2019 Tulane EA/SCEA Decision Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Tulane University
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<p>**[color=green]Decision: Accepted![/color=green]</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 2020 Composite
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>]AP (place score in parentheses): European History, English Language 3 (5), US History, Psychology (4)
[</em>]IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>]Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP English 4, AP Biology, Honors Anatomy, Honors French, PreCalc
[</em>]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul] - AP Scholar with Honor

  • Honor Roll all throughout high school
  • Many Model United Nations Awards</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Model United Nations (Captain), Interact, Mock Trial (VP)
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: Retail clothing store, camp counselor
[<em>]Volunteer/Community Service: Catholic House, Youth Fiels hockey coach
[</em>]Summer Activities: Camp Counselor
[/ul]</p>

<p>Other

[ul]
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): PA
[</em>]Country (if international applicant):
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: 175,000+
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection

[ul]
[li]Where else you are applying or have already applied: UVA, Penn State, Villanova, Michigan, Pitt (accepted)[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Good luck to everyone !!</p>

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

<p>School/major: I assume Political Economy/Development </p>

<p>REGULAR EARLY ACTION</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 33
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Lit: 800 US history: 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A, 4.08 W with a weird weighting system
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parentheses): Euro History 5, US History 5, US Gov 5, Environmental 3, English Lang 4
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics I, AP Comparative Govt., IB Economics SL, IB Spanish SL 2/HL1, AP Calc AB, Honors Religion, English IV</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, NMSF Commended, President’s Youth Volunteer Service Award-Bronze, Spanish National Exam-Bronze, Middlebury Book Award, other school-specific awards </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Model United Nations (President for 2 years), Honor Board (Vice President), Young Democrats (President/Founder since 10), NHS, Spanish Honor Society, International Thespian Honor Society, HOBY delegate, volunteer/intern, internship with a non-profit, Leukemia &Lymphoma Society Student of the Year finalist (led a team to raise $14,000)
Job/Work Experience: Part-time at a small business
Volunteer/Community Service: to be brief, a lot, part of our grade
Summer Activities: HOBY, service, internship and teaching myself HTML code
Essays:
Teacher Recommendations: Probably really good
Counselor Rec: probably decent, it might’ve been a bit weak
Additional Rec:
Interview:</p>

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<p>has anyone not found out yet? because i havent and im freaking out… my application was complete as of 10/19 i believe</p>

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<p>I’m from Texas, and my application was marked complete during the first week of October…still haven’t heard anything.</p>

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

<p>SAT: 2170
GPA Unweighted: 3.2
Mostly Honors and APs (All APs Senior Year)</p>

<p>School Setting: Very Large, Competitive Public School in the Northeast</p>

<p>Leadership: Student Body President, Ethics Chairman, Class Treasurer (3 terms), Deputy Campaign Manager for State Rep. Candidate, President of Young Dems Club</p>

<p>Volunteer Work: Hundreds (if not thousands) of hours on various political campaigns</p>

<p>Additional Stuff: Photography Portfolio</p>

<p>Recs: Very Good (I hope) with an additional rec from an employer</p>

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<p>Also if anyone wants to look at my stats on page 8, I also got the founder’s scholarship for $23,000/year!!! </p>

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

<p>Major: Economics</p>

<p>ACT: 32
GPA (Unweighted): 3.9</p>

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

<p>School/major: Public Health</p>

<p>I applied early action around Halloween and I heard back on November 15th. It might have been earlier; I just happened to check on the 15th to make sure all of my materials were in and there was a box that said congratulations.</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2180 Reading:750 Writing:750 Math:680
Weighted GPA: 12.1/12.0 (My freshman year grades brought it down a lot; sophomore and junior year it was a high 13)
Rank: 7/156
AP (place score in parentheses): US History:5 Lang&Comp:5
Senior Year Course Load: AP/UConn ECE Physics I, AP/UConn ECE English Lang&Lit, AP/UConn ECE Bio, AP Calc AB, Honors English; AP French online course
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Honor Society, French National Honor Society, Freshman Award in French</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Outdoor track for four years, NHS junior and senior year, french tutor junior and senior year, DECA junior year, dance freshman and sophomore year
Job/Work Experience: Work at a summer camp and after-school program
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteered extensively with the same after-school program and summer camp that I now work at
Summer Activities: work/volunteer
Teacher Recommendations: Guidance counselor, english teacher, and history teacher; they all told me they wrote really good things
Interview: no interview</p>

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<p>Hey guys I have a question</p>

<p>Yesterday I applied to Tulane and I accidentally put my weighted GPA rather than my UW because when I checked on Naviance, it showed my weighted GPA where the UW should be. I didn’t realize this until now. Also I didn’t do the ‘Why Tulane’. I had started it but I didn’t want it to hurt my chances if it wasn’t a great essay. I see a lot of the kids who got accepted are saying they answered that essay. Will these things hurt my chances?</p>

<p>I did however apply for the Paul Tulane Award, will admissions officers like the fact that I’m really interested in Tulane?</p>

<p>I have: 31 ACT: 31E 34M 30R 28S 10 Writing
92.2 UW/ 95 W
Good ECs
I’d hope my Letters of Rec are strong ones</p>

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<p>I’ll have 5 IB Classes and 1 AP (Calculus) by the end of Senior year (some IB Classes are 2 years) </p>

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<p>@Castigations: You should definitely do “Why Tulane?” You’re making a big mistake by not telling the admission folks what you like most about the school. Applying for the Paul Tulane award shows interest in the money more than in the institution. :wink: You can still send in a “Why Tulane?” essay (but do it promptly) and in your cover letter, correct the GPA error as well (even though the admission officials will see the actual UW GPA on your school transcript. But in your cover note, you can explain why you made the error.)</p>

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<p>How do I do all of this? @Sally_Rubenstone‌ Thanks!</p>

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<p>Gibson isn’t working for me? It keeps redirecting me to the beta version whenever I try to log in. Is anyone else having the same issue?</p>

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<p>I applied October 14th and still haven’t heard anything </p>

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<p>I applied September 4th.</p>

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<p>@Castigations: Tulane asks for documents to be sent in .pdf form to this address: <a href=“mailto:submitTUdocs@tulane.edu”>submitTUdocs@tulane.edu</a> I would also suggest sending a copy to your regional rep with a cover note. Do know the name of your regional rep? If not, it’s on the Tulane Web site. You can tell your rep that the essay was sent separately and not as part of your application so that you’re attaching a copy just to make sure that it arrives in a timely manner. You can also explain the little GPA snafu in the same message.</p>

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<p>They changed their site. Just tried to login and had difficulty. Google check Tulane Check Admissions. Enter in user name and password and after several tries I was able to login. However, the interface is different from last week. My daughter applied in early September with all of her information complete by late September and the application is still awaiting review.</p>

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<p>Tried the website several times (including the “new Gibson”) and it’s not working.</p>

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<p>If one were to comb through the past few years posts, one would see that Gibson has these little hiccups every year. I have no idea why, and I have no idea why it cannot be fixed. No sense having the same conversation all over again, unless it makes people feel better to do so in which case no problem.</p>

<p>But my best advice is that when Gibson seems to be having problems, just wait a few hours and try again, or even wait until the next day. If I could pick one thing that Tulane most needed to fix, this might actually be it! But in the grand scheme of things, it isn’t the end of the world. It is just especially unfortunate because so many that are checking are quite stressed.</p>

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<p>@Sally_Rubenstone‌ Thanks so much! I emailed my ‘why tulane?’ prompt to my regional rep, the submitTUdoc email, and the undergrad admissions email (because they said to on their website). I also emailed my regional rep telling her about the misinformation on my application, and the correction. How long do I have to send in my ACT scores?</p>