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Tulane Grad program

just got accepted into tulane. given some money and 2 year sentence as opposed to 3.5 years at other schools that i got accepted too? havent heard much hype around the program? any insight into the program?
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Apr 24, 09 2:06 pm

Hey ronco, Tulane MArch holder here. Unless the curriculum has changed drastically in the past 4 years the 2 year, 3 year and 5 year programs all share faculty and classes, it's just a more accelerated program involving less studios (5 instead of 7 or 10) and no university distribution requirements.

The program has changed focus since Katrina, form what I hear. When I was there it was very modernist focused, but I hear that the preservation program (my old home) has been getting more influence.

Do you have housing yet?

I'm kind of jealous, I miss NOLA so much.

Apr 24, 09 7:45 pm  · 
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treebeard

hey ronco, i was accepted to tulane as well and am going to be there this fall. i'm in the 2 year program as well, and i'm really excited about starting soon.

from what i've gathered, they definitely focus strongly on design. after katrina, there is a lot more opportunity to do service learning with the tulane city center, designbuild, and urbanbuild. not that you have to get involved with those programs, but you could get unique learning experiences that you might not find elsewhere. the graduate program has been really small in the years before the hurricane, but now that the school is getting more national recognition because of their work, they are receiving much more applicants and thus the class sizes are expanding. i know that they're are in the midst of trying to give the graduate program more distiction from the undergradduate, but you still will get a lot more exposure to undergraads than most schools. it might be hard at first to get your bearings since you'll be with so many undergrads, but i'm hoping for the best. the facilities are not as stellar as some of the big public universities, but it's a cozy fit.

if you want to know a little more, i e-mailed a current grad student there asking some more specific questions after i visited, and i'm more than happy to share with you his insights if you want to get a student's opinion. professors tend to gloss things over when you talk to them about their programs... they're trying to seduce you, haha. he graduated from the school i'm at right now, catholic university, so i was asking him about how the two programs compare. those things may not pertain to you as much, but it still might be helpful. let me know.

Apr 30, 09 7:25 pm  · 
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jaxsman

I also was accepted to Tulane in the two year program and have decided to enroll there over IIT.
Personally I don't have any experience with the program but I was speaking back and forth with the Dean and he mostly reinforced what sanne1102 has said. They are extremely involved in the community, if that is what your looking for instead of just doing projects in a vacuum. I was told they accepted 30 students this year I am not sure if that is grad students total or just 2 year grad students.
The other thing to put me over the edge is I have never heard a single person say they regretting any time spent in New Orleans, I was there for Mardi Gras two years ago and had the time of my life. Personally I was looking for city with a little soul after 3 years in Miami. You want to talk about a soul sucking vacumm....
Since noone has gone to tulane but we have people going to tulane maybe we should modify this thread to Tulane 2009....

May 2, 09 9:42 am  · 
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My understanding is design-build is really big now. Obviously preservation as well.
Plus, the city.

May 4, 09 10:53 pm  · 
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