@jym626 Curious on what the strategy changes were between Deans? Glad I didn’t have any preconceived notions of what to expect from Tulane.
Agree about the 20+ college issue. My D applied to 6 - and parents looked at me as if we were crazy. Why “only” 6, when everyone around here is doing 15? Homework was done and she only saw herself at these 6 schools - all a mixture of match, safety, and reach. That mixture can still be done with 6. This is the biggest problem schools are facing - knowing they are one of 15 schools a student applied to.
I don’t see Tulane as running a “game.” If anything, it’s the students that are gaming the system by applying to 15. It’s tough for the schools to know how to handle this. I too agree that there should be a limit to the number of schools applied to. I applied to exactly 1…
@3mamagirls - this is JMO, but I think every enrollment management dean has his/her own idea of what they think works best with their enrollment management strategies, and I am guessing that Dattagupta had some ideas/approaches at his previous college (Washington College - Maryland) that he felt were effective and that led to increases in applications, enrollment and retention https://news.tulane.edu/news/tulane-hires-new-vice-president-enrollment-management
Upthread, there were some questions about Tulane’s admit rate of 13%. Earlier this month, Tulane’s President Fitts announced an admit rate of 12.87% in his State of the University speech. https://tulanehullabaloo.com/48440/news/fitts-delivers-state-of-the-university-address-outlines-tulanes-projects-and-goals/
Quite an impressive number, considering that many schools that initially announce low admit rates in March / April normally have to increase that number after having to admit many more students from the summer melt and waitlist etc. to fill their target enrollment.
Tulane instituted a “Spring Scholars” admit program and ED2. It seems like they admit the majority of their class this way and thereby reduce their acceptance rate. However, the percentage of kids in the top 10% still hovers at 60% which is significantly lower than other schools with 13% admission rate.
Where are you getting that idea? Its more likely the spring admits are admitted to either fill in spots of students who don’t return for second semester, students who may go on a study abroad, etc. Its unlikely the # admitted via spring semester is all that large, and I would suspect the # accepting that option is also small.
Just to clarify: my d applied to 24 schools. Why? Because coming from the experience of having been denied additional FA last year after her dad’s medical issues necessitated him not working from February through the rest of the year (pending disability payments,)she realized that she needed to broaden her scope and give schools a chance to vie for her. *She was tops in her class etc. Following her gap year, this strategy has worked! If a school really wants someone, they will “match” another school’s FA/Merit Aid package.