make sure I'll do so afterwards. Thought someone might be able to help on here though. Thanks!!
 
Yes, you can store luggage during the interview. Good luck!
 
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