<p>My dd just checked online and found out she was accepted!! Yay! Now we wait to see what the financial package says.
How long does it take for the official letter to come in?</p>
<p>Congratulations!! It took about 1 1/2 weeks to get my official letter.</p>
<p>Congrats! I kept getting a “priority application” but going to new orleans doesn’t sound appealing to me!! What do you like about the school? Have you visited? Major?</p>
<p>shay: You are from Iowa and New Orleans doesn’t sound appealing?? What’s wrong with you? LOL, I am kidding, but I was from Missouri and I thought New Orleans was fantastic, and I was only a very moderate partier and drinker. It just has a lot to offer, with good weather (after the humid heat goes away in about early October), a unique culture, great(!!!) food, and lots of fun things to see and do. I’m not saying it is New York City or Chicago in terms of sheer volume of things to do, or for that matter as many choices, but it has a lot. Plus college keeps you pretty busy if you are a serious student and also get involved in a campus activity or two or three. If you date, that’s even more, so having a great atmosphere is more important than having an infinite number of choices from the city your school is in. And Tulane has a beautiful campus in a very classic area of New Orleans (the nicest part, absolutely) with gorgeous homes for blocks and blocks near campus. My D is there now as a freshman (double major in China Studies and Creative Writing) and is really enjoying everything, including the French Market (not to be confused with the French Quarter), Magazine Street, Audubon Park, and helping in the local community (she learned mudding and how to hang drywall as they rebuilt a church house). It may not be for everyone, but you would do yourself a huge favor by checking it out in person.</p>
<p>Congrats on the acceptance! My application just started showing up as complete today, so I guess I have a couple weeks of waiting ahead of me.</p>
<p>I just received my acceptance with 20k in merit aid per year (early action).</p>
<p>Sorry if I am on the wrong thread, but I’m semi-new to this website (and college thing!). My d was just deferred at Tulane - she applied SCEA. Does anyone know if they defer most people from SCEA who are not outright admitted, or do they actually deny admission for a SCEA applicant (obviously if there is no chance in the world they would most likely deny outright). Just curious what it all means…Thanks.</p>
<p>You are right, defer means just that, they are putting her in the regular decision pool. This is not unusual for SCEA and EA if their record is not a sure match for Tulane. They will consider her against the overall applicant pool which indicates exactly what you suspect, she has a chance and her indication of Tulane as her favorite is a factor in her favor most likely. I think you are also right that if she clearly didn’t measure up they would just tell her that. Everything indicates that Tulane is getting a stronger applicant pool, as they have each of the last 4 years. Last year especially they feel it might have benefitted them to not take quite so many so early as they got a lot of strong applicants RD later in the process, but had to wait-list them or risk having too large of a class. So the indications are they are being a little more selective in the early stages this year.</p>
<p>Thank you - that eases my mind (and hers!) a bit. One more thing - you mention “waitlist.” Deferral v. waitlist - one better than the other? I almost feel that a deferral allows you to submit new information - 1st quarter/semester grades, new scores - which could possibly have you accepted immediately after they review in January, but if you’re on a waitlist, a spot has to open up - which is possibly risky. Is that right?</p>
<p>Yes, that is right. She has not been wait-listed, she is still being considered. It is rather unlikely, but possible that after considering her against the RD pool, she will not be offered admission but be in the top group that wasn’t. Let’s say it is 200 people, although I don’t know how many they actually wait-list. Then it is, as you say, a matter of a spot opening up. Right now it is just as if she applied RD, except that they know Tulane is her first choice.</p>
<p>is there a january review? I thought those that were deferred just had to wait until April like everyone else in the RD pool?</p>
<p>I missed that January comment by lovesgolden. I am not aware of a January review. I would think they will take all the apps that come in by the January 15 deadline and take the next 2 months making decisions and informing people. I don’t know if they inform clear-cut cases (either positive or negative) as they make them, or wait until near April 1. I think they continue to do them on a rolling basis.</p>
<p>We just found out that my son was accepted! What a thrill! This is his first acceptance and I can’t begin to tell you all how exciting and wonderful it is. He has been working so hard, not just in high school, but for years before that. He deserves this and we are so happy for him.</p>
<p>I should mention that this is one of his two safety schools, but we loved Tulane so much when we visited and from reading fallenchemist’s constant positive info that even if he gets shut out at his reach schools it won’t matter a bit.</p>
<p>kherb43 thanks for starting this thread. We never would have thought of checking tonight if you hadn’t.</p>
<p>Laissez les bon temps rouler!</p>
<p>I spoke with an admissions counselor who told me they would review her again in January. Maybe I didn’t get that right though, but I thought it sounded right. I also was under the impression that they would send decisions out on a rolling basis.</p>
<p>fallenchemist: I know, the weather would be wonderful. but that is FAR from home!! So I don’t know. Also, do you know anything about pre-med there? It’d never hurt to fill out the priority app.</p>
<p>Shay-
Read my thread on the new undergrad/med school program being offered by Tulane. Its a pretty sweet deal for the right kind of kids.</p>
<p>Hi shay - It is far, but I thought that was a plus! Maybe not for you, although most students adapt to being away from home pretty quickly. Unless you are planning on going home fairly often, does it really make any difference if it is 80 miles or 800 other than airplane versus car? Once you get involved in classes and EC’s at the school, going home much isn’t top of the list usually.</p>
<p>Pre-med is very popular at Tulane, both because of the type of school (medium sized liberal arts very competitive) and the fact that it has a med school. As you probably know, you can major in anything and be premed as long as you take the biology and chemistry courses med schools require, along with whatever else they are recommending these days. If you are thinking of being a science major, it is quite possible for an undergrad to get involved in research, even at the med school. Tulane is really good that way.</p>
<p>You are right, it doesn’t hurt to fill out the app, although not sure what the deadline is/was. But since Tulane basically does admissions on a rolling basis, especially if you are a strong candidate, it might not matter much.</p>
<p>Accepted! woohoo!</p>
<p>Congrats!!..</p>
<p>Hi, My daughter was accepted too!! $15,000/year</p>