Deferred from Duke last week now Tulane this week, hopefully I raise my SAT score some tomorrow so the whole week isnt a bust.
1460 SAT
1/475 large public high school
10 aps
varsity golf captain
4.78 W gpa 4.0 UW
Didn’t expect to get in didn’t have much-demonstrated interest.
My son is also a white male. Similar stats. Could not get his interviewer to respond for 10 days. Finally she interviewed him last night. Went well Too little too late. Grrr. No demonstrated interest therefore or recommendation from interviewer.
deferred
does tulane send out rejections for EA?
i’ve only seen accept/defer and no rejections
Deferred here too. Not surprised tbh
Did anyone get into architecture?
Deferred 
1480 SAT
10+ AP Courses
2 Varsity sports and captain
I did the Why Tulane essay and interview, no campus visit though
they yield protected you
S20 was accepted.
He wasn’t asked for an interview, which I had thought was a bad sign!
1460 SAT
3.6 GPA
Visited, all the average excellent ECs
Daughter Deferred
33 ACT (34 superscore)
4.3 weighted GPA
Several service oriented EC
Volunteer
7 AP classes
2 sport varsity athlete
OOS female
She was very disappointed. Tulane was probably her top choice but She was accepted to two other top 40 schools EA with merit scholarship so it probably doesn’t make sense for her to ED2 to Tulane now. Congratulations to everyone who was accepted.
Daughter Deferred.
1470 SAT (1 sitting)
4.3 weighted GPA
IB diploma candidate with honors/IB classes throughout high school
Ton of Service/volunteer hours
Part-time job
Athlete (lacrosse and field hockey)
Singer - top choirs + solo performer
OOS female
She had an interview she thought went really well, wrote a good Why Tulane essay, and applied for Paul Tulane Award… Congrats to all who were accepted!
My daughter received her acceptance today for EA on the Green Wave Portal. The email that came out a while ago stated that it would come out today after 3:30 pm on the portal and then letters would be coming later in December.
yes. ED II is binding
Thanks blondeboyNJ! Where is your friend applying to architecture? Has he/she been accepted anywhere?? Thanks for the encouragement and congrats to you!
@5OnTheHill UVA, Carnegie Mellon, Syracuse, and Virginia Tech
Not yet, he did only regular decisions!
ACCEPTED
1420 SAT
Asian
Private high school in Cali
5 APs (AP Cal BC 5, AP Stats 5, AP Hug 4, AP Art 4, AP Chinese 5)
4.42 weighted GPA
3.92 Weighted GPA
Pretty decent ECs
Had an alumni interview
But bad supplemental essay…
Deferred
1430 superscore SAT
32 composite (33 superscore) ACT
White
Very competitive public school in Florida
3.92/4.0 UW GPA
Very good ECs
No interview
Meh Supplement
Accepted with high stats (36 ACT, 800 math Sat, 4.0/4.8) 28k distinction scholarship. I was worried about yield protection but a few things I think helped. I visited, interviewed, watched online seminars, wrote supplementals and probably my enthusiasm was apparent as I really wanted to go. In contrast, I was deferred from a similar school I didn’t visit and labored over a “Why this school” essay as in reality I applied there as a back up. So I think it’s a mix and of everything, demonstrated interest and an element of luck. For those missing out, there is probably a school that will work out for you as Tulane did for me. It’s just the stars aligning and not an exact science
Accepted
34 ACT
4.5 weighted
5 APs
White/catholic school
Captain of Varsity Dance Team
Very involved in political clubs/volunteering and academic teams
Visited twice, met with counselor at a local area college night, followed instagrams (no interview)
Accepted with founders scholarship and honors
Tulane is huge on demonstrated interest! I truly believe that and my “why Tulane” essay was my ticket
D deferred.
Stats were good
ACT 34 -one sitting
UW GPA 4.0
14 AP’s (4s and 5s) National AP Scholar
4/355 in competitive academic public high school
Lots of EC’s / Class prez (Jr & Sr year)/ VP - SGA/ NHS/ Mu Alpha Theta/ Spanish HS
Varsity VB Captain
400 Community Service Hrs
Unable to visit, Visited Tulane on the road
She pretty devastated
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For those confused about why they were deferred, here is what the tour guide at Tulane told me on my first visit:
-The first thing they look is grades and act/sat. There is a certain threshold one must reach here to go on to the “next level” of admissions
-Next they look at ECs and volunteer work (which is huge considering they are the #1 school in the country for students volunteering)
-Then recommendations and essays
-Finally, DEMONSTRATED INTEREST (they have an algorithm here to calculate it)
After you pass each threshold, they do not consider that information into the next round. Therefore, the final factor in choosing who to defer or admit is demonstrated interest, regardless of whose grades were higher or who had more clubs. If you did not visit, open emails for a while, reach out to your counselor, or write the supplemental essay, you probably made it until this point.
I hope this helped!! If you were deferred, maybe schedule a visit if financially possible!