ADMISSION DECISIONS FALL 2016 (CLASS OF 2020)

Colleges & Universities Tulane University
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My son found out he was accepted today WITH a scholarship! He’s so excited, and I’m so happy for him (he is such a great person and has worked so hard!).

[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]

Merit Scholarship, if received: Founders Scholarship ($25,000/year)

School/major: Probably Business

Objective:

  • []SAT I (breakdown): NA
    [    ]ACT (breakdown): Composite 29 (I don’t have the other details at my fingertips right now)
    []SAT II (place score in parentheses): NA
    [    ]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97
    []Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 8%
    [    ]AP (place score in parentheses): Human Geography (4), APUSH (4), English (3)
    []IB (place score in parentheses): Sports and Health Science (4)
    [    ]Senior Year Course Load: IB HL English, IB HL Asian History, IB HL Biology, IB Spanish, IB SL Math Studies, IB Theory of Knowledge, Personal Finance
    []Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:

  • []Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Coordinator of student lobbying group (testified twice in front of state legislature last year), debate (4 years), managing editor of HS newspaper, JV Baseball (3 years)
    []Job/Work Experience: 3 summers working for minor league baseball team (including working the scoreboard with official scorer)
    [    ]Volunteer/Community Service: lots of different service projects and volunteer at Temple pre-school
    []Summer Activities:

    [    ]Essays: Excellent
    []Teacher Recommendations: Excellent
    [    ]Counselor Rec: Excellent
    []Additional Rec: Excellent
    [    ]Interview:

Other:

  • []State (if domestic applicant): MN
    [    ]Country (if international applicant):
    []School Type: public
    [    ]Ethnicity: Caucasian
    []Gender: M
    [    ]Income Bracket: upper
    []Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection:

  • []Strengths: GPA, hard working
    []Weaknesses: ACT
    [    ]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA and enthusiasm for Tulane and NOLA
    []Where else you are applying or have already applied:

    [    ]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:
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any idea on why your son got his decision now? Region, grades, etc?

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The admissions counselors are the only people who really know the answer to that. It’s probably a mixture of region, randomness, and application contents; the student showed enthusiasm and has good grades and a score within the middle-50 - respectable, but less likely to be using as a safety.

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does the admissions release acceptances right up until december 15th for EA? like say it’s the 14th and I still havent heard. should I expect a deferral or do people get accepted on that last day?

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From what I can gather from last year’s admissions thread, people were accepted last year up to and including December 15th.

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Yeah well true, but does it have any trend on grades or location?

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You know, I really don’t. I haven’t seen many under $20K for the last couple of years, but that could be because CC skews to the higher stat type students. Also, those might come more at the RD round, and again we see fewer postings from that, especially as regards the contents of the letters. @Illinoisdad16

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[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]

Merit Scholarship, if received: I have not received my letter yet.

School/major: Neuroscience

Objective:

  • []SAT I (breakdown): 630 CR, 690M, 570W, 1890 (did not send)
    [    ]ACT (breakdown): 32E 30M 25R 30S (29C)
    []ACT (I sent two): 27E 33M 27R 25S (28C)
    [    ]SAT II (place score in parentheses): N/A
    []GPA (out of 4.0): 92.33 (~3.7: School does use 4.0 scale)
    [    ]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, only about 130 kids in graduating class
    []AP (place score in parentheses): AP Environmental Science: 5
    [    ]IB (place score in parentheses): nope
    []Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Stat, AP Macro, AP Biology, College English (SUNY),College Science Research (SUNY) )
    [    ]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Math Honors Society, High Honor Roll

Subjective:

  • []Extracurricular: JV (Sophomore) & Varsity Baseball (Junior and Senior), Volunteer Firefighter, CPR/AED/First Aid Certified, Computer builder (Sophomore - Senior), Third Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo ('04 -'13), Photographer for Yearbook Club (Senior), Blood Drive Organizer (Raising 51 Pints of Blood), Awarded the New York Blood Center Bloodstock Scholarship, Interact Club (Rotary Club) - Member (Junior) Treasurer (Senior), Tree Hugger Club - Member (Junior) and President (Senior),
    Math Honors Society - Member (Junior) and Treasurer (Senior), Senior Mentor (Senior)
    [    ]Job/Work Experience: Math Tutor, Internship
    []Volunteer/Community Service: Nationally Certified Volunteer Firefighter, Interact (Rotary Club), Bloo Driver Organizer, Recycling crew at my school, represented my school at RIUN Day at the United Nations.
    [    ]Summer Activities: Volunteer work with Jewish teen camp, Internship
    []Essays: Common app essay was 8.5/10, Tulane Essay: 9.5/10 (I know when I write a bad supplement, but I wrote a damn good supplement for Tulane)
    [    ]Recommendations: I would assume pretty good. I have a great relationship with my teachers. My counselor even told me “I want my kid to be just like you”.

Other:

  • []State (if domestic applicant): NY
    [    ]Country (if international applicant):
    []School Type: public
    [    ]Ethnicity: White/Latino
    []Gender: Male
    [    ]Income Bracket: > $200,000
    []Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Latino, Bi-lingual
    [    ]My app was completed October 26. I heard back last night.

Reflection:

  • []Strengths: ECs and recommendations
    [    ]Weaknesses: GPA + Test Scores
    []Why do I think I was accepted: I think I was accepted because I come from a very rigorous high school that sends a fair amount of kids to Tulane, and my extracurricular were very well dispersed yet involved. I know Tulane doesn’t superscore but since I sent in two scores with a superscore of 31, I may have helped my case slightly.
    [    ]Comments: I’d like to start off by thanking the academy…
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Kind of concerned, I submitted my application mid September and still haven’t heard back.

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@greengoat5, me too. I have credentials similar to many who have heard back within a few days or a couple of weeks. It’s very disheartening. While I understand that there may be a randomness to when the applications are read, when some are read in 4 days vs. over two months makes me feel as if they must have at least viewed mine by now and it’s sitting in the “maybe” pile. A school mate of mine, with lesser credentials, was admitted a few weeks ago. I visited Tulane in September and absolutely loved it, so the seeming lack of similar enthusiasm is disappointing to say the least!

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Has anyone from the Idaho/Montana area heard back yet?

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[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]

Merit Scholarship, if received: I have not received my letter yet.

School/major: Neuroscience

Objective:

  • []SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
    [    ]ACT (breakdown): 35E 28M 32R 25S (30C)
    []ACT (I sent two): 29E 27M 34R 31S (30C)
    [    ]SAT II (place score in parentheses): N/A
    []GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
    [    ]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 28/116
    []AP (place score in parentheses): AP Lang (3) AP Psych (2) APUSH (3)
    [    ]IB (place score in parentheses): none
    []Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Religion 4, Pre Calc, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Physics 1
    [    ]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society, Principal Award, Distinguished Honor Roll

Subjective:

  • []Extracurricular: Students Against Destructive Decisions President (Junior, Senior), Varsity Cheer Captain (Senior), Model United Nations Secretary (Senior), Varsity Cheer (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior), JV Field Hockey (Freshmen, Sophomore), National Honor Society (Junior, Senior), Peer Leadership Treasurer (Junior, Senior)
    [    ]Job/Work Experience: Team Member at Chick-fil-A
    []Volunteer/Community Service: 300 hours of community service, President’s Volunteer Service Award
    [    ]Summer Activities: Chick-fil-A, Volunteer with Youth Volunteer Corps
    []Essays: Common App essay was very very good, Tulane supplement was so-so
    [    ]Recommendations: Pretty decent

Other:

  • []State (if domestic applicant): Connecticut
    [    ]Country (if international applicant):
    []School Type: Private
    [    ]Ethnicity: White
    []Gender: Female
    [    ]Income Bracket: > $150,000
    []Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
    [    ]My app was completed October 16. I heard back 11/29

Reflection:

  • []Strengths: Common App essay and extra curriculars
    [    ]Weaknesses: Class rank and Tulane essay
    []Why do I think I was accepted: I sent in two ACT scores, and although Tulane doesn’t superstore, my superstore is 32 so that probably helped. I had a very strong common app essay and my extracurricular leadership skills are strong. Also have taken a rigorous high school curriculum.
    [    ]Where else I have applied: Applied ED to NYU. Also applied to UNC Chapel Hill, UCLA, UC Irvine, Loyola Maryland, and Fordham.
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legit so worried that im not getting my decision… anyone from MA?

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@actssmart I’m from Boston, just heard at midnight

[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]

Merit Scholarship, if received: Haven’t heard yet

School/major: Political Economy or Applied Physics

Objective:

[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
[]ACT (breakdown): 30C, 33E, 32R, 26M, 28S (30 in 1 sitting, I sent two tests, but no superscore)
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): Didn’t take
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[]AP (place score in parentheses): Euro (4), English Lit (4)
[]IB (place score in parentheses):
[]Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics (Mechanics/Advanced Topics), AP Microeconomics, Senior English, AP Stats, Math Modeling for Finance and Business, Engineering
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Sadly did not win anything…[/li][/ul]

Subjective:

[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Investment Club (President), Young Republicans (President), Different student committees during Junior and Senior year
[]Job/Work Experience: Local startup for the past 3 years
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Sunday school teacher, different community service initiatives stemming from school (<100 hours, Boarding school students don’t get thrown off by the other kids on here, we don’t have as much time to get off campus and commit to outside of school activities)
[]Summer Activities: Local startup, caddying, camp couselor for the past 4 years at a sports camp
[]Essays: Strong CA essay (8-9/10), Really strong Why Tulane? essay (10/10)
[]Teacher Recommendations: Strong, fit with what my intended majors are, had both for class, got A’s in both.
[]Counselor Rec: Strong, didn’t read it obviously, but met with her a decent amount
[]Additional Rec: N/A
[li]Interview: N/A[/li][/ul]

Other:

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[]State (if domestic applicant): MA
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: Private, boarding school
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: Male
[]Income Bracket: >150,000
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li][/ul]

Reflection:

[ul]
[]Strengths: Test score, essays
[]Weaknesses: GPA, extracurriculars
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My essays were probably the biggest asset I had in the application process. Going SCEA was a great way to show interest, but talking about the history of the school, it’s relationship with New Orleans, and I want to do at Tulane makes SCEA much more significant from an admissions perspective.
[]Where else you are applying or have already applied: Michigan, GTech, Wake Forest, Chapel Hill, UT-Austin, Wisconsin, Richmond
[li]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: [/li][/ul]

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I got admitted with a 3.36 GPA UW and a 33. I also received $20,000.

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Nice job, @collegetalk1.

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[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]

Merit Scholarship: Idk yet

School/major: Business

Objective:

  • []ACT (breakdown): 30C
    [    ]SAT II : N/A
    []Unweighted GPA: 3.7
    [    ]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
    []AP (place score in parentheses):
    [    ]IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
    []Senior Year Course Load: APES, Gov/Econ, Discrete Math, Sociology, Dual Enrollment English
    [    ]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A

Subjective:

  • []Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): NHS, CA Scholarship Federation, Youth & Government, Varsity swim team (4 years)
    [    ]Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard
    []Volunteer/Community Service: Lots of community service involving children, seniors, homeless, etc.
    [    ]Summer Activities: Resident and Day Camp Counselor/Lifeguarding/National Student Leadership Conference
    []Essays: Decent, did the Why Tulane essay
    [    ]Teacher Recommendations: 1 probably strong, 1 hopefully strong
    []Counselor Rec: New counselor this year so not sure
    [    ]Additional Rec: N/A
    []Interview: N/A

Other:

  • []State (if domestic applicant): CA
    []Country (if international applicant):
    [    ]School Type: Top public
    []Ethnicity: White
    [    ]Gender: Female
    []Income Bracket: High
    [    ]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection:

[ul]
[]Strengths: Hard worker probably shown in my recs; community service not outstanding but a lot
[]Weaknesses: not many APs
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: idk really
[]Where else you are applying or have already applied: Indiana-Kelly (accepted), Fordham, Villanova, UCs, USC
[li]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: did not visit but expressed interest through college rep school visit, webinars, and emailing admissions counselor[/li][/ul]

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[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]

Merit Scholarship: I’m not sure yet

School/major: Studio Art

Objective:

  • []SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
    [    ]ACT (breakdown): 31 (31 E, 29 M, 32 R, 32 S)
    []SAT II (place score in parentheses): didn’t submit any
    [    ]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School doesn’t have GPA
    []Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t have class ranking
    [    ]AP (place score in parentheses): School doesn’t offer APs
    []IB (place score in parentheses): School doesn’t offer IBs
    [    ]Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Biology, Calculus AB, Spanish Lit, Emotionology, Politics and Science of Color, Senior Studio Art, Surrealism
    []Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:

  • []Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Soccer team (JV and Varsity and captain of JV), tennis (JV and Varsity), JV basketball, varsity fencing, club team swimmer, swim classes, basketball managing somatic cell yoga and infantile developmental movement work, founder of the Cooking Club, project/work on environmental sustainability and food sustainability in impoverished/underprivileged communities, language immersion trips, volunteer work at an animal shelter, writing programs, summer art school, swim camps, student ambassadors, food and hunger advocacy club, tennis camps, lifeguard training and certification.
    []Job/Work Experience:
    [    ]Volunteer/Community Service: I volunteered at an animal shelter in Chicago for two weeks. I wrote my community service essay on this experience.
    []Summer Activities: I spent five weeks on a Spanish language immersion program, as well as in art school, and a few weeks in swim camps and tennis camps. I also spent some time interning for congress people, volunteering at animal shelters, and attending writing programs.
    [    ]Essays: I’m not sure. My “Why Tulane” and my service learning essays were both very strong. I have mixed feelings about my common app essay, even though I’ve been told that it’s a very strong essay that’ll get me places. Wrote about feeling un-American due to overwhelming white influence and how I learned that this was not the case and found my own American identity.
    []Teacher Recommendations: Probably very strong. I had a very strong connection with my biology teacher and my history teacher knows me very well and attended Stanford and UChicago for writing, so feeling pretty good. 10/10
    [    ]Counselor Rec: I meet with him for two hours every week, but I still feel like he doesn’t know me very well as a person, but nonetheless wrote a very strong recommendation. 9/10
    []Additional Rec: I had two additional recommendation letters from an elective teacher and an art teacher. My electives teacher knows me very well, probably better than most people I know, and definitely wrote a heartfelt recommendation that really helped illustrate who I am as a person. My art teacher and I also have a strong connection, and she knows my artistic style very well, and so I’m confident that they both wrote excellent letters of recommendation.
    [    ]Interview: Didn’t have one.

Other:

  • []State (if domestic applicant): NY
    [    ]Country (if international applicant):
    []School Type: Private
    [    ]Ethnicity: Asian and Pacific Islander
    []Gender: Male
    [    ]Income Bracket: It’s complicated
    []Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none

Reflection:

  • []Strengths: Essays, recommendation letters, extracurriculars
    []Weaknesses: ACT scores and grades. Straight C’s freshman year (don’t do that whoever is reading this)
    [    ]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My essays really demonstrated a love for service learning, which is a big thing at Tulane, and also detailed how I would make the most of my time there. I also think that they don’t get many quirky Asian kids who do art and play 20 sports. They way I present myself comes across as unique, I think, whether it be for the worse or for the best. My letters of recommendation also helped a lot, I believe.
    []Where else you are applying or have already applied: Applied ED to Duke and EA to both SUNY Binghamton and UMiami. If Duke doesn’t work out, I’m also applying to Northwestern, Pitzer, UPenn, and USC.
    [    ]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: I was very worried that I would not be admitted since most of my friends have already gotten their acceptance letters. I was having a rough day and decided to check at 2AM and lo and behold. Even though this is my safety school, I was extremely thrilled to have gotten in, because I wasn’t sure if I would. Don’t let anything stop you, as cheesy as that sounds, and really just apply wherever feels right. You honestly don’t know what each college is looking for each year, and this year it just might be you. Don’t let a standardized test score (ew) or GPA dictate your future, and honesty just make the most of wherever you go.
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[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]

Merit Scholarship: Don’t know

School/major: Chemistry

Objective:

  • []SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (770M,740R,720W)- didn’t report
    [    ]ACT (breakdown): 36 (36M,36S,36E,34R)
    []SAT II (place score in parentheses): Chem (800), Math II (800), US History (790)
    [    ]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
    []Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): don’t know
    [    ]AP (place score in parentheses): Calc BC, Chem, US History, Spanish (all 5s)
    []IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
    [    ]Senior Year Course Load: 5 APs,
    []Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist

Subjective:

  • []Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Dance (coach), some school sports and few clubs (secretary for a couple)
    []Job/Work Experience: coaching dance, babysitting
    [    ]Volunteer/Community Service: assistant teaching dance, philanthropy group
    []Summer Activities: dance
    [    ]Essays: Why Tulane was strong, but everything else not so much
    []Teacher Recommendations: no clue can’t see them
    [    ]Counselor Rec: couldn’t have been that personal, only talked to her once
    []Additional Rec: Dance teacher
    [    ]Interview: N/A

Other:

  • []State (if domestic applicant):
    [    ]Country (if international applicant): US
    []School Type: Public
    [    ]Ethnicity: Caucasian
    []Gender: F
    [    ]Income Bracket: not going to share
    []Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Reflection:

  • []Strengths: Test scores
    []Weaknesses: Common app essay was weak and I don’t speak in class much so I don’t know what my teachers said
    [    ]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Again, test scores
    []Where else you are applying or have already applied: Too many places
    [    ]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Anyone know when letters with scholarship information come?
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Got the email btw @fallenchemist