Tulane help

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Hi!
Could someone give me stats on Tulane? I am considering adding it to my list because I have only applied to 10 schools. Also, how much does the secondary cost?

 

[Nor2themax]

It is a top school and pretty competitive for admissions! They take around 150 new students with several thousand applicants. The secondary costs $95. It's in New Orleans... which is a BIG plus for me.. I LOVE N.O. Everyone cross your fingers that I get an interview.

 

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Tulanes average GPA is a 3.56 and MCAT is a 31-32.

 

[twinklz]

Ok, while we're talking about Tulane, I have an interview there next month, and I was checking out air fare.

😡 😡 😡 Flying from Charlotte to New Orleans is $1000+?!!??!?!?!

I'm from Louisiana, but I've never flown into New Orleans. Are all flights coming into NO this expensive?

Or should I just fly into my hometown and drive the 3.5 hours to NO and spend $700 less, and not stay the night with a student. Stupid budgets.....

 

[::Seabass::]

no, they're usually not. I lived there for 6 years and usually paid no more than $250 to go somewhere. I thought Houston would be cheaper since it is such a huge hub, but its not.

there must be a big convention or something else going on that week/weekend and flights must be pretty full.

 

[Megalofyia]

Have you tried southwest, priceline, expedia, travelocity, etc?

I'd suggest using southwest, expedia, travelocity first and seeing what the cheapest flight is. Then get on priceline and suggest something that is 20 - 50 dollars cheaper.

 

[AAKRAZY]

AirTran.

I'm flying from Boston to MSY for $112, one way.

Then from MSY back to L.A. for another $140, one way.

I'm not an expert on flying, but this is as cheap as it got. I did a lot of searches on almost every travel site you can imagine. I also couldn't be very flexible as I had to get from one university to another overnight without overlapping travel time.

Good luck.
AAK

 

[emily69]

Tulane is an awesome school. you should definitely add it to your list of schools. They also respond quickly after interviews. Just the other week, I got accepted only 5 days after the interview!!! Anyway, gotta love them for providing me with instant relief so early in the process. Aside from that you'll be getting great pre-clinical experience at the famous Charity Hospital. Tulane students are known for their excellent clinical skills and they get into good residencies, also. They aren't rated very high in the US News thing - they are abouy 85 but don't let that get to ya. Check them out - and check out their website and open the pdf file that has their student handbook!

 

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""They aren't rated very high in the US News thing - they are abouy 85 but don't let that get to ya""

54th actually. due in no small part to the lack of reseearch dollars. But their mathc list is nice and sexy. Many top specialties.

 

[Brickhouse]

The space allowed for essays on the PDF format is sooooo short! Should I change it to a word document so I have more space, or do they purposely want me to keep it that brief!???

 

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Yeah, i kept it in the provided space.

 

[Brickhouse]

Does dating count as an extracurricular activity?

Seriously....did you put your volunteer activities under extracurriculars?

 

[emily69]

Word of advice from someone who interviewed there - they told me what they look for before picking someone for an interview - WHY TULANE??? Give them a good, specific answer to that on your secondary and you're in for an interview (given you meet all the initial requirements of ~3.5 GPA, min 31 MCAT). Good luck to anybody applying there!

As for the US News thing, I guess I was looking at some past year's statistics so I pulled 85 out of nowhere, pretty much. 54 doesn't sound so bad, not that rating matters all that much anyway. It's true that Tulane is more of a "clinical" minded school than a "reasearch" oriented one, so that prolly explains the NIH funding thing.

 

[woundvac]

i grew up in NO i like Tulane

 

[emily69]

I agree and thanks for re-assuring me again about Tulane. I got an awesome impression during my interview esp. when I talked to 3rd and 4th years. Even the 2st and 2nd years were giddy and happy during exam week when I was there. They were all SO incredibly nice! I am definitely gonna go there next year. Screw the other schools, I am not checking my email obsessively anymore... 🙂

 

[twinklz]

Yay AirTran! A quarter of the price!!! Thanks for the help in air fare checking!!

 

[cather]

I loved Tulane too! I just interviewed there and I hope I get in. That was the one school where a faculty member went out of their way to give me a personal tour of the school. And the students there were great -totally supportive, not phony.

I just got waitlisted at GW and my state school where I go to school for undergrad. I'm kind of bummed now.

 

[bbawco1]

just wondering...
for those that got accepted to tulane and it is not their first choice....I was wondering what is not making it top choice (besides obvious other potentials...mayo,harvard,etc, "new orleans is dirty" and location)
I am going FOR SURE and am just wondering what everyone else thinks about it.
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