Hey everyone! Sorry about hijacking the thread, but does any international here know where to submit the certification of finances?
Hi friends. Question… if we get accepted, where do we see if we qualified for any of the automatic merit scholarships? Or do we have to wait two weeks for the mail to come?
Thanks!
You have to wait for the paper mail. If you are in the USA, it should be less than two weeks.
PS. You will almost certainly get a very nice award upon acceptance.
@fallenchemist helpful as always. Thank you!
[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]
Merit Scholarship, if received: 32K/year, Presidential, Honors.
School/major: Env. Science
Objective:
[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): 2360 (CR: 800, M: 780, W: 780, E: 12)
[]ACT (breakdown): 35
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math 2: 800, Lit: 760, Bio E: 730, USH: 710
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Seven 5’s, two 4’s
[]IB (place score in parentheses):
[]Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP’s
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Debate captain, varsity volleyball captain, multiple academic teams, Eagle Scout, student government
[]Job/Work Experience: Internship doing cancer research, tutoring
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Homeless shelter, missions trip
[]Summer Activities: Research, missions trip
[]Essays: Very happy with them.
[]Teacher Recommendations: Positive, at the very least.
[]Counselor Rec: Good.
[]Additional Rec: Research PI, positive.
[li]Interview: None[/li][/ul]
Other
[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): CA
[]Country (if international applicant): Spent two years in China.
[]School Type: Large public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: M
[]Income Bracket:
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): International experience[/li][/ul]
Reflection
[ul]
[]Strengths: Scores, ECs
[]Weaknesses: GPA
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Who knows?
[]Where else you are applying or have already applied: Lots.
[li]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: [/li][/ul]
[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]
Merit Scholarship, if received: $32k annual Presidential Scholarship, Honors Program
School/major: Political Science
Objective:
[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): 2140 (didn’t send)
[]ACT (breakdown): 34 (32 Math, 35 Reading, 34 Science, 35 English)
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): didn’t send
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/192
[]AP (place score in parentheses): World History (5), Computer Science (3), Psychology (5), English Lang (5), Art History (4), US History (4)
[]IB (place score in parentheses): none (school doesn’t offer)
[]Senior Year Course Load: Computer Science-Python (dual-enrolled) at gov school, Seminar at gov school, Connections in Mathematics at gov school, AP English Lit, AP Macro/microeconomics, AP European History, AP Biology, AP Comparative Government, Honors French IV
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st place at 4H state science fair, 1st place at FBLA regions, Eagle Scout, 56 merit badges[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): NHS (President), Boy Scouts, FBLA, French Club (leadership each year), Varsity Scholastic Bowl, Varsity Forensics, Theater, Piano/Clarinet, 4H
[]Job/Work Experience: Boy Scout Camp Counselor in 2014 and 2015
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Relay for Life, Big Brothers Big Sisters, 4H, many many hours
[]Summer Activities: NYU Precollege, UVA Summer Enrichment, Boy Scout Camp Counselor, 4H Camp Counselor
[]Essays: wrote about the road I live on for the personal statement, and a convincing Why Tulane
[]Teacher Recommendations: from 9th grade math teacher I’m very close with and 10th grade English teacher
[]Counselor Rec: from assigned counselor
[]Additional Rec: none
[li]Interview: none[/li][/ul]
Other
[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): VA
[]Country (if international applicant): US
[]School Type: public
[]Ethnicity: white (didn’t send)
[]Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: didn’t send
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none? rural and gay maybe[/li][/ul]
Reflection
[ul]
[]Strengths: Essays, Test Scores, GPA, quantity of ECs
[]Weaknesses: Tulane was a safety for me, so I had to be sure to not let them know that; didn’t visit the campus (Idk if they track demonstrated interest, but I did email the admissions office a question a while back and I never got a reply!); of course I always could have done more things than I did, etc.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Essays on top of credentials
[]Where else you are applying or have already applied: Brown, UChicago, UVA
[li]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Good luck everyone, maybe see you on campus next fall 
I hope this can help any struggling people applying for class of 2021 and beyond![/li][/ul]
[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]
Merit Scholarship, if received: $32,000/year Presidential Scholarship, Honors Program
School/major: Business
Objective:
- []ACT (breakdown): 33 (35 Superscore)
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): Lit:750, US History:740, Math 2: 650 (lol didn’t send)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92; Weighted: 4.2
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School technically doesn’t rank but I am 17/650
[]AP (place score in parentheses): 5 AP lang, 5 APUSH, 4 lit, 5 human geo, 5 comp gov, 5 psych, 3 world lit
[]Senior Year Course Load: ASL 3, Enriched Sociology, AP econ (macro and micro), pre calculus, AP Computer Science, AP World Literature
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with distinction, School writing award, St. Michael’s Book Award
Subjective:
-
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): School UNICEF (President), National UNICEF leadership symposium, Interact Club (Co-founder and Co-president), Student Leadership Team, Board member for two local non-profits, Summer math tutor for a couple years, American Sign Language Club (President), Book Club, Local art center youth board member, Model United Nations (leadership team).
[]Job/Work Experience: part-time waitress job, nanny
[]Volunteer/Community Service: 350+ hours
[]Summer Activities: Full time Nanny, a little volunteering
[]Essays: I think my common app essay is good, I wrote about the death of my mother and how it made me more adventurous and caring. I think I wrote it in a way that wasn’t like “pity me”, but it actually explained what I learned from a sad event.
[]Teacher Recommendations:I didn’t read but I think really really good! One was from my APUSH/Psych teacher and him and I are really close and I worked so so so hard in those classes. The other is from my sophomore year math teacher, she retired a year ago and we still meet for coffee!
[]Counselor Rec: I didn’t read but she told me she wrote that I was her favorite student, so I think good!
[]Additional Rec: none, hopefully for my later apps I have a letter from the mom I nanny for full time.
[]Interview: No
Other:
- []State (if domestic applicant): MN
[]Country (if international applicant): USA
[]School Type: Public, very competitive
[]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[]Gender: female
[]Income Bracket: did not report
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection:
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[]Strengths: Upward trend in grades, main essay, recommendations, courseload possibly
[]Weaknesses: Freshman year isn’t part of the high school in my district so it’s not calculated in my GPA but they still send my grades and I had an A-/B+ average, No hooks, No strong interest in the school (never visited or talked to them etc), wrote my “Why Tulane” essay in like 30 minutes.
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think my grades/stats were strong and also I am really close with the teachers who wrote my essays so I think they really helped! As far as scholarship goes… I am really at a loss. Looking through everyone’s stats on here idk how I got the presidential scholarship as I have shown no real interest in the school.
[]Where else you are applying or have already applied: U of MN (Accepted, honors program), Indiana U (Accepted, Direct to Kelley School of Business, Honors Program), Brown, Cornell, UC Berkeley, St.Michael’s, Lehigh, UW Madison, Notre Dame, American, Mt. Holyoke
[]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I never considered Tulane a serious choice, but with the merit money it might be too good of an opportunity to pass up!! Good luck everybody IK the college application process is really intense and it makes people feel really vulnerable but we will all get through it together!!
Congrats on your acceptance! We have similar stats and are both from MN, so I was just wondering when you applied and when you were accepted?
Data Columns:
- SAT score (if applicable)
- ACT score (if applicable)
- UW GPA
- post# in this thread
- CC name
- Amount awarded (for awards under $20k)
Presidential, $32k
2250, 35, 3.6, #39, WRoom15
33, 4.0, #63, equestrikt
34, 3.9, #69, collegemom27
34, 4.0, $89, booajo
2230, #239, loxiel
2350, 4.0, #147, mitochondrias
2320, 35, 4.0, #268, collegebobollege
34, 3.9, #305, mollikinz
2360, 35, 3.75, #364, sometimesadog
34, 4.0, #365, raspberrys
33, 3.92, #366, CRR16grad
Premier, $30k
32, 3.97, #9, student07151
33, 3.83, #41, mikhailbear
32, 4.0, #40, TheAtlantic
33, 3.9, #307, alyssa182
Distinguished $27k
?, ?, #24, ayfriday
2140, 31, 4.0, #13, sparks487
2130, 3.9, #38, NashvilleTNMom
2170, 32, 4.0, #$155, sammy014
31, 3.81, #169, AWASS23
34, 3.38, #206, superqd
31, 3.79, #127, Chopinspiano
31, 3.9, #296, jmb1227
Founders, $25k
2250, ?, 3.5, #133, nfhd11214367p0i
2190, #271, Oaxaca1314
31, 3.72, #289, neuprospect98
Academic, $20k
2080, 3.58, #60, helpimsoconfused
2000, 30, 3.78, #171, TXDad56
36, 3.0, #182, cheesiestpotato1
2010, #257, hankandahalf
2030, 3.87, #294, DrunkScholar
Assorted, $10-$19,999k
I applied November 12th I believe and heard back the 23rd!
[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]
Merit Scholarship, if received: $32,000/year Presidential Scholarship, Honors Program
School/major: Political Science
Objective:
- []SAT: 2250 (700 M, 750 W, 800 R)
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): Lit: 760
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.31; Weighted: 3.89
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[]AP (place score in parentheses): 5 AP lang, 4 APUSH,
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Spanish, IB History, AP Biology, AP Economics
Subjective:
- []Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Marching band (section leader), Science olympiad (captain), Soccer (JV captain), Austin Youth Council, A Capella (Co-founder/Treasurer), Rec Soccer, Model UN
[]Job/Work Experience: Internship, soccer trainer
[]Volunteer/Community Service: 100-150 hours?
[]Summer Activities: Internship
[]Essays: I reflected on my internship and how it made me want to pursue my career field. I think it was pretty good.
[]Teacher Recommendations: Teacher has written me rec letters in the past, likely excellent
[]Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good?
[]Additional Rec: Letter from internship, carries weight
[]Interview: No
Other:
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[]State (if domestic applicant): TX
[]Country (if international applicant): USA
[]School Type: Public, very competitive
[]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[]Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: Don’t remember what I put
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection:
[ul]
[]Strengths: Courseload, extracurriculars, test scores
[]Weaknesses: GPA, volunteer experience
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not sure why I received the Presidential Scholarship
[]Where else you are applying or have already applied: University of Texas at Austin (Accepted, Honors), St. Edward’s (Accepted, Honors), Fordham (Accepted), Rice, Princeton, UT-Dallas, UNC-Chapel Hill
[li]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: The amount of money Tulane has offered has made me consider it much more strongly. No matter what it’ll all work out, friends. No school is the end all be all.[/li][/ul]
Thanks! I applied in late October and haven’t heard back yet, so I’m getting pretty nervous. Kind of expecting to get deferred at this point…
Have you guys submitted your CSS profiles? When are they due?
So I signed into my Gibson to check if I got a notification, and it says “You are signed in as K. Y.”, but there is no applicant tab or anything, its just a white screen with that message. Does this mean anything significant, because in the past times I checked I could access the full webpage and tabs on the webpage.
@kyquanzo Something similar happened to me a couple times, and both times I freaked out, and then nothing happened. I think it’s most likely just an error.
I believe Feb 15 is the date for all financial aid forms.
Thank you!!
Just a quick question for all the accepted applicants from northeast, Is anyone from Manhattan? getting a little uncomfortable, submitted November 9th. Have good SATs, AP scores, etc, toured campus, met with rep, strong recommendations…biting nails and more than a little concerned. Also, who has checked their Gibson at one point in the day and then had a different result either within hours or on a weekend?
@nycapp I’m not from the northeast but I checked my Gibson early on in the day and didn’t have a decision and found out about my acceptance that night.
On my Common App, I said that I would be applying for the Paul Tulane Award. However, with the deadline coming up, I’m not sure if I’ll have time to get all the materials done. I have not yet received an admissions decision, but my stats are solid and I expect to receive some amount of partial merit aid. What steps should I take if I decide not to submit the Paul Tulane application? Should I email my counselor, or can I just leave it alone?