2019 Tulane EA/SCEA Decision Thread

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781

<p>Decision - Deferred EA
ACT - 31 composite
3.58 UW 3.91 W (upward trending)
APs: AP World history, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Economics (macro and micro), AP Human Geography, AP Government, AP French, AP Calculus AB
Senior year: English, AP Calc AB, International relations, AP Government, AP French, Physics, AP Human Geography
-Essays: Personal statement was pretty good and took a very creative approach to Why Tulane (apparently it wasn’t what they were looking for :/)

  • Very good LORs
  • ECs are not numerous but quality and continuous</p>

<p>This semester I have a 4.0 UW (so far), and hope that will help my chances in the next round of admissions!</p>

782

<p>S got his acceptance on Sunday and today got the letter saying he had gotten the Academic Achievement Scholarship ($20,000). </p>

<p>SAT - 2000 (710 CR/650 M/640 W)
GPA 3.87 UW / 4.3 W
Dance and Musical Theater Double Major
Tons of Dance and MT ECs
Volunteer as Camp Counselor and Audition Assistant
Internship at local community theatre
NHS
Legacy (Sister graduated in May 2014)
State - Virginia</p>

<p>He is extremely excited!</p>

783

<p>Accepted earlier today!
I have a 33 ACT, a 3.76 UW GPA and 4.21 W. So excited! Lots of extracurriculars and leadership and I thought my essay was pretty good (might be biased though). Good luck to everyone deferred and still waiting!</p>

784

<p>I still haven’t gotten anything yet:( so so nervous. Is there any chance they’d announce during the weekend? </p>

785

<p>Just got deferred with a 2140 SAT and a 32 ACT with 4.0/4.6 GPA. I’m not upset because I just got accepted to Vanderbilt tonight as well! Good luck to all the applicants wherever you end up! I’m so glad my college search is over!</p>

786

<p>

Just another example of what I have been saying. Tulane admissions has a nose for these things. 100%? No, but pretty amazing.</p>

<p>Congrats on Vandy, @classof2015WHS‌ . Fantastic school, beautiful campus.</p>

787

<p>@kelseyvu‌ </p>

<p>Yes. I expect there will be decisions over the weekend.</p>

788

<p>First, let me say that I feel your pain those who are still waiting. Ugh. Daughter was ACCEPTED EA today at 4:05!!! Total torture waiting because we started to think something was wrong in her application b/c others were accepted w/ lower stats who had applied later than she did. Maybe not great letter of recommendation, or ??? such awful worries. To be fair there were 3 more days, but… I couldn’t even come on CC for a week b/c I was so stressed w/ the speculation (pathetic, I know). </p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
SAT I: 2300 Composite, 800 Reading, 720 Math, 780 Writing
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71 Top 7%
APs: 9 took 5 tests all 5’s and one 4 </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Theater, dance, mock trial, camp counselor
Volunteer/Community Service: OK
Essays: answered why Tulane, I thought essays were good, but who knows??
Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t read</p>

<p>Reflection:
Strengths: SAT, visited, showed interest
Weaknesses: Unweighted GPA; not a lot of time to volunteer
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t know.
Where else you are applying or have already applied: Maryland, Rhodes, Rice, Emory</p>

789

<p>Forgot to add that her status was always something like “complete and waiting review” before she was accepted.</p>

790

<p>@fallenchemist‌ thank you
@gettingaclue My status has been like that since forever. I’ve been obsessively refreshing my email inbox and still nothing yet. Anyway, that’s awesome. Congrats to your daughter! </p>

791

<p>Congratulations to you son, @zebrarunner‌! It was a long wait!</p>

792

<p>Congrats to those who were accepted today. No decision yet. </p>

793

<p>**[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]</p>

<p>School/major: Political Science</p>

<p>Objective:

[ul]
[<em>]ACT (breakdown): 31 Composite 35 English 32 Reading 32 Math 26 Science
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.775
[<em>]AP (place score in parentheses): European History, US History, French
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: Econ, AP Calc, AP Stats, AP Lit, French 5, AP Physics
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement Scholarship Outstanding Participant[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): French Club, V Tennis, Scholar Bowl, Debate, Youth in Government, NHS, French NHS, Science NHS, Math NHS, etc.
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: Tutored for Kumon, Worked at Jimmy Johns
[<em>]Volunteer/Community Service: 200+ at pediatric hospital
[</em>]Summer Activities: Work
[<em>]Essays: 9/10, wrote about being raised by lesbians
[</em>]Teacher Recommendations: 9/10, teacher spent forever on them and he’s also the dean of students so…
[li]Counselor Rec: Perfect, once told me my school had won the lottery by getting me as a student [/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Other

[ul]
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[</em>]School Type: Small private catholic city all girls
[<em>]Ethnicity: Black
[</em>]Gender: Female
[<em>]Income Bracket: 100k +
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM
[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection

[ul]
[<em>]Strengths:
[</em>]Weaknesses:
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>]Where else you are applying or have already applied:
[li]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight:[/li][/ul]</p>

794

<p>I actually got accepted back in early November, almost exactly two weeks after I applied, but hadn’t made a CC account until now.</p>

<p>**[color=green]Decision: Accepted[/color=green]</p>

<p>School/major: Science major</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): hadn’t taken it yet
[</em>]ACT (breakdown): 35 composite (36 R, 34s on other sections)
[<em>]SAT II (place score in parentheses): 740 Bio-M, 730 Math II
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank, but salutatorian
[</em>]AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (4)
[<em>]IB (place score in parentheses):
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, Advanced Physics, AP English, AP French, Government, Economics
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National French Top 10, lots of other French awards, some school level academic awards and state/regional music awards[/li] [/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:

[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Tutoring (9-12), Leadership in Math Club (10-12), Vocal Music and Piano
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: Worked in School one year
[<em>]Volunteer/Community Service: NHS, volunteer at local sciencenter
[</em>]Summer Activities: NSLC, a French program, a conference at DC
[<em>]Essays: Personal Statement was pretty good, Why Tulane was great
[</em>]Teacher Recommendations: One should have been amazing, the other probably very, very good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Not too personal
[</em>]Additional Rec:
[li]Interview:[/li] [/ul]</p>

<p>Other

[ul]
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>]Country (if international applicant):
[<em>]School Type: very small, rural public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender:
[</em>]Income Bracket: do not qualify for need-based aid
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): [/li] [/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection

[ul]
[<em>]Strengths: GPA, Teacher Recs, Why Tulane, great resume
[</em>]Weaknesses: SAT IIs, writing score on ACT
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Great Why Tulane, overall above average stats
[</em>]Where else you are applying or have already applied:
[li]General Comments/Advice/Hindsight: Also received the Presidential Award for 32k a year. Applying for Paul Tulane Award.[/li] [/ul] </p>

795

<p>Well my D just got deferred within the last hour. 34ACT 3.93 GPA, 6 AP courses,10 Dual enrollment courses, interesting EC’s, wrote the Why Tulane, applied as engineering major. </p>

<p>Not applying for scholarships with this development. </p>

796

<p>Got my letter in the mail today. I got the Premier Scholar Award ($30k/year), as well as admission into the Honors program. Posted my stats on here a week ago but here’s quick summary of them anyways. SAT: 2080, ACT: 34, UWGPA: 3.63. </p>

797

<p>Fingers crossed that many people get a decision today! Hopefully a good one :)</p>

798

<p>Updating with info thru 10:58a.m. 12/13/14. This is a great resource.</p>

<p>PRESIDENTIAL $32k
2380, 4.0 UWGPA, # 798, Bigmacattack
2330, 4.68 WGPA , # 335 , StagNation
2310/35 ACT, 4.0 UWGPA, #171, #246, kateko
2280, 4.0 UWGPA , # 182 , julianic
2270, 99.5/100 UWGPA , # 8, 65 , ms2222
35, 4.38 WGPA , # 41 , outtuocollege2015
35, 4.33 WGPA , # 19 , vplras71
34, 3.9 UWGPA , # 276 , mimsyborgs
34, 3.84 UWGPA, homeschooled, hs2015mom
34, 3.8 UWGPA , # 235, 319 , OHMomof2
34, ? GPA , # 354, 355 , Jimkingwood
33, 4.0 UWGPA , # 199 , beachgals
33, 3.95 UWGPA , # 161, 204 , akacesfan
33, 4.00 UWGPA , # 467 , bazza101</p>

<p>PREMIER $30k
2190, ? GPA , # 172 , Sakacar3 , ACT 33
2180, 12.1/12 WGPA # 147, 176 , Frenckt
2100, 94.6/100 UWGPA , # 256 , tdragone , ACT 32
??, ? GPA # 215 , shoboemom
??, ? GPA # 402 , leo125
32, 3.9 UWGPA # 3, 36 , 1strodeo
32, 3.91 UWGPA, # 134 , kajl71</p>

<p>DISTINGUISHED $27k
2020, 95/100 UWGPA , # 59 , Charley22
1960, 4.0 UWGPA , # 34 , Mil97mom
??, ? GPA # 228 , leavingnj
33, 3.81 UWGPA, # 406, 458 , remytreat
33, “3.85ish” UWGPA, # 483 , VAmomof4
32, 3.81 UWGPA , # 139, 190 , Bananabelle96
32, 3.8 UWGPA # 222 , Chardo
32, 3.91 UWGPA , # 416, 729 , engineering2015
31, 4.0 UWGPA , # 177 , evto97
31, 3.89 UW , # 511 , Mark1965</p>

<p>FOUNDERS $23k
2210, 3.75 WGPA , # 125, 191 , ctmom19
2170, ? GPA, # 749, Reteamnosleep
2140, 3.65 UWGPA , # 210 , bubba901
2140, 3.7 UWGPA , # 313 , Frazzleddad18
2060, ? GPA , # 264, 726 , Hi1997
2040 , ? GPA, #266, 0Blondie2, ACT 32
2040, 3.9 UWGPA , # 202 , tessalav
31, 3.82 UWGPA , # 108, 145 , Chiitown22
31, 4.3 WGPA, # 610 , Rappnic,</p>

<p>ACADEMIC $20k
2200, 3.38 UWGPA , # 323 , dns031 , superscored?
2140, 3.75 UWGPA , # 408 , Pikidikitiki , ACT 31
2000, 3.87 UWGPA, # 782, zebrarunner</p>

<p>1460/1600, 3.6 UWGPA , # 247 , albclemom
33, 3.22 UWGPA , # 419 , sunshineee97
31, 3.5 UWGPA , # 227 , hpg90
29 , 3.8 UWGPA # 464 , Llmammabear</p>

799

<p>Applied late November. High SATs, Interesting EC’s, et cetera, et cetera. . . . .<br>
I’ve been checking the Gibson website religiously (can someone who’s received their decision fill me in on where exactly on the website it was posted? Was it just a notification in the upper right corner?)
When they say “The Admission Committee is working to render your decision as quickly as possible. The latest you will hear back from the Committee will be December 15” - does that mean I should know by Monday???
So nervous to find out.</p>

800

<p>@Mimime9‌ same here. I actually submitted on dec 3rd and they emailed me the other day, saying that I should hear from them in the following week or so. But still, according to Tulane web site, the latest we will be informed is dec 31st. Do you think I should write them for clarification?</p>