Getting into Tulane With low gpa?

trackmbe3
Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:53:27 +0000

@laxgoalie1221 Never say never. Or as Yogi Berra would say, it ain’t over till it’s over. Let’s look at demographics first. Being first generation, URM, recruited athlete, legacy, or developmental case (i.e., from extremely wealthy family) could help your chance, but read more about academic and non-academic qualifications below. (Your CC name indicates you are a “goalie” but Tulane doesn’t have a division 1 hockey team, so that wouldn’t help).

Is there a talent or ability you have for a particular academic program offered by Tulane that would want them to want you? Re academics, have you taken the most rigorous courses offered at your high school and engaged in meaningful leadership in extracurricular activities that could be tied in with your interests of why you want to go to Tulane in particular? And perhaps you have a reasonable explanation for why your gpa was so low and explains why your gpa is not an indicator of your true abilities or intellectual potential?

Hopefully your family can afford to be full pay because you won’t be getting any merit aid or need-based aid with that low of a gpa. IMO you would need to score above 33 on ACT or above 1450 on the SAT to counterbalance that gpa. And you’d have to apply Early Decision and most likely accept the possibility that admission might be for spring semester instead of fall semester, because then your low gpa would not need to be reported as part of the stats of the incoming freshman clsss profile.

Also, Show Interest! Visit the school or attend a local admission event in your area or if the AO visits your high school. Get in touch with your local AO for the school —is there a specific program or reason why Tulane as opposed to hundreds of other colleges is your top choice? And it’s gotta be more than the cool town it’s located in. You will also need to write a convincing Why Tulane? essay as part of your application. And have very strong letters of recommendation showing your great character and great potential despite your low gpa.

After you apply, hope for the best, but have a good Plan B backup school(s). Another possibility—if you do very well at a plan B school then you increase the likelihood that you might have success if you decide to apply for a transfer to Tulane after freshman or sophomore year, which would allow you to graduate with a Tulane degree, thus achieving your end goal, albeit in a more roundabout way.