I also did not do the “Why Tulane?” essay.
@fallenchemist Sure enough, my message changed back.
ADMITTED! 3.6 GPA, 30 ACT. OOS.
I have yet to receive my admission.
I hope I get in!
I have a 4.7 weighted gpa, 3.9 unweighted and a 32 on my ACT
if we have not recieved our admission yet do you think it means our chances of getting in are lowere?
@hart0122 Hey, not fallenchemist here, but I can say that while there is a higher proportion of people who get deferred in the last few days (simply because that’s when they release all the deferrals), an individual chances don’t change. So if a person is going to be deferred, that will happen in the last few days, but if your application is going to be accepted, then timing of the release is only based on when your admissions counselor picks up your application.
Sorry if that’s sort of incoherent, not sure I articulated it quite right.
@usualhopeful thank you for the response! do you think my stats are good enough to get accepted? I have a 32 on my act and a 4.7 weighted gpa
@hart0122 I don’t really have any qualifications, seeing as I’m just another applicant, but your stats seem great! The GPA is very good, sounds like a lot of course rigor, and your ACT is near the top of the middle 50 (or maybe at the top? I think they changed a bit last year, not sure). Did you do the “Why Tulane” essay?
@usualhopeful yes I did! the only thing I did not do was send a teacher recommendation because I used the Tulane application through their website and it did not specify the requirement of a recommendation
Is it possible that they won’t get to some applications and defer them, due to the increase of the applications this year?
Daughter finally got her envelope today after applying August1. Presidential Scholar! She is very excited. Tulane may be within her financial reach. 2270 SAT. Class rank of 42/504. I see a trip to New Orleans in our future.
No, absolutely not. What they would do if they felt they couldn’t get to them all and do them justice is send a note of apology to the remaining applicants and extend the date to around Christmas. I seem to remember that happening once before, or something like it. But I think they will get it done.
Wow, the patience of a saint, @Dallas14
Seems like it is meant to be. Congrats to her and the family.
I am very happy to hear Tulane is back in its top position on her list. I think after all that, it just must be right. Great scholarship, PTA or no PTA, but we will hope for the former result for sure.
@fallenchemist Thanks. Yes, we are hoping for the PTA. 
Finished my app Nov. 28, heard back quickly (probably because I’m instate)
[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]
Merit Scholarship, if received: Presidential, $32,000/year
School/major: Biomedical Engineering
Objective:
- []ACT: 34
[]Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.38 (UW:3.92)
[]Rank: 4/452
[]AP (place score in parentheses): English (3) APUSH(3) Cal AB(3) Gov (3)
[]Senior Year Course Load: DE World Hist., Art I, Honors English IV, Human A&P (mid-term grad, limited courses available as I had 3 core classes needed)
[]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
- []Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society,JOOI, BETA, FCA
[]Job/Work Experience: Cooking/babysitting
[]Volunteer/Community Service: Nursing home/recycling
[]Summer Activities: Babysitting/ intern
[]Essays: Great
[]Teacher Recommendations: Good
[]Counselor Rec: Great
Other:
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[]State (if domestic applicant): LA
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: Asian
[]Gender: M
[]Income Bracket: $100-150k
[]Where else you are applying or have already applied: A&M, LSU, Tech, Baylor, Rice
Reflection
[ul]
[]Strengths: essays, ACT
[]Weaknesses: Sr. yr. classes, extracurriculars/ service
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: ACT/GPA
[li]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Good Luck to all applicants! Patience is a virtue[/li][/ul]
@tigerbomb05 did you apply RD? EA was due the 15th…
[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]
Merit Scholarship, if received: Presidential, 32k
School/major: undeclared
Objective:
[ul]
[]SAT I (breakdown): 2160 ( 800, 680, 680)
[]ACT (breakdown): 34
[]SAT II (place score in parentheses): Lit, Bio M, US history ( 720, 720, 720)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
[]AP (place score in parentheses): n/a
[]IB (place score in parentheses): Business (6)
[]Senior Year Course Load: IB English SL, IB Biology HL, IB History HL, IB Art HL, IB French SL, IB Math Studies, physics, TOK
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): US Lacrosse Academic All-American (don’t know if this counts but it’s a national award)[/li][/ul]
Subjective:
[ul]
[]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): GLI (president/ regional board), NHS, Varsity Lacrosse, Varsity Field Hockey, my team was Virginia state runner-ups, 2nd place in school science fair, Senior Mentor, SSHS
[]Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard and Manager at community pool
[]Volunteer/Community Service: volunteer for CCH and helped raise $50,000, coached youth basketball
[]Summer Activities: lifeguarded and managed local pool, went to Haiti with CCH
[]Essays: Decent, I wrote about my summer job and how it relates to my community
[]Teacher Recommendations: pretty good I think, written by my bio teacher( rumor has it she writes amazing letters of rec) and by my EE supervisor
[]Counselor Rec: standard, Don’t know my counselor very well
[]Additional Rec:
[li]Interview:[/li][/ul]
Other:
[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[]Country (if international applicant):
[]School Type: Suburban, Public
[]Ethnicity: white
[]Gender: female
[]Income Bracket: $250,000
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li][/ul]
Reflection:
[ul]
[]Strengths: IB diploma candidate, ACT and SAT scores
[]Weaknesses: essay and ECs
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I fit the score and grade profile pretty well
[]Where else you are applying or have already applied: UVA, JMU, USC (both), Dartmouth
[li]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: super excited I got in![/li][/ul]
Heard back November 10th but didn’t think to check the threads
[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]
Merit Scholarship, if received: $27,000/year (Might try to get the amount reevaluated with the submission of an art portfolio)
School/major: International Relations
Objective:
- []SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (770M 750CR 730W)
[]Unweighted GPA (out of 5.0): 4.53
[]AP (place score in parentheses): US History: 5, Studio Art Drawing Portfolio: 5 (Am also currently taking Gov, Spanish, and AB Calc)
Other:
[ul]
[]State (if domestic applicant): MA
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: White
[]Gender: F
[]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Scores, extracurriculars
[li]Where else you are applying or have already applied: Umass, Northeastern, GW, McGill, William & Mary, Tufts, WashU, Northwestern, Brown, NYU[/li][/ul]