@Cheeringsection All the public’s D20 applied to offer merit, and of 6 acceptances they are all (2 private, 4 OOS public’s) within $5k of each other. That puts them around the cost of our in-state flagship (UIUC). Some will be cheaper in the end, I hope. ?
S20 got his ED acceptance to Tulane last night! It was a complete shock, especially since we had no idea that they would be notifying so early! He doesn’t read his emails ;-). He is happy and I’m so relieved. Phew!!! Best of luck to everyone…
My S was also accepted to Tulane yesterday! So relieved. He is thrilled. Of course I am sad for the schools he won’t be attending like Bates, Eckerd, and a few others that I became so fond of. Bates was his top choice for a long time, and he was still going to try ED2 there if Tulane did not work out. He finally decided it was smaller than he wanted, almost at the last minute.
@GMC2918 where is your S coming from? You can probably tell we are in MN.
@GMC2918 and @chardonMN Congratulations!! You must be so proud of your sons, TULANE!!! And you are DONE! Laissez les Bons Temps Roulez!
Congrats @GMC2918 and @chardonMN What a pleasant surprise going into Thanksgiving break!
Congrats on the Tulane acceptances! I visited Tulane with D18. I loved it but she did not. Fantastic school!
Congrats on all of the acceptances! Wow about Tulane.
My S20 got an email from an alumni interviewer asking about an interest in an interview and if so, another e-mail would be sent with dates/times. My S20 immediately responded yes the same evening. Now two days have gone by with no response. Should myS20 send a follow-up email or just wait? Thoughts are appreciated.
Congrats @GMC2918 and @chardonMN. That is great news!
@Octagon did he apply EA? My S did not do an alumni interview, but he did interview with the admission rep locally last summer. These were ED decisions not EA, so I wouldn’t worry if he’s EA. I don’t know if he should send an email or not. I think there is a Tulane EA thread going so you could check there.
@Octagon Since it’s an alumni interview, I would give it just a little more time. They are often busy working stiffs and have other things going on. Maybe over the weekend, your kid can just ‘check in’ to make sure they received the previous email. Alumni interviews don’t make or break an admission, so I wouldn’t stress.
@chardonMN Sorry for the confusion. He applied ED to a different school, not Tulane.
@bigmacbeth I wanted to reassure my S20 about it. Thanks and he will wait.
For those accepted ED to Tulane, did they mention merit money or does that come later?
Hi, thanks for all the good wishes!
We are thrilled to be finished with this process AND in at S20’s longtime favorite school! Tulane has been his dream ever since he toured with his older sister a few years ago. He was accepted as a “Spring Scholar” which is a deferred enrollment option that they have (probably to move kids with slightly lower stats out of the official admissions pool & as well as to maximize housing space). They have the choice of attending a program in London, Paris or Rome for their first semester, and then they join their class in January. My understanding is that there are around 150 kids who are accepted with this option. S20 really wanted to do this so it was all good news for him.
@socaldad2002 there was no mention of merit $ in our letter. @chardonMN we are from NYC. @Octagon FWIW S20 signed up for an alumni interview at Tulane but was never contacted. I don’t think that it really matters that much, but I wouldn’t think twice about a follow-up email once 3 days have passed.
@socaldad2002 There is someone on the other thread who got merit money ED. Her score was higher than my S’s.
Then she should apply to them. From what I’ve read, most schools with limited endowments admit need-blind until the aid budget is depleted (they want the “best” students they can afford), then admit only full pay applicants. A school’s being need-blind doesn’t necessarily help; NYU is need-blind but gives little aid.
I have a question and wanted to see if any of your kids had this:
S20 is interested in a school (not T20 type); had it chosen on common app, sent ACTs and transcripts; but hadn’t gotten around to actually submitting the app and paying for it.
he got an email from the school saying they had downloaded the app; everything is ready - he just needs to pay.
My question: have your kids had this happen? Schools are looking to see if they’ve been chosen on CA? They can’t see other schools your kid has chosen, right?
This is a great question. We’ve noticed that DD20 gets emails and snail mail referencing her beginning her application and encouraging her to complete it prior to whatever upcoming deadline is approaching. These are schools that DD20 added to her list of Common App colleges but has since deleted them because she changed her mind. It took her (and us) by surprise and seems a little creepy, frankly. It does make us wonder exactly what data the colleges are able to collect from Common App, ie, with reference to your question specifically – can they see all the colleges an applicant has applied to?
eta: In my dd20’s case, she had NOT sent any test scores or transcripts to these colleges. She had only added them on the Common App list when the app first opened back in August and then deleted them later as she pared down her list. There were 3 colleges (since deleted) that sent her follow up emails/snail mail about completing her application.
@AlwaysLearn for your question on the FAFSA: after you submit it to the first 10 schools, in a couple of days you get an email saying something like Congratulations, your FAFSA application has been processed. Then you know that the schools have received the information. You could wait a couple of days to be sure if you want but supposedly it’s then safe to delete those schools and add more.
What??? That should’t be allowed. I do not think a school should be allowed to download an app without the app being submitted. That’s a bit too much.
Has your son checked to see if the CA system shows the college actually downloaded his application?