Deferred Early Action from Tulane

SoCalDad14
Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:11:58 +0000

Well we finally have a decision of sorts - my D was wait listed. She doesn’t know yet. No word on her PTA application, but I guess that it is likely DOA.

I just read Jeff Schiffman’s blog post (who is my D’s admissions officer by the way). I know my D still is extremely interested in Tulane and has sent Jeff multiple emails stating this fact, but the logistics are getting really tough. Assume a spot opens up for her and we are given the good news in mid May (unrealistic as I expect any good news would come near June 1), We have never been to the school and would definitely need to visit before making a decision to cancel on a school and switch to Tulane. It’s not practical to visit NOLA before May 15th both due to the cost and the fact that my D needs to spend her Spring Break visiting schools that showed enough interest to admit her. Yes, after all this time a little bitterness has crept in. Booking flights from the West Coast with no notice would cost a fortune. Even is we dropped everything and spent $3,000 to come out and visit, I’m not sure my D could get a good feel for the school. She would not be attending any special weekend. She would just be a California girl showing up on campus with one parent during a regular school day with no scheduled activities or events. She would have no ability to meet any of her potential classmates either.

Oh, just thought of something else. My D is very interested in Tulane’s honors program, but then again seeing as she was deferred then wait listed I am guessing her 4.3 GPA, 7 APs, 800 Math SAT II, and 35 ACT composite score, why Tulane essay, and PTA application are probably not good enough for the honors program. Sorry, will try and make that my last sarcastic comment.

I’m sure my D will want to stay on the waitlist and hope for the best. Who knows, someone always ends up winning the lottery. Why not her?

@rowerva I agree with your post completely.

@fallenchemist Thank you again for all of your advice. When this is all done I will be writing a letter to Faye Tydlaska. I own a market research company that specializes in customer satisfaction research. As I rule I like to give feedback to service companies when they do a good job, or, in this case when there is room for improvement.

Signing off, it is past 1 am my time and I need a break from this. Congrats to all who got better news then we did and good luck to the others.