It basically sounds like you had to visit to be accepted…
It’s pretty obvious Tulane defers many, many kids hoping some go EDII.
My D20 who got in ED to a top 10 college last week was deferred by Tulane. She forgot to cancel her app. She has top stats showed lots of interest, visited, supplemental essays, etc.
They are playing the admissions game by not rejecting anyone but deferring tons of kids. It’s ED or bust for most kids.
Congrats to the few that made in in via EA! You are a rare group.
DS accepted with merit aid and Honors program.
OOS, did not visit, attended local info session
SAT 1530, SAT 2 Math 800, Chem 790
Acceptance: SAT 1510, GPA 4.7 W / 3.5 UW, 7 APs, Decent ECs (two sports, some clubs, work and public service – but not president/captain of anything), did optional essay, visited (just last week!) and did alumni interview. Has a strong narrative regarding his area of interest / future major. Assume no merit money or honors since nothing in acceptance letter. (Do they ever add money later?) Extremely happy with this news!
I strongly disagree. with the volunteerism part tbh. As an accepted applicant, I only had truly 3 categories of volunteerism.
- Co teaching a nature class once a week last spring (not that rigorous tbh)
- National Honor Society (again, like everyone does that)
- Student Council Historian (ok rigorously exhausting for the month of November, but somewhat null outside of that)
@TheFrenchChef I didn’t visit
DS accepted.
$27,000 Distinguished Scholars
36 ACT
Sophomore Class Pres
Junior yr Student Body VP
Sr yr Student Body Treasurer
Resurrected Spanish Club
President of Spanish club
Office in MUN
Office in YIG
Awards in YIG
AP Scholar
FBLA
Tennis
part time job
numerous volunteer activities
top ten of Senior Class of 600 + kids
Many AP courses (not sure of how many)
Visited campus
attended Tulane events in hometown
interview
awesome essays
Is anyone on here an international student ??
DD Accepted EA with Founders Scholarship (22k/year) and Honors Program
OOS, did not visit, interviewed
SAT 1480 GPA UW 4.0/4.0 - W 4.3
Many outstanding EC and honors and community service
Accepted with $24k/year Founders Award and invited to the honors program! 33 ACT, 3.98 UW/4.14 W, most rigorous course load, solid ECs, creative why Tulane essay, showed interest (school visit, local info session, emailed rep a few times, applied to Paul Tulane Award)
Some of these high stat deferrals are likely to be admitted if they applied for the Paul Tulane & DHS awards. They will start admitting them after the scholarship review process.
My son got deferred and he applied for the Paul Tulane award… I am trying to understand what you wrote. You think those kids who match school stats will have an opportunity to get in then through RD?
My daughter was accepted but didn’t receive any merit (although she did apply for the Community Service Fellowship and spent a ton of time on that). Her stats are much lower than many of the other applicants on this thread, but she has strong ECs, strong essays, and some unique awards/fellowships. Here are her stats in case it helps:
OOS White Female
GPA: 3.7UW, 4.3W, 12+ APs; Top 5% Suburban/Lower Income Public
SCORES: 29 ACT (highest composite; 31 superscore)
NATL AWARDS/HONORS: NSLI-Y, BofA Student Leader, US Senate Youth Program Finalist; Coca Cola Scholar Seminfinalist
LEADERSHIP: Student Body President, Soph & Jr Class President; Senator all 4 years, County Wide Selective Youth Leadership Commission
MUSIC: 2 Choirs per year; Soloist, Musical Roles, Play Three Instruments
SPORTS: 3 Varsity Sports, Multiple Team Captain, MVP for Two Teams, All-Conference
WORK: Basic teenage jobs (swim coach, babysitting, math tutor, private swim lessons + BofA Summer)
DEMONSTRATED INTEREST: Local info sessions, email communication with rep, no interview, no visit, but super strong optional essay
We’re super happy (and surprised) that she got in. We’ll have to see how financial aid and CSF play out, but thought it would help to give details for kids who are not classically high stats to see that at least some part of admissions must be holistic
i’m an international student and i got into tulane’s communications major with a 3.55 gpa and 29 act
I was accepted with 15k scholarship yearly!
- SAT 1390 (730 verbal, 660 math)
- GPA 3.82 weighted, 3.7 unweighted
- AP World (5), APUSH (4), AP Lang (4), taking 4 APs this year
- I go to an arts school (public but audition to get in) in Atlanta
- white female, Roman Catholic
- I think my interview went really well, and my "why tulane" essay was pretty good too
- I do a lot of extracurriculars: President of National Art Honor Society, played violin 9 years, teach refugee girls and little kids art projects, job at chick-fil-a, founded a weekly de-stress club at my school, stage manager/audio designer for shows at my school, vice president of environmental club, journalist for school paper, mock trial
- I toured Tulane, and also grew up with my grandparents living a block away from it, my grandpa and uncle attended
Accepted! Definitely don’t have the stats that many people applying or even considering Tulane do, was a reach school for me so you can imagine my excitement when I saw confetti on my computer screen.
ACT: 32 (33 superscore)
GPA: 3.2UW, 3.4W
8 APs, 1 IB
I go to a public school outside of Cleveland
Indian, first-gen
I had very good extracurriculars, lots of volunteerism and a special talent for the violin. I also have a mini Depop business and beekeeping business.
My Why Tulane essay along with my Common essay was definitely what got me in. I made my why Tulane very specific to Tulane itself and referenced very specific programs that I was interested in, and how this meshed well with my interests.
I also toured Tulane last spring, was the first school I toured.
Accepted with $27k/year and Honors Program!!
ACT: 35 (36E/34M/36R/35S) (no essay)
SAT Subject Scores: 760 Chem and 750 Math II
GPA: 3.914 UW (school doesn’t do weighted)
IB Diploma Candidate
IB Chemistry-7
National Merit Semi-Finalist
Extracurriculars:
-Violin (10 years, concertmaster for 3 years, 3 different orchestras)
-Part Time Job at Autism Center
-Vice President of Student Council in my city
-President of Teen Link Club (Mental Health Awareness) at my school
-Biotechnology Internship last summer
-Tennis Team
-Swim Team
Essays:
-Common App Essay about violin
-Why Tulane-talked a ton about New Orleans and the Tulane community
Never toured Tulane however, my interview went really well (probably one of my best interviews so far)
For context regarding Tulane “forcing” applicants into ED. From the most recent Common Data Set (2018-2019), for the entering fall 2018 class Tulane admitted 6,724 students from its applicant pool. Of those, 535 (8%) were admitted via Early Decision.
And for those deferred, here is a link to Jeff Schiffman’s blog post from a couple of days ago:
https://tuadmissionjeff.blogspot.com/2011/12/ive-been-deferred-now-what.html
Son was accepted EA. Never received any type of “suggestion” to apply ED. However did do an alumni interview which we feel put him over the top. SAT 1490 with 4.66 weighted GPA; 4 year Varsity Letterman; NHS member; AP/IB courses; and community service. Based on the quality of the competition we consider him very lucky to be accepted. Best of luck to deferred and ED 2/Regular admission applicants.
OOS daughter was accepted with Founders merit scholarship and invitation to Honors program.