re: Is Tulane a respected school academically?

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a bachelors is a bachelors is a bachelors, unless you're planning to run for president maybe

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Depends on what you want to do and what fields you want to go into.

Ninety nine times out of hundred, you're not walking into an interview with McKinsey or Google or Goldman Sachs with a Florida State undergrad degree.

On the other hand, if you're planning on going to medical school, I'd venture to say it's probably a lot better to go somewhere where you can get good grades and stand out and not pay an arm and a leg.

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the type of job a bachelors from a good school compared to an LSU is not even comparable

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we've beaten this up on here a few times before but that "elite" school nonsense, just like having connections, is good for getting your foot in the door, including higher starting salaries, but after that it's all on the individual

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we've beaten this up on here a few times before but that "elite" school nonsense, just like having connections, is good for getting your foot in the door, including higher starting salaries, but after that it's all on the individual

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Well no shite that's the whole point

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I really do think football success has helped. If you're not getting into your local big, football-centric, good greek life U, Alabama is a solid choice.

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That's what happened with my daughter. She couldn't get into UT and A&M certainly wasn't an option. She was looking at the "piss-ant" schools (Baylor, SMU, and TCU) and I was adamantly against it. We then visited Chapel Hill and she loved it. She just graduated and really enjoyed her time at UNC.

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Ninety nine times out of hundred, you're not walking into an interview with McKinsey or Google or Goldman Sachs with a Florida State undergrad degree.

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Exactly. Moreover, there are a lot of LSU or FSU kids going to top law schools.

For a lot, maybe even most people, going to a directional school isn't going to derail their hopes and dreams. But if you can afford to go to a higher regarded undergrad institution and you're thinking about big time banking/finance/consulting/law/medicine, it's much easier.

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They've done really well with recruiting nationally and using football as a marketing medium. My cousin was offered a full ride to Bama just for getting a 30 on the ACT and having above a 3.5. They've been really smart about capitalizing on their brand power right now.

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They sure are. I don't think their academics have changed dramatically in 8 years, but perception changes nationally when you start getting kids to go there from all over. Because parents in the NE or Virginia says "my kid went to Bama" and that spreads around and starts to reflect well on what people think about the school.

I have a seat to this because my wife's brother (from Virginia) went there.

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Well no shite that's the whole point

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meh, there are people with degrees form every school/military academy you can name, lawyers, doctors, engineers, astronauts, whatever, at my company, that work for me, and they all rag on my little piss ant engineering degree from LSU

You're a lawyer in Austin now, right?

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I know a bunch of TL grads and I think you can add to the list the willingness to do Civil vs Common law. I don't really blame law students not wanting to pigeon whole themselves with respect to civil law. It's really too bad there's no reciprocity from other states, having seen study materials from both its not all that different

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I can honestly say as someone who took common law route and then LA bar exam, followed by TX, people really are making too much of a big deal about it.

I feel like there are maybe 5 to 10 words that really stand out that are different in civil law (Prescription, usufruct, ease of association). I think it is a crutch for those who fail the LA bar.

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They sure are. I don't think their academics have changed dramatically in 8 years, but perception changes nationally when you start getting kids to go there from all over. Because parents in the NE or Virginia says "my kid went to Bama" and that spreads around and starts to reflect well on what people think about the school.

I have a seat to this because my wife's brother (from Virginia) went there.

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UGA did this to some extent in Highland Park, especially in the aftermath of Stafford. They haven't emphasized it as much as Alabama (and don't need to as they pull from a bigger pool of candidates), but it's definitely a good method for upping the prestige of schools that have limited ability to improve within their own borders.

Of course, Alabama people sometimes groan about this as it slowly erodes opportunities for in state students. I think the vibe from them is that it was somewhat temporary, however.

Theoretically, after this effort Alabama should be well positioned to steal kids that have been going to Auburn and that have traditionally given Auburn incoming classes a test score/GPA edge. But, I think some of that is more difficult in Alabama given 1) the religious devotion to one or the other and 2) that most of the high achieving STEM kids will go to AU.