Tulane Admissions Acceptance Rate Sham?

sharkbites
Mon, 22 Apr 2019 20:40:18 +0000

@callmom Wow! those are some very interesting stats… I haven’t done the all the research for all the stats you provided yet, but I suspect that my son’s high school profiles (in north suburban Chicago) are similar…in that the year-over-year increase in applications (and proportionate enrollments) to Tulane are close to 30%. From 2014 to 2018, the number from his high school has more than tripled from 5 to 16 (Class of ~1,000), not sure how many applied.

Similar to Texas, University of Illinois (used to be great, now just good IMHO) has had similar policies on guaranteed admission to top 10% in the past, but due to both egregious fiscal mismanagement at the state level (Illinois ranks DFL in the nation per capita) and erosion of the curriculum, I have come to question whether it’s a “deal” anymore. Never a good thing to question your state’s flagship university for value…

Bottom line, it’s getting harder and harder to get in anywhere deemed reputable, but I think Tulane is being very smart (to it’s benefit, not necessarily the applicants) about protecting their spots…