Merit Scholarships

fallenchemist
Sun, 01 Dec 2013 16:47:20 +0000

MusicMusic - Two things: 1) My interpretation of the statement in the link you give is that if they don’t have the minimum materials required to consider your application by that date (technically, postmarked by that date) then you go into the RD pile. That is different than saying they won’t update data and use it if it comes in between the deadline and whenever they make a decision about you.

2) It wouldn’t be unfair to others because up to this point the only decisions they have made are acceptances. Traditionally, Tulane doesn’t deny admission in the EA round, but instead defers. At least that has been my observation. There are probably exceptions, but largely that seems to be the case. And as I mentioned, those deferrals don’t go out until late. So I still don’t see why your new data wouldn’t be used. Why wait until the RD round when they would be looking at the same data?

I cannot say 100% for sure, but I think maybe you got some bad info. Was it directly from your admissions officer, or from a student intern? In any case, you don’t have long to wait to see what your decision is. Let us know.