Tulane 2010 Forum

[smartblonde87]

Anyone headed to ASD this weekend?

[volfan6415]

Hey, congrats to all who are in. I am a current Tulane 1L and happy to answer any questions yall have.

Thanks so much for offering to answer questions.

How has your 1L experience been at Tulane so far? Are you happy with the decision you made?

I see that you did get a scholarship. Would you have gone to Tulane if you hadn't gotten money from them?

I could not be happier with my decision. Tulane is a great place to go to law school and New Orleans is an amazing city, there is never a shortage of things to do. As for Tulane itself so far I have enjoyed my experience. I don't know what the primary reason for it is but the students here seem far less competitive than I hear from my friends at other schools. People are willing to share notes/outlines and generally help each other out, which all in all makes for a much better law school experience.

One thing I would note, and i don't know if its good or bad is that Tulane does not organize its classes into sections. Every student takes the same classes, but you don't have the same exact people in every class. The only exception to this is LRW which is a year long course that stays the same in the fall and the spring. I think that this organization is what leads to the lower competition amongst students because you are not competing with the same set of students in every class.

Yes I did get a scholarship and it would be hard to say that it did not factor into my decision. However I probably would have chosen Tulane anyways given the city of New Orleans and the atmosphere at the law school.

[k10370]

Hey, congrats to all who are in. I am a current Tulane 1L and happy to answer any questions yall have.

Thanks so much for offering to answer questions.

How has your 1L experience been at Tulane so far? Are you happy with the decision you made?

I see that you did get a scholarship. Would you have gone to Tulane if you hadn't gotten money from them?

I could not be happier with my decision. Tulane is a great place to go to law school and New Orleans is an amazing city, there is never a shortage of things to do. As for Tulane itself so far I have enjoyed my experience. I don't know what the primary reason for it is but the students here seem far less competitive than I hear from my friends at other schools. People are willing to share notes/outlines and generally help each other out, which all in all makes for a much better law school experience.

One thing I would note, and i don't know if its good or bad is that Tulane does not organize its classes into sections. Every student takes the same classes, but you don't have the same exact people in every class. The only exception to this is LRW which is a year long course that stays the same in the fall and the spring. I think that this organization is what leads to the lower competition amongst students because you are not competing with the same set of students in every class.

Yes I did get a scholarship and it would be hard to say that it did not factor into my decision. However I probably would have chosen Tulane anyways given the city of New Orleans and the atmosphere at the law school.

So does this mean class rankings are done for the 1L class as a whole? I know other law schools which have sections rank each section, rather than the entire 1L class.

[jstn1104]

One thing I would note, and i don't know if its good or bad is that Tulane does not organize its classes into sections. Every student takes the same classes, but you don't have the same exact people in every class. The only exception to this is LRW which is a year long course that stays the same in the fall and the spring. I think that this organization is what leads to the lower competition amongst students because you are not competing with the same set of students in every class.

On this note, I spoke with Dean Krinsky about this when I was in New Orleans a week and a half ago. One of the positive effects of this is that scholarship recipients are not grouped together and forced to compete with each other to maintain their GPAs. It sounds like most of the people who are given scholarships are able to keep them.

[Aberzombie1892]

Oh as of yesterday we have a new dean (FYI).

David D. Meyer is coming to Tulane from the U of Illinois.

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[volfan6415]

Hey, congrats to all who are in. I am a current Tulane 1L and happy to answer any questions yall have.

Thanks so much for offering to answer questions.

How has your 1L experience been at Tulane so far? Are you happy with the decision you made?

I see that you did get a scholarship. Would you have gone to Tulane if you hadn't gotten money from them?

I could not be happier with my decision. Tulane is a great place to go to law school and New Orleans is an amazing city, there is never a shortage of things to do. As for Tulane itself so far I have enjoyed my experience. I don't know what the primary reason for it is but the students here seem far less competitive than I hear from my friends at other schools. People are willing to share notes/outlines and generally help each other out, which all in all makes for a much better law school experience.

One thing I would note, and i don't know if its good or bad is that Tulane does not organize its classes into sections. Every student takes the same classes, but you don't have the same exact people in every class. The only exception to this is LRW which is a year long course that stays the same in the fall and the spring. I think that this organization is what leads to the lower competition amongst students because you are not competing with the same set of students in every class.

Yes I did get a scholarship and it would be hard to say that it did not factor into my decision. However I probably would have chosen Tulane anyways given the city of New Orleans and the atmosphere at the law school.

So does this mean class rankings are done for the 1L class as a whole? I know other law schools which have sections rank each section, rather than the entire 1L class.

Yes the rankings are based on the class as a whole, but the 1L class is not ranked until after the end of the spring term. Then the class is ranked at the end of each subsequent term.

[Auroch]

Are you still taking questions since I'm now considering the school as a bigger possibility then before. How are employment opportunities looking like as a 2L for the summer or a graduating student? Do you know people that are having alot of trouble? If I am in like the top 45% of my class for the first year, what will it be like getting a summer position?

[dancer330]

Hey, congrats to all who are in. I am a current Tulane 1L and happy to answer any questions yall have.

Thanks so much for offering to answer questions.

How has your 1L experience been at Tulane so far? Are you happy with the decision you made?

I see that you did get a scholarship. Would you have gone to Tulane if you hadn't gotten money from them?

I could not be happier with my decision. Tulane is a great place to go to law school and New Orleans is an amazing city, there is never a shortage of things to do. As for Tulane itself so far I have enjoyed my experience. I don't know what the primary reason for it is but the students here seem far less competitive than I hear from my friends at other schools. People are willing to share notes/outlines and generally help each other out, which all in all makes for a much better law school experience.

One thing I would note, and i don't know if its good or bad is that Tulane does not organize its classes into sections. Every student takes the same classes, but you don't have the same exact people in every class. The only exception to this is LRW which is a year long course that stays the same in the fall and the spring. I think that this organization is what leads to the lower competition amongst students because you are not competing with the same set of students in every class.

Yes I did get a scholarship and it would be hard to say that it did not factor into my decision. However I probably would have chosen Tulane anyways given the city of New Orleans and the atmosphere at the law school.

Thanks for your response. Everyone seems to love it there. I visited Tulane a few weeks ago and everything about it felt right. Everything except the cost, that is...

[volfan6415]

Are you still taking questions since I'm now considering the school as a bigger possibility then before. How are employment opportunities looking like as a 2L for the summer or a graduating student? Do you know people that are having alot of trouble? If I am in like the top 45% of my class for the first year, what will it be like getting a summer position?

Tulane is having the same problems that every other school is having, this is not a very good market right now. I know of 3L's who are having problems, but I know 3Ls at other schools that are having the same problems. Its just this economy no one is really hiring, its not really a great time to be a lawyer, then again its not really the best time to be unemployeed either. Tulane is doing about as good as they can to find us jobs.

[JAdore3]

Oh as of yesterday we have a new dean (FYI).

David D. Meyer is coming to Tulane from the U of Illinois.

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Professor Meyer is one of the most exceptional professors I have ever had. He will be a great addition to Tulane... sad to see him leave UIUC!

[nol607]

complete 3/5. Above median GPA + LSAT. I know someone who just got waitlisted w/ 163 3.6. What's the deal? Anyone else?

[keemos]

complete 3/5. Above median GPA + LSAT. I know someone who just got waitlisted w/ 163 3.6. What's the deal? Anyone else?

I'm confused too. I went complete 3/5 as well. There have been a round of waitlists and rejections since then but I have not heard anything. I guess no news is good news. My numbers are 3.43/163 so I thought I would get a small scholly but now I just hope I get in

[nol607]

Did you apply late? I sent out Tulane 6 weeks later than all of my other apps, which I'm thinking is the cause of the disproportionate competition.

[keemos]

I applied in early January. I was just looking at LSN and quite a few non-URMs got accepted off the waitlist recently with sub 160 lsats and low gpas. Idk what to think.

[nol607]

YP? Much higher chance of them attending even at full tuition.

[mailmanstalker]

complete 3/5. Above median GPA + LSAT. I know someone who just got waitlisted w/ 163 3.6. What's the deal? Anyone else?

I'm confused too. I went complete 3/5 as well. There have been a round of waitlists and rejections since then but I have not heard anything. I guess no news is good news. My numbers are 3.43/163 so I thought I would get a small scholly but now I just hope I get in

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[jrduncan3ail.com]

I'm in the same camp as you two on 3/5. Compete 3/5 (updated, had an earlier complete date but I don't remember what it was), 163/3.76 and I've heard nothing. Submitted in early Jan.

[keemos]

I'm in the same camp as you two on 3/5. Compete 3/5 (updated, had an earlier complete date but I don't remember what it was), 163/3.76 and I've heard nothing. Submitted in early Jan.

Thinking optimistically, maybe they want to accept us with scholarships but have no scholarship money available so they are waiting for people to withdraw rather than accept us at sticker. Would be a risky thing to do

--That actually made a lot of sense as I wrote it out

[Sias]

I applied in early January. I was just looking at LSN and quite a few non-URMs got accepted off the waitlist recently with sub 160 lsats and low gpas. Idk what to think.

Strange that they're already dipping into the wait list despite some of us being sans decision. Complete since 3/4 here.

[nol607]

I'm in the same camp as you two on 3/5. Compete 3/5 (updated, had an earlier complete date but I don't remember what it was), 163/3.76 and I've heard nothing. Submitted in early Jan.

Thinking optimistically, maybe they want to accept us with scholarships but have no scholarship money available so they are waiting for people to withdraw rather than accept us at sticker. Would be a risky thing to do

--That actually made a lot of sense as I wrote it out

haha you're definitely a "glass half full" person. I'll go with it.

[bobbycortez]

167, sub3.0... complete 2/24 and updated to file complete today... i'll take the no news is good news route and keep my hopes up. this cycle just seems a little wonkier than usual for splitters

[heyzeus]

Just got file complete 3/25 from 2/3. What does it say when a decision is made are there different types? sorry if this already has been stated.

[matchesmalone]

Were most of you that were admitted or waitlisted notified by email? My status checker says my decision was made a few days ago and the letter was sent. I didn't receive anything by email, and my numbers poor so I'm expecting a ding.

[jstn1104]

Were most of you that were admitted or waitlisted notified by email? My status checker says my decision was made a few days ago and the letter was sent. I didn't receive anything by email, and my numbers poor so I'm expecting a ding.

I believe I was first notified by email. The subject said "Your acceptance to Tulane University" or something along those lines.

[matchesmalone]

Were most of you that were admitted or waitlisted notified by email? My status checker says my decision was made a few days ago and the letter was sent. I didn't receive anything by email, and my numbers poor so I'm expecting a ding.

I believe I was first notified by email. The subject said "Your acceptance to Tulane University" or something along those lines.

How long after the status check change was the email sent? I assume it was a few hours later. My status was changed on the 22nd.