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Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:45 pm
by superflush
smartblonde87 wrote:So what happens if there is an evacuation on a school night? What happens then?
You drive north.

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:53 pm
by Bert
What's this evacuation you all speak of . How much notice do you get to evacuate ? Anybody?

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:45 am
by smartblonde87
Well, I talked to my boss who went to Tulane for undergrad, and he said he only had to evacuate once or twice in four years (for hurricanes). When Katrina hit, I think there was a solid 3 days beforehand, if not 4, for people to get out of the city.

I live on a fault line and an earthquake is supposed to hit us bad in this decade. At least it's not like that - you can't see earthquakes coming.

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:09 pm
by dancer330
Have you guys started looking for housing? I've been looking on Craigslist and there seem to be a lot of places available. I'm kind of nervous about being able to find something walking distance to campus that still has everything I want (dishwasher—what 1L has time to do dishes?!, washer/dryer access, nearby parking, etc).

There seem to be some great apartments in the Garden and Warehouse districts, but being within walking distance is apparently pretty important during 1L...

Has anyone found anything yet?

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:53 pm
by jstn1104
dancer330 wrote:Have you guys started looking for housing? I've been looking on Craigslist and there seem to be a lot of places available. I'm kind of nervous about being able to find something walking distance to campus that still has everything I want (dishwasher—what 1L has time to do dishes?!, washer/dryer access, nearby parking, etc).

There seem to be some great apartments in the Garden and Warehouse districts, but being within walking distance is apparently pretty important during 1L...

Has anyone found anything yet?
It seems like a lot of the stuff available right now near the school are summer sublets. I'm pretty sure new places will start popping up for August toward the end of next month. I'm going to start looking more seriously around the middle of May.

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:18 pm
by sticknbindle
smartblonde87 wrote:Well, I talked to my boss who went to Tulane for undergrad, and he said he only had to evacuate once or twice in four years (for hurricanes). When Katrina hit, I think there was a solid 3 days beforehand, if not 4, for people to get out of the city.

I live on a fault line and an earthquake is supposed to hit us bad in this decade. At least it's not like that - you can't see earthquakes coming.
Same here. The pending Bay Area quake is pretty scary... at least you can run from a hurricane.

There does seem to be plenty of housing right now. I think I'm gonna fly down in early/mid July to find something relatively close to campus. Also, it does seem like a good bike city, but from what I saw a car would be extremely helpful.

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:11 pm
by smartblonde87
jstn1104 wrote:
dancer330 wrote:Have you guys started looking for housing? I've been looking on Craigslist and there seem to be a lot of places available. I'm kind of nervous about being able to find something walking distance to campus that still has everything I want (dishwasher—what 1L has time to do dishes?!, washer/dryer access, nearby parking, etc).

There seem to be some great apartments in the Garden and Warehouse districts, but being within walking distance is apparently pretty important during 1L...

Has anyone found anything yet?
It seems like a lot of the stuff available right now near the school are summer sublets. I'm pretty sure new places will start popping up for August toward the end of next month. I'm going to start looking more seriously around the middle of May.
my hubs went down monday and checked out the preserve so we are going to go for it. it's awesome from the pictures! http://www.thepreservenola.com

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:46 pm
by jstn1104
smartblonde87 wrote:
jstn1104 wrote:
dancer330 wrote:Have you guys started looking for housing? I've been looking on Craigslist and there seem to be a lot of places available. I'm kind of nervous about being able to find something walking distance to campus that still has everything I want (dishwasher—what 1L has time to do dishes?!, washer/dryer access, nearby parking, etc).

There seem to be some great apartments in the Garden and Warehouse districts, but being within walking distance is apparently pretty important during 1L...

Has anyone found anything yet?
It seems like a lot of the stuff available right now near the school are summer sublets. I'm pretty sure new places will start popping up for August toward the end of next month. I'm going to start looking more seriously around the middle of May.
my hubs went down monday and checked out the preserve so we are going to go for it. it's awesome from the pictures! http://www.thepreservenola.com
Looks nice, but too far from campus!

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 6:17 am
by waverider
Has anyone gotten the travel reimbursement for ASW yet?

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 8:57 pm
by jstn1104
waverider wrote:Has anyone gotten the travel reimbursement for ASW yet?
Just got mine yesterday.

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:45 am
by Amy wineBerry
I'm officially part of Tulane's class of 2013. Anyone else?

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:17 am
by trueblue29
This thread has been pretty quiet... any future Tulane law students around?

I am heading down to New Orleans later this week to look for housing. Looking forward to the move and meeting you all in the fall.

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:25 pm
by jstn1104
trueblue29 wrote:This thread has been pretty quiet... any future Tulane law students around?

I am heading down to New Orleans later this week to look for housing. Looking forward to the move and meeting you all in the fall.
I’m here. I was in New Orleans a few weeks ago looking for housing and found it to be extremely easy. I spent one afternoon looking at places and ended going with the second place I saw. I spent the next four days eating and drinking around New Orleans, exploring for the first time some of the restaurants uptown, of which there are quite a few great ones.

I’m moving down there the first week of August, taking the train from Chicago. Can’t wait!

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:53 pm
by rollingby
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Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:26 pm
by nol607
You don't need a realtor. Just go up and down all the streets by campus and you will find tons of FOR RENT signs. And unlike cities like NYC, if you want to live downtown, craigslist is completely reliable. But your best bet is definitely just a loooong walk around campus.

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:29 pm
by jstn1104
rollingby wrote:I'm going to be driving down to NOLA from central Illinois around the middle of July to look for housing. Did you guys just use craigslist or did you call a local Realtor, etc?
I found my apartment thru the Tulane apartment listing. And yes, there are a lot of for rent signs up, it was pretty easy for me to find a place.

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 11:46 pm
by jchb6d
I started with Padmapper and walking around the area. Ended up getting a place through a referral from one of the people I called to call a friend of a friend.

So, even if the listing isn't what you're looking for, it might still be worth a shot to call anyway and tell them what you ARE looking for.

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:05 pm
by smartblonde87
hey guys i got the email about locker reservations. it has a clause about bottom lockers being available on a first-come, first-served basis. is there something magical about bottom lockers that i am missing??

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:11 pm
by jstn1104
smartblonde87 wrote:hey guys i got the email about locker reservations. it has a clause about bottom lockers being available on a first-come, first-served basis. is there something magical about bottom lockers that i am missing??
Do we need lockers? It seem kind of unnecessary. Anything I'll have to bring to class I'll probably have to take back home.

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:22 pm
by Headybrah
I just put down a deposit on 10 of them...

cornering the market

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:28 am
by jstn1104
Are we able to apply for federal loans yet? Anybody know when we're supposed to get information on that?

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 3:23 pm
by thucydides
jstn1104 wrote:Are we able to apply for federal loans yet? Anybody know when we're supposed to get information on that?
I emailed the Financial Aid office and here's what they said:

"We have not yet posted you award for the academic year 2010-2011. This will happen shortly. In the mean time you may want to go back to the website: http://www.studentloans.gov and fill out the E-MPN for the Stafford Loan (if you have not done so already) and fill out a new PLUS loan processing application (this gives the DOE permission to run your credit)."

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 3:33 pm
by jstn1104
thucydides wrote:
jstn1104 wrote:Are we able to apply for federal loans yet? Anybody know when we're supposed to get information on that?
I emailed the Financial Aid office and here's what they said:

"We have not yet posted you award for the academic year 2010-2011. This will happen shortly. In the mean time you may want to go back to the website: http://www.studentloans.gov and fill out the E-MPN for the Stafford Loan (if you have not done so already) and fill out a new PLUS loan processing application (this gives the DOE permission to run your credit)."
Thanks. Yeah, I actually went over there and filled out the MPN and took the required "exam" for the loans, which was kind of a pain. Apparently they're supposed to send the financial aid info out to us later this week.

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:41 am
by gwuorbust
jstn1104 wrote:
thucydides wrote:
jstn1104 wrote:Are we able to apply for federal loans yet? Anybody know when we're supposed to get information on that?
I emailed the Financial Aid office and here's what they said:

"We have not yet posted you award for the academic year 2010-2011. This will happen shortly. In the mean time you may want to go back to the website: http://www.studentloans.gov and fill out the E-MPN for the Stafford Loan (if you have not done so already) and fill out a new PLUS loan processing application (this gives the DOE permission to run your credit)."
Thanks. Yeah, I actually went over there and filled out the MPN and took the required "exam" for the loans, which was kind of a pain. Apparently they're supposed to send the financial aid info out to us later this week.
you get off the WL? cause they sent me that stuff months ago.

Re: Tulane Class of 2013

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:49 pm
by rcm2116
Congratulations to everybody on the acceptances! I am so very excited to start at Tulane in the fall!

I live in the area and can help with any questions regarding life (and finding housing) in the most fabulous city in the world!