@allison1225 - when you accept your scholarship, this will affect the amount of your financial aid award amount. For example, if the financial aid office determines that you are entitled to $40K per year, they will deduct the $30k and now award you the extra $10K. They will not give you $40K on top of the $30K. (It may be a little more complicated than this, but that’s the gist).
Also, by accepting the $30K, you are still eligible to apply for and get the DHS and PTA. These awards (which cover full tuition and fees- approximately $50K) would then replace the $30K.
@teenstogether123 - I’m pretty sure that you do not need to submit the CSS profile before a decision can be made.
Hello everyone. Im a little new to this, and after literally taking 20 minutes to finally get an unused username I’m excited to finally be able to post! So I applied to Tulane and I’m getting a little anxious waiting. If anyone knows, does it matter that a lot of people applied from my school? I heard that ultimately your competition is other people from your school, is that true or just a myth? ( in regards to Tulane, and just any school)
I have a couple of weird questions…
I used to receive emails from Tulane, but I have not been. Like the Gibson email that everyone else got, I did not get and usually when there is a student session, I get an email from Tulane, but I did not! Anyone have any ideas on what I should do? Its not in spam!
Also, I don’t know if this means anything, but I do not have the admitted tab on my portal so either they fixed it, my portal is messed up, or it might (on the very very very off chance) mean something
we got the gibson email…but not the web thingy email … not surewhatthatis about – maybe they can only somany at a time?
I have that same question! Even though I did get the Gibson email, I haven’t received some of the other informational emails that others have received on here. Which was one of the reasons why I joined this thread so I could stay in the loop.
@hamsamcam17 I think that might be true to an extent, but I also think the school ultimately wants the most qualified applicants, so if there are a lot of qualified applicants then a lot of them will be accepted. This is the case at my school, where many people apply and are accepted to Tulane every year (last year 19 seniors applied and 15 were accepted). This year, not everyone has heard back and I don’t know everyone who applied, but I know of 10 people who were accepted so far and I think almost everyone got a generous amount of merit scholarship money as well, so it really just depends on the quality of the applicant pool from your school.
@chimley @789frizbee - sometimes high school emails will ‘bounce back’ emails sent from Tulane. Call the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and they can ensure the emails are being sent to the correct email address.
It looks as if the ‘Admitted’ tab was removed, which was probably causing some confusion since all applicants (admitted and not admitted) would see this tab. Hopefully this removes some confusion about admittances.
@TulaneBarry Awesome! Thank you! I was getting a little worried!
@hamsamcam17 Similar story at my school to sunshine010606 We have a large amount of applicants and a large amount of students who get admitted and eventually attend. Colleges view applicants in the context of your high school meaning they compare your course load to the offerings at your school and your GPA to other applicants from your school. This doesn’t mean they rank people from a school, but rather that they compare GPAs to account for grade inflation/deflation and that they don’t penalize you for not taking honors/aps that your school didn’t have.
Just curious to the people that have multiple kids in their schools applying to Tulane, what area in the U.S. do you live in? I am from the Texas Panhandle, and as far as I know, I am the only one in my city who will apply to Tulane. In fact, I have only met one Tulane Alumni from my town, and he graduated in 73’! Is Tulane a school that is talked about, for example, do admissions counselors come to your school and talk? Where I’m from, if you don’t want to go to University of Texas at Austin or Texas A&M, you are 100% of on your own in the college process. The lady in charge of helping the kids in my school with applications and scholarships had never even heard of Tulane! I just wondered if others have experienced things differently.
How about in regards in to the ivy league
We are in NJ. Sounds like the northeast is a totally different animal. Kids apply all over the place - my son has applied to 15 schools up and down the east coast from Boston to New Orleans. Tulane has a large number of students from up here so it is well known and plenty of kids apply there. Admissions counselors from schools out of practical driving distance have roadshows at local hotels - we’ve been to at least 6 of these. There are college fairs at our school but they seem to be more regional northeast and Mid Atlantic schools that big national ones. Our school guidance counselors are pretty informed, but a lot of people hire college counselors for more one-on-one attention and experience. This is our first time through the process and chose that route to make sure he put out his strongest application. Hope that helps.
@hbrunner How about in regards to the ivy league, same type of situation? ( still talking about competing against people from your school )
Nobody goes to ivy leagues at my school. It is just not something that is pushed and I don’t feel like students at my school feel like it is attainable. Actually, from our graduating class last year, 64% of our seniors ended up enrolling in the community college in our town or the small university about 20 minutes away. I always knew that was something I didn’t want, which is why I started researching other schools in middle school and ended up falling in love with Tulane. Will that hurt my chances that I am from a large area without a real Tulane identity? I applied early decision and made sure to show a lot of interest. (travel to NOLA to tour, drive 6 hours for an alumni interview, wrote the Why Tulane essay) In addition, I’m taking all the AP classes available. I’m just wondering who I will be compared to.
@789frizbee I don;t think that being the only one from your area hurts you at all!-- in fact it may make you a bit more unique! you’ve done everything you can do, shown a lot of interest, applied ED, etc–fingers crossed that Tulane says a big yes to you !
@789frizbee - I concur with @chicorymom, as long as you have strong grades, I think that being the only one from your school will help not hurt… Good luck!
GOT IN!!! So happy!!
When did you find out? Today?
@merrrisatboost did you find out today???