<p>FC,
I believe that they may not have scholarships for men’s track. But usually that does not stop coaches from recruiting. There are many D1 schools that don’t give scholarships for men’s track and often, those that do are not fully funded. The most availlable for men’s track is 12.6 scholarships which must be divided between track and cross country across all 4 years. Money is often gotten in other ways, through financial aid or merit aid. Typically, most D1 schools will not stack athletic aid and financial aid. I understand that Tulane does have a very small team and so they may not have been looking to add someone in my S’s event. But I agree that an email stating that would have been appropriate.</p>
<p>That’s really interesting stuff, mom222. That whole world of non-revenue sports scholarships is so byzantine, especially post-Title IX (which, just so there is no misunderstanding among the readers, I am enthusiastically in favor of. No stake in it, my D has never been athletic). Thanks for the info.</p>
<p>You are very welcome. It has been a wild ride. There is a whole athletic recruits board on this site that is invaluable for anyone going through this. I never imagined it would be something I would be doing.</p>
<p>Accepted with Founders Scholarship!</p>
<p>Stats:
Full IB
4.8 W
30 ACT
1980</p>
<p>Congrats eh5280 (# of feet in a mile. Does that mean you run the mile?). Leaning in any particular direction yet?</p>
<p>Merry Christmas to all! I needed a bit of help for anyone who doesn’t mind </p>
<p>So I put down my enrollment deposit as my Christmas gift (yay) and after paying it I was taken to the housing page of the admitted students portal. But I hit “back” for something, and then it took me back to the page before you make the payment and prompted me to do it again when I have done it already and have a receipt for it. I can’t seem to get past this even though I made the payment and just need to do my housing preferences. Anyone know what I can do or when the admissions office will be open again for me to call?</p>
<p>I am nearly certain that I saw a tweet that said they would be closed until the Monday after New Year. I wouldn’t worry about it. The whole housing thing really gets going after the May 1 final decision deadline. Then you can start looking for a roommate and turn in your preference over the summer with that roommate choice. I think there is a deadline of something like July 1 for that. Then they try to give you the roommate you (both, presumably) selected and the dorm you both chose. Unless you want to go the random roommate route.</p>
<p>Most colleges and Universities are closed until after New Years. The housing choice is not really your request for housing, as FC mentioned, that will officially come later. It’s probably just a way for them to get a feel for what the incoming class is looking at housing wise.</p>
<p>Does anyone have the statistic of the amount of students who were deferred and got accepted?</p>
<p>No one would have that statistic. Anecdotally I can only tell you it happens often enough that you should have hope.</p>
<p>FC and Dolphn, our daughter’s admission letter says a special invitation with more details about the Tulane Top Scholars Weekend will be emailed to her in the spring. </p>
<p>It occurred to me that we may not have a choice of weekends. Do you know if this is the case? We already purchased airline tickets for the March weekend. Now I’m wondering if we should have waited. </p>
<p>Can either of you speak to this process?</p>
<p>Are you asking if one might fill up and they place you in the other one? No, that won’t be a problem. You should be fine.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, in the past they always called it Honors Weekend. Have they changed the name, or did you just choose to describe it as “Top Scholars”?</p>
<p>The letter says that she is selected as a Presidential Scholar invited to be a member of the Tulane Honors Program. They also encouraged her “visit this spring for Tulane Top Scholars Weekend.” They give the two dates and state that a special invitation with more details will be emailed to her in the spring. </p>
<p>Lots of titles: Presidential Scholar, Honors Program and Tulane Top Scholars Weekend. </p>
<p>All good titles of course!!</p>
<p>Also, FC, I was worried about being assigned a weekend or one session filling up as you stated. Thank you!</p>
<p>All good titles indeed. Of course the Presidential Scholar represents her $30,000 scholarship. I don’t recall them calling the weekend they invited all the Honors Program invitees “Top Scholars Weekend” in past years, but maybe I have just forgotten, or maybe they are using a new name since the Honors Program has changed. Not that it matters much what they call it, the important thing is you will have a great time and definitely get to know the campus and the school better.</p>
<p>We are hoping that Tulane is her FIRST choice. But are hopes are not communicated often (or really ever) to her because we don’t want to push her away from Tulane. We are all excited to visit!</p>
<p>Thank you so much for all your great info, FC. It is appreciated more than I can adequately describe right now!</p>
<p>Curious, FC, if there are any recommended strategies for RD applicants. Tulane has risen to my son’s top choice list sparked by former HS classmates he met with over the holiday break. Of all the schools represented, these kids were really loving their Tulane experience. It is interesting to see what first year students say about their schools - #1 seller for Tulane is the geograhic diversity of the student body and the breadth of cultural opportunites and activities. Many schools sell “stuff” on their websites and then the 1st year kids come home and say “I did not realize, but what a grind and the atmosphere is nothing but 24/7 academic work” … Tulane seems to get good marks for balance. There is also a positive view of the business school and a buz of excitement about the new athletic stadium. Also, it seems like Tulane is looking for certain things that are not necessarily found in an essay or stats - does an interview really make the difference? Does Tulane give Skype or phone interviews? Thanks for any insights.</p>
<p>Hi help0dad. These are great questions. Always nice to see that current students are making such excellent ambassadors for the school. It really doesn’t get any more convincing than that!</p>
<p>Tulane doesn’t really do formal interviews. Certainly they are happy to schedule a phone call if you have questions. However, an email to his admissions officer at Tulane describing the event you talk about and specifically what it was in that session that caused Tulane to rise above Dartmouth, Amherst and wherever else he was looking would be very useful and would do the job. Strong interest in attending if accepted is very important, and specifics always help. Has he actually visited campus yet? If not, will he be able to?</p>
<p>General note: I know questions sometimes get directed at me personally because I am so active on this forum. But there are so many helpful people that have great information and insight, so please just chime in as if the question were not addressed to anyone in particular. These are open forums meant to promote complete discussions. I know that everyone asking questions would rather see multiple responses rather than just mine. Heck, I am always learning stuff too!</p>
<p>Here is a good example. As I was typing that last note, I got a PM that said their D was interviewed one-on-one when they were there visiting the School of Architecture. Which pointed out to me that I wasn’t clear by simply saying “formal interviews”. What I meant was that they are not required, but certainly if you are there visiting Tulane, someone from admissions and/or from the school of interest would no doubt be happy to sit and talk, as their D experienced. As to a Skype or phone conversation of the same nature, I haven’t heard as much about that, but I see no reason it couldn’t happen.</p>
<p>However one can convey strong interest in Tulane, even a primary interest, and why it is a positive thing. Tulane wants to get to know the student as much as the student wants to impress Tulane, that’s for sure.</p>