2011-2012 Tulane Forum

[sinisterkid]

Just withdrew. Good luck folks!

[pugilistjd]

Has anyone thought about maybe establishing a facebook group for the Fall 2012 incoming class? Doesn't seem to be anything active as of now. May be a good way to get to know prospective fellow students

Someone should do this.

[alitoalitoalito]

saw that people are meeting up friday for a bar night, but is anyone up for going out in the french quarter tomorrow (thursday night)? if so, PM me.

[PDaddy]

Does anyone know how hard it is to defer for one year at Tulane? And if you do defer can you keep your scholarship? The bad part in my situation is I wouldn't know until late July whether I wanted to or not depending on a job offer.

Like many top schools, Tulane is deferral-friendly as long as you have a solid reason for waiting, such as an internship/externship, community service or job offer (such as with Teach for America, AmeriCorps or a firm), financial reason, religious reason (such as sabbatical), political reason, medical reasons/sick relative that you are caring for. You will not lose your scholly, if the experiences of past students are any indication.

[cass1230]

Tulane, if you're listening, pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee show some signs of remembering me.


An acceptance will do the job

[ZeffKay]

Hopping on a plane to the ASW in a few hours! Let's hope I love it and they make me forget about the rankings

[wightjm]

Hopping on a plane to the ASW in a few hours! Let's hope I love it and they make me forget about the rankings

Rah Delt!

[TheFailboat]

Has anyone thought about maybe establishing a facebook group for the Fall 2012 incoming class? Doesn't seem to be anything active as of now. May be a good way to get to know prospective fellow students

Someone should do this.

Done - it's a slow day at work.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/241876809241079/

[Californiagirl949]

Whooo hoooooo Justine!!

[TheFailboat]

Whooo hoooooo Justine!!

I don't think Facebook could have made the group-creating process more annoying if they tried. Let's get some more people in here!

[mss455]

Whooo hoooooo Justine!!

I don't think Facebook could have made the group-creating process more annoying if they tried. Let's get some more people in here!

Just joined - how are you verifying "who's an admit" and who's not?

[TheFailboat]

Whooo hoooooo Justine!!

I don't think Facebook could have made the group-creating process more annoying if they tried. Let's get some more people in here!

Just joined - how are you verifying "who's an admit" and who's not?

There's really no way to at this point. But if anyone starts trolling and/or posting about free iPads or making $3,407 a day from home, they shall be swiftly banned.

[Dash41]

Does anyone know how hard it is to defer for one year at Tulane? And if you do defer can you keep your scholarship? The bad part in my situation is I wouldn't know until late July whether I wanted to or not depending on a job offer.

Like many top schools, Tulane is deferral-friendly as long as you have a solid reason for waiting, such as an internship/externship, community service or job offer (such as with Teach for America, AmeriCorps or a firm), financial reason, religious reason (such as sabbatical), political reason, medical reasons/sick relative that you are caring for. You will not lose your scholly, if the experiences of past students are any indication.

I actually called them up after this and it seems like they would grant a deferral. They said I would go back in the scholarship pool, but said most students get similar scholarships. I would not want it to go down obviously though as I feel like that can greatly impact decision making process obviously. Hopefully it wouldn't. Maybe it would even go up?

[dextermorgan]

Whooo hoooooo Justine!!

I don't think Facebook could have made the group-creating process more annoying if they tried. Let's get some more people in here!

Just joined - how are you verifying "who's an admit" and who's not?

There's really no way to at this point. But if anyone starts trolling and/or posting about free iPads or making $3,407 a day from home, they shall be swiftly banned.

There might be an official page later. A lot of schools make them after deposits come in.

[TheFailboat]

There might be an official page later. A lot of schools make them after deposits come in.

Well, curses. Maybe they'll take my overeagerness as a good thing.

[pugilistjd]

There might be an official page later. A lot of schools make them after deposits come in.

Well, curses. Maybe they'll take my overeagerness as a good thing.

Last year's class did the same thing!

http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 8&t=152622

[littleredlaw]

Submitted my deposit yesterday...!

...joining facebook group

[ZeffKay]

Hopping on a plane to the ASW in a few hours! Let's hope I love it and they make me forget about the rankings

Rah Delt!

Tcfp!

You here as well???

[sdphill]

How was ASW?!

[pugilistjd]

How was ASW?!

The ASW itself was okay. I didn't learn much more than I already knew about Tulane, but I learned a lot more about NOLA and was sad to leave. DC looked so sad and pathetic when I landed

[dextermorgan]

How was ASW?!

I was surprised at the number of older students I met. Overall I was impressed with the school and city. It has definitely bumped the school up on my list.

[ckelly85]

How was ASW?!

It was pretty much the same as your write up.

Things I noticed while there:
campus is very well manicured
current students are friendly
new orleans looks like it is about to float away into the swamp/ocean
pj's iced coffee is pretty good
no real bike lanes off campus

Also, bar night was a good time! Drank LA beer, talked bad about Loyola (juuust kidding), and had an elderly drunk gentleman decide one of our party was his wife. More bar nights to come.

[sdphill]

How was ASW?!

Things I noticed while there:

new orleans looks like it is about to float away into the swamp/ocean

It is.. lol

[pugilistjd]

Also, bar night was a good time! Drank LA beer, talked bad about Loyola (juuust kidding), and had an elderly drunk gentleman decide one of our party was his wife. More bar nights to come.

I do hope that gentleman found his wife, or at least figured out who she was and what she looked like...

[B986]

How was ASW?!

The ASW itself was okay. I didn't learn much more than I already knew about Tulane, but I learned a lot more about NOLA and was sad to leave. DC looked so sad and pathetic when I landed

Agreed on this. Overall, I really liked the campus, and the current students I encountered were friendly and seemed bright. However, I found many of the speakers to be a bit dry (is anyone truly EXCITED and enthusiastic and absolutely IN LOVE with the school? If so, I'm not sure that came through), and the career info session was not all that impressive. A lot of the information was very vague and general, in my opinion. I do not doubt that half a dozen students from the past few graduating classes have landed some prestigious and/or unique jobs (as presented in the powerpoint); however, that is not all that reassuring for those of us weighing the actual career prospects out of Tulane. Other schools I have visited presented graphs and charts outlining this data, even if such figures were not overly impressive. I would have asked about these figures at the Q&A portion of the session if there had been time for one! I just did not get the impression that Tulane students are finding solid summer associate opportunities or abundant post-grad opportunities. I realize that is largely a product of the economy/job market, but it seemed like things were rougher for Tulane students than I've found of other law students at similarly ranked schools in cities with larger legal markets. It definitely did seem like Tulane does well placing students into local public interest jobs, but firm prospects and opportunities outside the region seemed less than promising. One current student (a 3L) told me that almost all of the firms who come for OCI are LA firms. He also told me that opportunities outside of the southeastern US, Texas, and California (?) are few and far between. I have no idea if this is correct information, but it bummed me out a little nonetheless.

This is just my takeaway feeling from ASD. Please feel free to offer any additional perspectives on the career situation or anything else!