Tulane Admissions Acceptance Rate Sham?

Jimmy68
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 14:20:06 +0000

Daughter accepted ED1 on 11/19 with 3.5GPA 31 ACT. She had visited Wake, William & Mary, U Richmond, UVA. She absolutely loved Tulane. Tulane, in my opinion is in a transition from “great safety school option” — from ivies, or Vandy, etc… and is now a “category of one” — it is both highly selective and so unique as an institution (size, location, geographic diversity, etc) — that it can select primarily among students who are both qualified and are locked in on Tulane as their #1 choice.

I don’t think it’s a sham. The admissions office
is transparent and open about this — they make it clear early on that, after ED 1/2, the admit rates are extremely low.