A decision of what?
On ed2 applications
The deadline for application is tomorrow. According to the school website the decisions are released “by Feb 15” so a pretty quick turnaround. You could look at prior years threads around that date to see how soon before it decisions might have come out but it wouldn’t be a guarantee of anything for 2026.
RD decisions are release “by April 1” but historically I believe get released several weeks before.
If you follow Tulane admissions on Instagram or FB, they will often post the day before decisions drop as to when to expect.
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If deferred in EA and switched to ed2 is there a chance of rejection or waitlist or it’s a sure shot acceptance?
Ofcourse nothing is 100% but what I meant is chance of admit close to 80%-90%
@Mashinations what are your thoughts on this? Likely things will be different this year with ED decisions
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I see no reason to think that the acceptance rate for ED2 is any different than ED1 - closer to 60%. If you suggest what your overall stats are (don’t give your SAT/ACT if you went test optional) we might be able to give a better idea. My sense is that for students that fit the profile of the typical acceptance, ED is a pretty good shot to acceptance. If you’re on the bubble, you’re on the bubble for ED too.
I think my biggest weakness is my GPA. During EA round my cumulative was 3.5 but my junior year was 4.1. Since the deferral I have my senior first semester at 4.0. Overall cumulative gone up to 3.55. This is still low I know but hoping the trajectory helps.
You’ll know in a few weeks but no, I do not think the acceptance rate for ED2 is anywhere near 80-90%.
The ED1 rate last year (per their notice a few months ago) was 57% and it went to 52% this year. The overall ED rate last year was 59% suggesting that the admit rate in ED2 was slightly higher than ED1. Even still I would say 50-60%
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Has anyone heard back from CSF or know when decision will come out?
Any idea of profile that is spring admit? Is it borderline gpa?
I think the profile is simply the applicants that designated on their submission that they would consider Spring Scholars as a path. I don’t think there’s any sense at the school that the students that start in New Orleans for the Spring were “borderline”.
dont things usually go well for people who do ed2 after being deffered? Would they not have rejected you if they didn’t think you were qualified.
My daughter was accepted EA. Does anyone know how housing works? Is it first come first serve or a lottery system?
Incoming Freshmen get placed. They’ll fill out a profile online for roommate matching or I seem to recall they have the option to buddy up with someone that they might already know. Beyond that they get put into the dorm the school puts them in (at least that’s how it was when son entered Fall '23). I know from a students perspective there might be “one dorm is better than the other” but my parental take on it is that all Freshmen dorms are about the same. Double dorms, community baths, etc.
After that there is a system by which students get a time slot based on seniority. The 2nd year+ dorms do differ more in that there’s some newer dorms (River/Bayou/Fogelman) mixed with some older but most are suite style where 2 rooms, either single or double, share a bath.
The Aron residences are really nice apartment style options but unless the student lucks into one the athletes get most of them and the remainder fill up VERY quickly. Don’t go in assuming you’re going to be able to live there at some point.
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If you switch to ED2 but GPA is below the average or the 50% range. Test optional, is spring admit more likely than fall? I got in N.U.in so basically spring admit at Northeastern EA. Just wondering if Tulane will go the same way. I am US citizen but overseas so i guess starting elsewhere is not a big deal for me.
Sorry. No idea… a very specific circumstance and I have no inside knowledge.
The good news is you likely don’t have long to wait for the decision.
Does anyone know if Tulane drops the +/- when they recalculate grades for admission?
I think A/A+ is 4.0, B+ 3.33, B 3.0 and so on
For anyone interested the table below is updated with the incoming class of '25-'26 CDS data that was recently released.
The EA/RD numbers are extrapolated from the total numbers less ED and assumes all ED accepted students enroll (which is a false assumption but for the purposes of this is probably consistent enough from one year to the next to not matter).
A few years ago it was postulated that the school, with its new Dean of Admissions, would be moving away from ED as a primary enrollment tool. That has not played out. They continue to pull 1,150-1,250 of the ~1,850 student incoming class from the ED/ED2 application tranche. Even so, their yield % for EA/RD has continued to drop from 26% in '21-22 to 18% in the last cycle. There was minor reliance on the waitlist this cycle as well (not shown).
The last 2 years shows a distinct shift in the Male/Female admit ratio suggesting a Male applicant may be getting a bump.
Applicants submitting test scores continues to decrease and with that the reported 25%-75% scores continue to increase.
| '25-'26 | '24-'25 | '23-'24 | '22-'23 | '21-'22 | '20-'21 | '19-'20 | '18-'19 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Applicants | 32,942 | 32,603 | 27,936 | 31,615 | 45,525 | 43,892 | 42,185 | 38,816 |
| Admitted | 4,763 | 4,558 | 4,077 | 3,621 | 4,385 | 4,877 | 5,431 | 6,724 |
| Enrolled | 1,858 | 1,838 | 1,867 | 1,843 | 2,027 | 1,801 | 1,821 | 1,909 |
| ED Applied | 2,077 | 1,946 | 1,752 | 1,853 | 3,853 | 3,976 | 2,163 | 1,659 |
| ED Accepted | 1,209 | 1,156 | 1,193 | 1,258 | 1,209 | 922 | 720 | 535 |
| ED % Admitted | 58% | 59% | 68% | 68% | 31% | 23% | 33% | 32% |
| EA/RD Applications | 30,865 | 30,657 | 26,184 | 29,762 | 41,672 | 39,916 | 40,022 | 37,157 |
| EA/RD Accepted | 3,554 | 3,402 | 2,884 | 2,363 | 3,176 | 3,955 | 4,711 | 6,189 |
| EA/RD Acceptance | 12% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 17% |
| EA/RD Enrolled | 649 | 682 | 674 | 585 | 818 | 879 | 1,101 | 1,374 |
| EA/RD Enroll % of Admitted | 18% | 20% | 23% | 25% | 26% | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| Freshman Starting Year | ||||||||
| Applicants (%) | '25-'26 | '24-'25 | '23-'24 | '22-'23 | '21-'22 | '20-'21 | '19-'20 | '18-'19 |
| Male | 37% | 38% | 37% | 35% | 34% | 37% | 37% | 38% |
| Female | 63% | 62% | 63% | 65% | 66% | 63% | 63% | 62% |
| Admits | ||||||||
| Male | 42% | 40% | 34% | 32% | 34% | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Female | 58% | 60% | 66% | 68% | 66% | 61% | 63% | 64% |
| Enrolled | ||||||||
| Male | 42% | 37% | 36% | 34% | 36% | 41% | 40% | 38% |
| Female | 58% | 63% | 64% | 66% | 64% | 59% | 60% | 62% |
| Freshman Starting Year | ||||||||
| Submitting Test Scores | '25-'26 | '24-'25 | '23-'24 | '22-'23 | '21-'22 | '20-'21 | '19-'20 | '18-'19 |
| SAT | 11% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 15% | 30% | 26% | 23% |
| ACT | 27% | 28% | 31% | 34% | 41% | 68% | 72% | 77% |
| SAT Mid-50 | 1430-1500 | 1410-1500 | 1400-1490 | 1400-1500 | 1380-1490 | 1360-1470 | 1370-1480 | 1350-1490 |
| ACT Mid-50 | 32-34 | 31-34 | 31-33 | 31-33 | 30-33 | 30-33 | 31-33 | 30-33 |
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