Deferred Early Action from Tulane

SoCalDad14
Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:50:54 +0000

@calimom02 - I agree with you completely and am sorry your son is also in our same boat. You wrote " I guess my biggest regret with all this, is that we should have gone to visit Tulane months ago." I think you hit the nail on the head. We have two family friends who attended Tulane many years ago. They both have college age children now and were shocked that my D was deferred than waitlisted. Then one said “I bet you never visited campus. Tulane looks down upon applicants who haven’t visited”. I found this shocking given that Tulane states they know campus visits may not be feasible for those, like us, who live far away. I suspect fallenchemist may chime in to re-iterate that campus visits are not mandatory. My D has a classmate who was admitted with merit aid despite a lower GPA and test scores. The student did, however, visit Tulane before applying. I suspect your son and my D would have benefited from a pre-application visit.

My D will also ask to stay on the waitlist as Tulane remains at the top of her list. Congrats on your son’s acceptances and good luck on your visits. Maybe we will meet on a plane ride east.

Question for all the others in our boat - did you ever visit the campus?