re: Tulane Price Gouging

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The academic admission standards for regular students may be high, but the standards for athletes is NOT near the same level. I'm just saying...

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tulane's admissions standards for regular students are quickly becoming one of the toughest in the country. the acceptance rate will be under 25% this year with an average ACT of 31-32. having said that, tulane takes any and all athletes that meet the minimum NCAA requirements. we have a school of continuing studies where they are stashed and they have no impact on academic stats for the regular university. and before anyone bashes this practice, most of the ivy league schools as well as stanford have schools of continuing studies.

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As far as the class work, the regular students pay $30K a year (maybe higher) so Tulane makes sure they keep their students in school if you catch my drift. (UNO is the hardest school in state at least in technical curriculums b/c they could really give a $hit less if you stayed in school)

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this is true for the most part, but all private universities (yes, even the ivy league) have grade inflation. college rankings have created an extremely competitive environment in higher education.