Male/White
Intended major is bio
35 ACT
96 unweighted GPA/102 Weighted
School Does not rank
Research, Volleyball, Shadowing were main ECs (3 Honorable mentions for research and All-Division Volleyball)
10 APs all 4s and 5s
No displayed interest besides one meeting with the admissions counselor
Assigned to an interviewer, who I attempted to contact several times and she just ignored me.
@WillowMom maybe her stats are so high they think it is not her top choice and she will choose somewhere else. So it might not mean no merit, if she can convince them she’d go.
Accepted!!
27k per year and got into the honors program!
34 ACT
780 Biology M SAT2
102.15 W GPA
IB Diploma candidate (7 IBs, 3 APs)
Lots of extracurriculars and work experience
Visited Tulane and did the optional essay
Deferred, white male, 35 ACT (one sitting junior year), (1510 SAT - did not submit) 4.0 UW, top 10% of class, all honors classes and numerous AP’s, lots of EC’s, volunteer hours, leadership positions, job, National Merit commended, brother is current Senior at Tulane in Business who received 25K/yr with lower stats 4 years ago. Official visit, but did not do interview.
Deferred here too.
White Female
OOS
1430 SAT, 3.8 UW, 4.4W, 13 APs, most all 4s and 5s, Lots of ECs…frustrating. Wrote a strong why tulane essay but did not visit.
Deferred
White Female
4.3 GPA, 1490 SAT
Class Rank- 1st
4 year varsity athlete
6 APs, 7 honors
2 year internship, 3 jobs, academic awards, lots of EC’s
Why Tulane Essay but little other demonstrated interest
Daughter deferred but not really surprised. OOS, White female, 1500 SAT, 3.9 uw/4.5 w, top 5%, all AP and Honors, NMSF, great ECs, probably great recs, but couldn’t visit yet and did not do Why Tulane Essay (I know, but extenuating medical circumstances), but did do Paul Tulane.
4.0 UW GPA, 4.65 W
11 AP’s
1550 SAT
State Champion in Diving x3 years, Team Captain x3 yrs
3rd in US National Zone-level diving
Part time job 6-10 hrs/week
Club Founder and leader in area of college study interest
Editor in Chief of Newspaper
200 hrs community service reading to disadvantaged children
Excellent Common App essay, Why Tulane essay was okay but nothing special
White male
No demonstrated interest (I applied but after I did, another school became my target and I knew I would struggle to pay tuition at Tulane given the way they have changed how they award aid)
Congratulations to all who got in! Have a great four years and eat a beignet for me!
Accepted with $20K per year Founders Award. 33 ACT (34 Superscore), great EC’s with emphasis on service, solid GPA at rigorous private school, and visit/interview. D20 is interested in studying psychology and possibly neuroscience. Congrats to all who received acceptance letters and sending lots of good karma to all who were deferred or rejected.
accepted into honors college with 22k/year founders award!!
35 ACT (not superscored)
4.3 weighted GPA (don’t know UW)
top 10% of class
out of state, white female
all AP and honors curriculum
decent ECs - varsity sports and clubs at school, lots of volunteer work
presidential medal of service
NMSF
visited campus, did not interview
strong why Tulane and CA essays
decent recommendations I think
congrats to everyone else that got in, and best of luck to everyone who may have been deferred or denied this round!!
Accepted, Honors, and 27k a year!
1550 SAT
18 SAT Essay
800 French SAT II
770 Math SAT II
4.05 weighted cumulative GPA
ECs: 3-year varsity indoor and outdoor track, 1-year varsity cross country, 1-year varsity soccer, World Language Honor Society, DECA, Refereeing throughout the year
My son was deferred and he had very high stats…sigh
Reading here, was everyone deferred, no rejected? Sounds like there will be very little chance to get in RD and I don’t like how they are pressuring the students to now go ED2