Freeman (Tulane) Admits

[lambdatheta9]

Anyone applied/accepted to Tulane Uni (Freeman) Fall 08??

[ajeet]

Hi lambdatheta9

Are you planning to join Freeman. How good are the placements at this school?

Cheers

Aj

[lambdatheta9]

hey ajeet..

yes, i'm probably joinin Tulane as it is renowned for its Finance concentration. Recently it was ranked 10th best in the world for Finance. Frankly speaking, i dont judge a University only by rankings as they provide a very skewed view however, one of my cousins had attended Tulane MBA (Finance) a few years back and this is his view:

1) The Program is excellent, very informative and detailed.
The curriculum is rigorous and faculty is well known and helpful too.
2) New Orleans is a great city, great food, music and culture.
3) During his time, the placements were a bit dismal, Big Investment Banks did come on the campus though (Citi, Merill, Lehmann) to name a few. However, most students got placed in the south, south west.
4) Recently, Tulane has started New York Days event in which students are taken to New york and given opportunities to interview and meet recruiters. A BIG Positive.

Considering all these facts and its strength in my field of interest (Finance, IV Banking), i have opted for Tulane. The placements have shown improvement too.. I wouldnt recommend much for any other field of concentration though.

Which other options are you looking at?

[ajeet]

Hi Lamdathetha9
Thanks for your inputs.I am also looking for a shift to finance as well.
I have Wake forest babcock and Tulane in hand and awaiting results from Boston college( MSF ) and Texas A&M ( yet to hear).

1.How would you rank these , presuming all come through?
2. Where else have you applied ?

Thanks & Regards
Aj

[lambdatheta9]

i Lamdathetha9
Thanks for your inputs.I am also looking for a shift to finance as well.
I have Wake forest babcock and Tulane in hand and awaiting results from Boston college( MSF ) and Texas A&M ( yet to hear).

1.How would you rank these , presuming all come through?
2. Where else have you applied ?

Thanks & Regards
Aj

hey ajeet..

I had applied to Babcock (R3) but got dinged there, statistically speaking, Texas A&M is a goood school and placements should also be better... Curriculum wise Tulane is better than WFU but placement wise WFU is better. What is your interested conc in Finance? Equity Analysis? Inv. banking? Consulting? Tulane has a great equity analysis program and you should have no concerns about the course and the knowledge you shall gain. Location wise, New Orleans has been re established since katrina days and the Tulane has spent nearly 50 million $ on the main building, so expect the latest infra.
Have been waitlisted from Babson, waitin to hear from Cass (Msc) and Uni Pitt.

lemme know if u have any other ques..

[ajeet]

Hi again
How do you plan to fund Tulane , I believe you must have got some schol ? Given the Apr 28 deadline , I need to figure this out.

Wake forest, has given time till 18 Apr. Still wondering

Regards
Aj

[lambdatheta9]

hey ajeet...
i've got 80% funding so the costs of attending are marginal.... i've time till 25th april... how much funding have u got? and can u please post ur stats..

u can ask for an extension at WFU...tell them that u need to fig out the funding thing....


thanx..

[ajeet]

Hi

I also got a 80% schol, but still the cost works out to be about 27 L ( total).
How are you planning to fund this. Any pointers would be great .

Thanks
Aj

[lambdatheta9]

well,

the tuition costs come to 16000$ for 2 years (4L), add $ 3000 odd for module fee or something, then 500$ odd for health, 11000$ odd for rent/food etc. so the total cost comes to 12-15 L per year (depends upon how u live i.e.).

Well, i'm going to take a loan from my dad , hopefully payin him off in a few years. But the US does have a generous educational funding system for international students as well. Plus, you only have to show that you can cover costs for an year so that comes to around 11-12L max. You can transfer funds into one bank account, take the balance statement for that particular day, get it signed by the branch manager and that doc becomes the affidavit of support. If the bank account is in the name of your father then you'll have to print out a letter of sponsorship, bearing your fathers signature on it.

So that is for the first year, then there are RA, TA positions available at the University itself, 20 hours per week, which can fund the routine expenses.

Lemme know if u have further Q's.

[mkarthik01]

The website lists the following as costs:

Credits/Semester Tuition & Fees First semester 16$19984Second semester14$17486Third semester 16$20976*Fourth semester15$19665*Total 61$78111*

Assuming that you both got 80 percent aid. You need to pay -> 20 percent of 78000 = 15600

Also, living costs are (for 9 months)->
Room & Board$10600Notebook Computer$1700Books$1500Transportation$1930Health$1 883Miscellaneous$1370TOTAL$18983

so for 2 years -> 20,000 + 20 000 = 40,000

Total = 40,000 + 15,600 = 55,600 = 22,79,000 Rupees

Lambdatheta(Shalin), am i missing something here? You said it would be 15-16.

I have ommitted assitantships.