<p>Like many parents who had never been to N.O., I had my concerns, but they were allayed when we visited. First, the immediate neighborhood around Tulane is absolutely lovely. Second, the kids all seem quite well aware about how to stay safe (and this goes for any big city): travel in a group, stay away from areas known to be unsafe. Nightlife seems to take place almost exclusively in the area right around Tulane. Tonight, I took my kids out to dinner in our small suburb of Boston. As we drove into our small downtown it was completely cordoned off by the police. Why? A bank had been robbed. Do I still feel safe here? Of course. From a distance it’s easy to stereotype a place and N.O. is certainly stereotyped as a high-crime, big party town. True, but only partially. There is so much more. There are parts of Boston I would not go at any hour, and the same is surely true of N.O. and every other major city.</p>
<p>got accepted after being on waitlist just last wknd. Rec’d $7500 scholarship from Tulane. Very disappointed. Offered 23k from Pepperdine renewable for 4yrs. Also accepted at USC spring admit and waiting on fin’cl pkge. Very disappointed with Tulane. very, very, very…</p>
<p>skimlatte,
Congrats on your acceptance! Please reread posts #89 and 92. You can contact your admission counselor and ask for a reconsideration of the scholarship (this has been discussed extensively earlier in this thread, or in another Tulane thread recently) and ask them to reconsider their award. I would imagine that the amount they are able to offer at this point is influenced by the amount of the awards that have already been accepted by incoming students. </p>
<p>Are all the scholarships merit based or need based?? In asking for a reconsideration, it is appropriate to compare apples to apples. If you are asking for them to reconsider a need based award, then your conversations would be with the FA office, not the admissions office. Good luck.</p>
<p>skimlatte,
What did you do on your part to get off the wait list (i.e. GC call, letter to admissions)? Also, were you notified by email?</p>
<p>in terms of coming off the waitlist, let me preface by saying (not sure if previously mentioned), I applie early - got deferred to RD then waitlisted. I kept watching the application status daily-literally 3-4 times a day. Last sunday afternoon, it changed from waitlisted to deferred. I received the acceptance letter in the mail and then a letter from financial aid. It was a need based grant for 7,500. I was terribly disappointed. Deciding now between Pepperdine and USC. Waiting on USC’s fin’cl aid packge to arrive…</p>
<p>I wish you the best of luck with USC and Pepperdine…both fine fine schools.</p>
<p>Sorry I didn’t respond, but we were on “accepted college” visits over my S’s spring breaks and just got in last night. </p>
<p>We didn’t even think to check the acceptance status webpage and so were surprised that Tulane was accepting from the waitlist so early (two other schools have told him June or July). </p>
<p>As for what my S did, all I know is that he responded virtually immediately to the RSVP email; he got a 2nd but didn’t even have a chance to respond when he got the letter saying he was accepted. He was targeted (as were probably a lot of applicants) with the special application outside of the CA, but he applied through CA anyway, so that apparently wasn’t a variable. He has a 3.79 wtd gpa with 5 APs; all other course but his electives were honors courses (and he had a tough schedule of two maths (incl. statistics) freshman year, and bio and chem sophomore year). His SATs were a modest 1820, but he wrote a very good essay about an a cappella performance that reflected both his love for singing and his comraderie with a very diverse group of guys. I believe his teachers also gave him great recommendations. He also had a strong resume, including a lot of volunteer and public service work in various capacities for different organizations, which I believe is something Tulane values highly. He is interested in studying marketing and/or communications, but I don’t know that this was a factor. </p>
<p>Tulane was actually somewhat of a reach school for him, so we will be visiting in a couple of weeks to see if it is right for him. What we saw in the NE was either too big or too small (either the school or the town) – so maybe Tulane will be just right.</p>
<p>Congrats! Thanks for the update. It means there is still hope!</p>
<p>has anyone found out if they have been accepted off Tulane’s waitlist for fall 2009?</p>
<p>My daughter, who submitted her application just prior to the RD deadline and was previously waitlisted, received an admission letter by Federal Express yesterday from Tulane. Has anyone else been accepted from the waitlist?</p>
<p>Has anyone been accepted from the Tulane waitlist?</p>
<p>If you read the new thread, Class of 2013, it looks like Tulane has more students already admitted than planned.</p>
<p>I was accepted off the Tulane Waitlist today! Two of my friends have also been accepted off waitlist but declined. I emailed an admissions officer who had previously emailed me about remaining on the waitlist and I just informed her about some new accomplishments and a correction on my application (never put down any community service that I had completed throughout High School). I got a response within 2 hours concerning my admission and I am simply elated! Best of luck to the rest of you!</p>
<p>I have been accepted off the waitlist too! I am so excited! I e-mailed the dean of admissions a few weeks ago, and I called yesterday to find out my waitlist status and he informed me I had been accepted! I thought all hope was lost, but everyone stick in there! good luck</p>