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<p>Uninvolved person here; from what I have seen from Tulane’s methods: alot of the deferred students are SERIOUSLY considered in RD; especially if they express interest and send additional information…</p>

<p>even those waitlisted last year had a good shot…</p>

<p>I think that Tulane runs into the issue of when those who have no intention of attending respond; by deferring, they have the luxury of time…</p>

<p>agree with Fallenchemist:“It only becomes bad when it adversely affects those that are serious about Tulane.”…I think that SCEA instituted this year made that situation worse…it doesn’t look like it really helped anyone…back to my original thought that ED would have been a better idea; then, at least, Tulane would have had a better idea of who would have DEFINITELY attended</p>

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<p>fallen: you slightly misunderstood what I said about the test scores. My point was as the scores are artificially raised by the inflation thus the next year it draws higher and higher scoring students to the school JUST BECAUSE OF the test score they see wherever they look it up…AKA how its becoming an IV league safety! and it certainly is affecting those who are serious about the school! I know you stand behind the school strongly but you have to realize they have issues in admission!</p>

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<p>Sorry if that last sentence was a little harsh I didn’t intend it to be! Second read it and just wanted to apologize but I’m sure you understand where we are all coming from!</p>

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<p>My ds is in the middle zone. This isn’t his dream school; we’ve never even visited. He didn’t just apply on a whim; we went to the local reception and were really impressed. But, yeah, that free, no-essay app reeled him right in. Tulane is one of three schools he’s applied to without visiting. We figure he’ll get the decision (which we expected to be a yes but now not so sure!), and we’ll weigh it against all the other offers and go from there.</p>

<p>I know many people who went to Tulane and loved it. I have positive associations with the school. I’m not too wound about the way admissions is going because it’s not, right now, one of his top three choices or anything. But if I was one of you who REALLY wanted to get in and was being jacked around like you are by the admissions office, I wouldn’t be at all pleased. </p>

<p>I do hope some of you, after this is all over, contact the admissions office and let it know about the issues. I mean, they probably know, but they need to see how they are being seen on cc, which is read by the exact kinds of students/parents they are hoping to attract. I say this because we learned of a college on cc that we’d never heard of, but the poster (class of '09) said how awful the admissions office was last year, how disorganized the tour was, etc. She wrote the office to let them know, and when we toured this summer, we had an AMAZING time. The tour was above and beyond any other tour we had had, and their follow-through has been impressive. I would hope Tulane would respond to feedack in a like manner.</p>

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<p>mongoose, no worries, I didn’t take it as harsh. I think I have criticized admissions, actually, or maybe more accurately I have acknowledged there is a definite problem. I think I understand the source of the problem, but I don’t mistake that for an excuse. It is their job to serve their customers well, and in this case those customers are everyone that applies and their parents. They apparently have just not done the job this year in many cases, for whatever reason, even if it is just that they misled people with unrealistic response promises. Jym is right that Tulane is still faster than many schools, but it is also true that if you lead someone to expect a certain response time frame and miss it by a significant amount, and then compound the problem with vague messages, you have a problem, especially in a situation that is charged with as much tension as this one obviously is.</p>

<p>I guess as far as the test scores prospective students see when they look it up, I think we still have a slight disagreement though. Those test scores are not the scores of students that apply or are admitted, they are the scores of students that have matriculated. So there is nothing artificial about them, they are the actual averages of the Tulane students. Maybe I am just not understanding you on this one.</p>

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<p>25k/year + honors</p>

<p>2350 SAT
Class rank: second decile in an average private school
AP scores: 5, 3, 5, 5
Good essay
Some EC’s, no leadership.</p>

<p>Decision went online one month after application complete, letter one week later.</p>

<p>This scholarship makes Tulane an attractive choice. On the other hand, that fact that they gave me this scholarship and honors despite my grades raises my hopes that a reach school will accept me.</p>

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<p>Although I agree that admissions has been experiencing major problems with volume this year and the issues need to be adresses, I must disagree with your point on why some students apply. My stats would enable me to matriculate at many better ranked schools than Tulane, but Tulane is definitely my first choice. My decision had nothing to do with scores “raised by inflation”, nor the amount of applicants they have each year. What first led me to look at Tulane was the opportunity for merit aid. After visiting and speaking to many, many people (current students, faculty, and admistration), I knew it was the school for me. Their excellent academics, dedication to the community, and location, is a rare find. I’m sure I am not alone in my feelings, which, I believe, is supported by the actual rise in statistics of the students who have enrolled the past couple of years.</p>

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<p>I haven’t had a chance to read all of the recent posts, so apologies if this has been addressed, but would like to clarify a few things that I believe are not quite accurate. Tulane began its personal application, quick response policy BEFORE Katrina. A previous Dean of Admissions initiated this in around 2002 or maybe 2003. I know it existed in fall of 2003 because that is when my older s was doing his applications, and he was offered the priority/personal application. A remarkably high number of students returned after Katrina, but attrition did occur when some programs (academic and sports) were put on hiatus or discontinued. The semester closing after Katrina was due not so much to the direct impact of Katrina on the campus (though there was some damage), but moreso to the fact that the academic and ancillary support staff had their own issues with housing, schools for their kids, access to community services (stores, power, water). Yes, applications were down the following year, and the school used additional incentives (a $3k housing allowance was one) in the 2005-6 acceptance year to encourage students to come to Tulane. I don’t recall if they offered it in the 2006-2007 year. The huge (100%) increase in applications happened with the 2007-2008 applications, and it has continued ever since. They had a class of about 1400 in the incoming class of fall 2007, and had anticipated about the same, but were blown away by the 34K applications (compared to 17K the previous year) and ended up with a class of about 1500-1550 rather than 1400 for the incoming class of Fall 2008 (my s’s class). The school was still recovering fromt he necessary staff cutbacks, and has still struggled to manage the deluge of applications. This isnt necessarily a bad thing.</p>

<p>I totally agree, though, and have advocated many times here in this forum, that Tulane sould not waive the application fee. Those truly interested in Tulane (even if they use the priority app) should pay a $60 fee. This will weed out those who are just “throwing in” an application, and bring in About $2.5M in revenue that could be used to increase admissions staff and services, and can surely be used in many other areas as well.</p>

<p>Lastly, Tulane just switched its computer programs and began using this Gibson program. The good part is that the kids SSNs are FINALLY no longer their school ID. YAY. The bad thing is that they probably haven’t worked all the kinks out or gotten completely familiar with what it can do, and as an aside, while I can still acces the Accounts Receivable stuff and pay my S’s bills, he “conveniently” hasn’t updated the part that lets me see his grades, courses or transcript. Hrrmph.</p>

<p>Ok, off my soapbox for now. But to summarize, lets be sure to try our best to dispense accurate information, and while I know there is a lot of angst out there right now, don’t beat up the Tulane staff. They are surely doing the best they can, and are certainly not intentionally wanting to upset anyone.</p>

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<p>for my son, it wasnt the priority app per se or the waived fee that led him to apply… early in the college search tulane wasnt on his radar, but when the priority apps started coming he looked at the school more closely and then decided to apply. admittedly he liked the no essay part!! his acceptance process went very smoothly, and i hate to see that some others are having problems, I would have to rank his process right up there as one of the best so far of the schools he applied to.</p>

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<p>For those of you who are interested in the “insiders view” of the Tulane admissions process, check out Tulane Jeff’s blog [Tulane</a> University Admission Blog - Jeff](<a href=“http://tuadmissionjeff.blogspot.com/]Tulane”>http://tuadmissionjeff.blogspot.com/) November 3rd entry. A very full and complete description of their process, complete with photos. I found this compelling "Thanks to our hard working student workers, we open over 25 full tubs of mail per day, sort and file all of that extra materials that gets mailed in. Its a seemingly endless task with over 2,000 pieces of mail coming in every day, and a lot of work! "</p>

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<p>gabby - you and my D applied for all the right reasons, as do thousands of students. But I know from talking to many others and reading many other threads on here that the alternate is also true. So none of us are wrong, there are just different students applying for different reasons. There is even a 3rd type, those that apply as a safety and because free, but are very happy to go to Tulane if their reach schools don’t work out. i guess I would call them people that have Tulane as a “considered safety”, in that they looked at the school and made it an affirmative choice when applying, as oppoosed to many that just do it because it came in the mail and was free and easy.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know if Tulane requires a mid-year report?</p>

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<p>Wow, great find on the blog Jym! Oh and good catch on when they started offering the free app. I remember seeing that in a post of yours last year, I just forgot.</p>

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<p>Aws - I am almost certain they do, as well as end of year to prove you graduated. Your GC office should do it automatically since they ought to be keeping track of where kids applied. But I only know for sure my kid’s HS did it that way. Wouldn’t hurt for you do check it all out.</p>

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<p>Got my merit offer (finally!!!), 25k plus Honors… I’m thrilled! Not sure yet if I will definitely be attending Tulane (still waiting on other schools) but it definitely is enticing. I’m hoping to visit soon, and maybe I’ll see some of you there!</p>

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<p>Got accepted today!</p>

<p>I applied RD with the personal app, and I emailed my admissions counselor Tuesday to check up on the status of it. She said she moved it to the top of the pile yesterday, and today I got my acceptance!</p>

<p>I’m excited about a possible scholarship, they only needed a few hours to accept me haha.</p>

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<p>You have a shot at some merit money, especially because of your UW GPA and class rank. SAT’s are average for Tulane, but you challenged yourself with AP’s so that kind of balances out I think. Close call for merit, but no doubt about the acceptance. I’ll predict $15K, although my prediction means less than nothing, lol.</p>

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<p>Just received my letter!!! 22K scholarship and honors program invitation!!! I’m FREAKING out!!</p>

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<p>Wow, elizn - FANTASTIC!!! Most sincere congratulations.</p>

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<p>Congrats Elizn19, how long did it take to get the official letter in the mail, vs. the online posting of being accepted? (Taking into account how far you are from the school)</p>