<p>This is all nerve-racking for everyone! Our son’s transcript got to them 2 days ago and they said he’ll still be considered for EA. </p>
<p>So thrilled to log into Gibson this morning to find I was accepted, after checking almost daily since early October and seeing “application is complete and awaiting review”! I had to blink several times to be sure I was seeing this correctly! 
Briefly, my stats: Maine public school, 95/100 UW, 29 ACT, 2020 SAT, lots of great ECs with leadership positions, wrote “Why Tulane?” essay, was not able to visit campus.</p>
<p>D’s deferral confirmed on Gibson today.</p>
<p>Changed to “pending review” last weekend, and this morning to "The admission committee has decided to defer your application to the Regular Decision pool. Your application will be reevaluated in the spring. A letter with further information has been sent to you. We will try to get you a decision as quickly as possible, but you will receive a final decision by April 1. "
UW: 3.9 / ACT:30 / 8 college level courses, including Calculus II, Physics II, Chemistry, Stats and Composition.
I didn’t write “Why Tulane,” though.</p>
<p>Deferred this morning. 3.7 UW / ACT:29 / 4 AP’s / wrote Why Tulane?
See you guys in the RD thread I guess.
My status never turned to pending by the way. I hope they actually looked at my application. I’m pretty positive it was on time.</p>
<p>Just saw my deferral. Guess I’ll be hearing back by April 1st… When is the regular pool deadline? </p>
<p>deferred today. 3.76UW, 3.96W, 30 ACT :(</p>
<p>Deferred today. 3.94 UW/ 4.07 W/ ACT:33
7 APs
Wrote Why Tulane, visited, and spoke personally with admissions counselor
NHS president, band with many awards, part of independent orchestra, been on an overseas mission trip, do lots of things for church
Class rank: 14 of 456
I am a bit surprised to be deferred.</p>
<p>Deferred with 99.59 GPA, 1490/2250 SAT Lolololol
9 APs, President of FBLA and Math Club, VP of NHS, Officer in an additional club, Varsity Golf Captain </p>
<p>My D also got deferred with the pending prior. She has a 4.0 un- weighted gpa. Only 27 ACT. Many EC’s including 4 years of sports. Also National Honor Society in Spanish and Russian. Very disappointing. The worst part about it is her close friend was admitted with lower stats. The admitted friend had a 3.6 un-weighted gpa, 27 ACT (only through a super score), very little EC’s (no sports), no language honor society. Their community service was identical since they both went together. Both visited (together). Both did the optional essay. I guess her friend’s essays were better. Doesn’t seem fair that an essay (if that is the case) could overcome 4 years of school work and dealing with sports. Makes no sense to me or my D, in fact, it also doesn’t make sense to the friend that got in. I guess my D will just have to accept a spot at another University that wants her.</p>
<p>Does anybody know the stat on the number of deferred kids that got in regular decision last year?</p>
<p>Should I still apply for the Paul Tulane and Dean’ Honors scholarship even though I was deferred?</p>
<p>Deferred today on Gibson. 3.9 UW GPA (4.6W), 2250 SAT, varsity soccer 4 years, 400+ community service hours, student government, internship in political consulting, 2 part-time jobs … and I expressed a ton of interest in Tulane. I knew this was coming after status changed to the dreaded “…pending review…” Disappointed but don’t think there’s much more I could have done. Congrats to all who were admitted! To those deferred, you all seem amazing and will surely go to great schools that really want you there! </p>
<p>I applied to Tulane as a safety and I just got deferred. I am pretty shocked, TBH.
Stats: 3.8/4.46 GPA, 2210 (1520 CR/M), Great EC’s 4th in the world in robotics competition (out of 11,000) and I worked in a lab over the summer and I had good recs</p>
<p>Does anyone know if they defer the overqualified so that if they get into their ED’s their decision doesn’t negatively impact their yield? The only thing I can think of that hurt my chances was a suspension the beginning of this year because of an alcohol violation on a water polo trip before school started, but thats it,.</p>
<p>It feels like many of the decisions depends more on estimated interest rather than the students merit. If a student puts in an application, the University should assume that they want to attend.</p>
<p>@easygoer1 Your daughter sounds amazing! I got the same news this morning. Of all the schools I’ve applied to, Tulane’s admissions process seems to be the least predictable. Best of luck to your daughter! I’m sure she has great options.</p>
<p>Folks this is really tough for those going through it and they are good enough to come back and post here so lets be supportive. I went through something similar with our daughter a couple year ago where she was deferred to her top choice, so I know how it feels. It isn’t good and its really hard, from a parent’s perspective, to be sympathetic to your kid when you know you need to stay positive and the decision seems (and maybe is?) illogical.</p>
<p>As fallenchemist, the “patron saint” of this board, has pointed out, go back and look at the application that was submitted and the circumstances/intangibles surrounding the application. Did you visit? Did you show specific interest in Tulane? In many cases, the answer could be “yes, Yes, YES,” and that would be very frustrating and I’m amazed at the stats associated with many of the people that were apparently deferred. So the question is, if you really want to attend Tulane, what are you going to do about it? </p>
<p>Deferred in Oregon - Pending message also last evening with deferral mssg this morning. 4.0 UW, 4.3 W - 30 ACT. We were one of those who didn’t know much about Tulane but applied because of their emails and no application fee. Probably didn’t show enough demonstrated interest but wrote brief “Why Tulane” and was honest about merit aid that would make out of state possible. After researching more upon applying and following this thread, D was actually very interested and we were tentatively making visit plans. As fallenchemist has mentioned, we are that typical west coast applicant that got drawn into the process and then discovered interest after the fact. It’s really okay though because there are many others here who wanted Tulane as their first choice and should have had first priority. D will not likely follow through the RD process since there are other schools that are probably a better fit and have more of an interest in her - thanks for the information and support all here have provided. It has definitely been a learning experience!</p>
<p>@RMKA2013 Thanks for the encouragement. I put so much heart and effort into my app. I don’t know what more I could have done. Tulane was my #1 choice even though several of the schools I’m applying to are even more selective. Not a confidence booster … lol … tough way to start the college admissions process.</p>
<p>@TxSenioe </p>
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Trust me, if you ever spend any time in the admissions process at a selective to highly selective college, you would not say that. Many students, and I do mean MANY that have applied admit openly that they were using Tulane as a “safety” and that there are a half dozen schools or more that have admission rates of 10% or so (or even 5-7%) that they would rather attend. Tulane admissions is pretty experienced at telling which those are and judging accordingly. Do they get it right 100% of the time? No, but they defer rather than deny those applications so there is plenty of time for the truly interested student to make it clear to Tulane admissions that they have Tulane among the top 2-3 on their list.</p>
<p>To answer your other question, absolutely still apply for the full tuition scholarships, if Tulane really is a top school for you (or if getting one will make that so). What better way to show them you are serious about attending? I have definitely seen deferred students win these in the past.</p>
<p>Again Everybody, go back and read Jeff Schiffman’s blog post that has been linked a couple of times, or just Google Tulane Jeff and you will see the blog. He is being very straightforward with you in his advice. Follow it.</p>