Tulane Admissions Acceptance Rate Sham?

ProudLoomisDad
Tue, 30 Apr 2019 22:57:46 +0000

I’d imagine that’s where “demonstrated interest”, campus visits, college fair contacts, compelling “why Tulane?” essays, legacy and ED commitments come in. Well regarded, well-marketed, extremely “popular” schools like Tulane can fill its acceptance spots with highly qualified kids who would rather go there than other “more prestigious” schools. It’s a win/win.

Personally, I love it and think more schools should adopt the attitude - sniffing out and rewarding legitimate interest and deferring “application spam/acceptance hoarders” who mostly waste everyone’s time, effort and money. It’s not like the quality of the student body would suffer measurably. Most likely it would improve - a good attitude can mean a lot! And rewarding kids who passionately commit with greater acceptance chances and bigger FA is a great way to come full circle.