Hi does anyone know what the acceptance rate is like for Tulane ED 2?
I am thinking of doing ED2 there if I get rejected from my top, either there or Emory.
Let me know if anyone has any insight.
Thank you!
There doesn’t appear to be a breakout of 1/2 but ED was 1193 of 1752 last year. Mind you, that will include athletes - but that’s 68%.
The overall acceptance rate is 14.5% - which means RD is about 11%.
So it’s likely ED helps.
The way I see it - 1 or 2 doesn’t matter. I know others see it differently - but Tulane is need aware. If you apply ED (any), are full pay and are close academically, you likely have a good chance.
Tulane is a tough nut - I know a student rejected but got merit at Vandy.
If you can afford it, you’re close academically, and it’s truly your top choice, it seems a reasonable shot.
Money talks…at Tulane. Emory is need blind so if you have the financial means, it won’t be a help.
Good luck.
I agree with @tsbna44 on Tulane. ED1 or 2 likely doesn’t matter (if it matters at all it’s not by much!). Focus on your “why Tulane” essay supplements as well - they want to feel the love from the applicant. They want to feel the applicants wallet as well. 
Those numbers are weird. In ED1 they accepted 800 of 1400. So based on that, would get another 352 apps to match last year, but it obviously will be more. If they are trying to get around 1200 total for ED, they have 400 spots left. Assuming they will then get about 800 additional ED2 apps. So, my guess is around 50% for ED2. Total of 1200/2200?
Also given the huge skew of basically 2 to 1 Females to Male that they want to likely reduce, if you’re a male you will have an advantage.
| '23-'24 | '22-'23 | '21-'22 | '20-'21 | '19-'20 | '18-'19 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ED Applied | 1,752 | 1,853 | 3,853 | 3,976 | 2,163 | 1,659 |
| ED Accepted | 1,193 | 1,258 | 1,209 | 922 | 720 | 535 |
They haven’t released the CDS for the '24-'25 freshmen class yet.
They don’t break out ED1/ED2 statistics on the CDS. Someone else might publish something based on social media posts or “connection with Admissions” but I wouldn’t put too much faith in those numbers.
The other dynamic is that people have been suggesting for about 3 years that the “new Admissions Director is looking to move away from the heavy reliance on ED applications and accept more in the EA/RD rounds”. It’s gotten to the point of urban legend since the numbers largely haven’t changed, though maybe they did last year and we’ll see that when the new CDS comes out.
College kickstart posted 1400 ED1 applications and 800 Admits.
So what if those numbers are correct, it means they will only let in 350 - 400 in ED2. But if their ED applications are similar to last year, they will admit admit eveyone in ED2. That can’t be right. There is a number off somewhere.
Correct - using crowdsourced information typically produces numbers that are “off”. I’m not familiar with College Kickstart and who/where they source their data from.
Even then - are the applications this year similar to 2+ years ago or not. You can drive yourself nuts trying to look at the numbers and gauge odds of acceptance/rejection.
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