My son, who went through this process two years ago, was actually treated best by Tulane. Yet, even so, it’s a ridiculous process and, if I ruled the admissions world, it would be very different than it is now. (That’s another discussion for another day.) But back to the topic of this thread (the Tulane ED snafu) …
Here’s today’s New York Times article, for those interested who haven’t seen it yet: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/us/tulane-college-applicants-acceptance-emails-wrong.html